Overview
When Grid Infrastructure is initially installed, only one (1) ASM disk group is created (usually DATA ). This procedure shows how to add an extra one using asmca .
References
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Procedure
Invoke ASMCA
First, set the ORACLE_HOME to the GI Home binaries. Then, run:
asmca
Configure ASM: Disk Groups
The following screen then appears:
Click Create .
Create Disk Group
On the following screen, enter the following options:
- Disk Group Name is FRA
- Redundancy is External because this is a home system, and I like living dangerously
- Select /dev/sdc
NOTE : If there are no candidate volumes, check that the devices are owned by the oracle user.
Click OK .
The following message then appears and stays for several minutes:
Then the confirmation messages appears:
Click OK .
Configure ASM: Disk Groups
The new disk group ( FRA ) appears in the list of disk groups.
Click Exit .
Then the confirmation messages appears:
Click Yes .