Syntax for Starting ASMCMD

The syntax for starting ASMCMD in interactive mode is:

asmcmd [-V]
asmcmd [--nocp] [-v {errors|warnings|normal|info|debug}]
           [--privilege connection_type ] [-p]

Table 10-2 summarizes the ASMCMD options.

Table 10-2 ASMCMD interactive options

Option	Description
-`V`	Displays the version of ASMCMD and then exits.
`--nocp`	Disables connection pooling. For information about connection pooling, refer to Oracle Database Administrator's Guide.
`-v` `display_level`	Displays additional information with some commands to help users diagnose problems and writes to a message file when logging is required. `normal` is the default if the display level is not specified.
`--privilege` `connection_type`	Specifies the privilege to connect as when accessing an Oracle ASM or database instance. Can be either `SYSASM` or `SYSDBA`. The default is `SYSASM` and is used when administering the Oracle ASM instance.
`-p`	Displays the current directory in the prompt.

ASMCMD can be started with multiple options. For example:

asmcmd -p -v info

For the majority of the examples in this chapter, ASMCMD was started with the -p option.