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20 Administering Oracle ASM Filter Driver

Oracle ASM Filter Driver (Oracle ASMFD) simplifies the configuration and management of disk devices by eliminating the need to rebind disk devices used with Oracle ASM each time the system is restarted.

This section contains the following topics:

WARNING:

When configuring Oracle ASM, including Oracle ASMFD, do not manually modify or erase the contents of Oracle ASM disks or modify any files, including configuration files.

Note:

  • The configuration for Oracle ASMFD can now be enabled with a check box to be an automated process during Oracle Grid Infrastructure installation.

  • If ASMLIB is installed and configured for an existing Oracle ASM installation, then you must explicitly uninstall the existing ASMLIB configuration before installing and configuring Oracle ASMFD.

  • Oracle ASM Filter Driver (Oracle ASMFD) is available on Linux systems starting with Oracle Database 12c Release 1 (12.1.0.2). Oracle ASMFD is available on Solaris systems starting with Oracle Database 12c Release 2 (12.2.0.1).

  • In the steps of the procedures described in the topics of this section, the $ORACLE_HOME environmental variable is set to the directory path of the Oracle Grid Infrastructure home. Commands that show # as the operating system prompt must be run as the root user. Commands that show $ as the operating system prompt should be run as the owner of Oracle Grid Infrastructure home

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About Oracle ASM Filter Driver

Oracle ASM Filter Driver (Oracle ASMFD) is a kernel module that resides in the I/O path of the Oracle ASM disks. Oracle ASM uses the filter driver to validate write I/O requests to Oracle ASM disks.

Oracle ASMFD simplifies the configuration and management of disk devices by eliminating the need to rebind disk devices used with Oracle ASM each time the system is restarted.

Oracle ASM Filter Driver rejects any I/O requests that are invalid. This action eliminates accidental overwrites of Oracle ASM disks that would cause corruption in the disks and files within the disk group. For example, the Oracle ASM Filter Driver filters out all non-Oracle I/Os which could cause accidental overwrites.

About Oracle ASMLIB and Oracle ASM Filter Driver

Starting with Oracle Grid Infrastructure 12c Release 2 (12.2), Oracle ASM Filter Driver (Oracle ASMFD) cannot be installed and configured if Oracle ASMLIB has been installed on the system. If you want to install and configure Oracle ASMFD, you must first uninstall Oracle ASMLIB.

About Partition Tables and Oracle ASM Filter Driver

Extended partition tables are not supported with Oracle ASM filter driver (ASMFD) in Oracle Automatic Storage Management 12.2 Release 1 (12.2.0.1).

See Also:

Oracle Grid Infrastructure Installation and Upgrade Guide for your operating system for information about deinstalling Oracle ASMLIB

Configuring Oracle ASM Filter Driver

You can configure Oracle ASM Filter Driver (Oracle ASMFD) for device persistence during the installation of Oracle Grid Infrastructure or after Oracle Grid Infrastructure has been installed.

Note:

  • If ASMLIB is installed and configured for an existing Oracle ASM installation, then you must explicitly deinstall the existing ASMLIB configuration before installing and configuring Oracle ASMFD. Refer to Oracle Grid Infrastructure Installation and Upgrade Guide for your operating system for information about deinstalling Oracle ASMLIB and the installation of Oracle Grid Infrastructure.

  • If ASMLIB has been previously installed on the system, then you must set the Oracle ASM disk string to '' (with ASMCMD dsset '') before running ASMCMD afd_configure to configure Oracle ASMFD.

  • For additional information about configuring Oracle ASM filter driver (ASMFD), refer to My Oracle Support articles about Oracle ASMFD available at My Oracle Support (https://support.oracle.com).

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Configuring Oracle ASM Filter Driver During Installation

During the installation of Oracle Grid Infrastructure, you can optionally enable automated installation and configuration of Oracle ASM Filter Driver for your system with the Configure ASM Filter Driver check box on the Create ASM Disk Group wizard page. When you enable the Configure ASM Filter Driver box, an automated process for Oracle ASMFD is launched during Oracle Grid Infrastructure installation.

If you do not use udev on the system where the Oracle Grid Infrastructure is installed, then you can also complete the following procedure to provision disks for Oracle ASMFD before the installer is launched. This procedure must be performed after the Oracle Grid Infrastructure installation zip files have been unzipped in the Oracle Grid Infrastructure home, but before you enable the Configure ASM Filter Driver check box during the installation process when the setup script is run.

  1. To configure shared disks for use with Oracle ASM Filter Driver, log in as the root user and set the environment variable $ORACLE_HOME to the location of the Grid home and the environment variable $ORACLE_BASE to a temporary location 

    su root
# set ORACLE_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/12.2.0/grid
# set ORACLE_BASE=/tmp

    The ORACLE_BASE variable is set to a temporary location to avoid creating diagnostic or trace files in the Grid home before the Oracle Grid Infrastructure installation.

    Before running the commands in the following steps, ensure that you are in the $ORACLE_HOME/bin directory.

  2. Use the ASMCMD afd_label command to provision disk devices for use with Oracle ASM Filter Driver as follows. 

    # asmcmd afd_label DATA1 /dev/disk1a --init

  3. Use the ASMCMD afd_lslbl command to verify the device has been marked for use with Oracle ASMFD. 

    # asmcmd afd_lslbl /dev/disk1a

  4. Unset the ORACLE_BASE variable when you have finished provisioning disks for Oracle ASMFD. 

    # unset ORACLE_BASE

  5. Run the setup installation script (gridSetup.sh) to install Oracle Grid Infrastructure and enable Oracle ASM Filter Driver configuration.

    On the Create ASM Disk Group wizard page during the installation process, check the Configure ASM Filter Driver box to enable configuration of Oracle ASM Filter Driver and then add your provisioned disks to the initial disk group (typically named DATA).

For information about the ASMCMD commands for administering Oracle ASMFD, refer to "ASMCMD Oracle ASM Filter Driver Management Commands".

Configuring Oracle ASM Filter Driver After Installation

If you did not enable configuration of Oracle ASM Filter Driver (ASMFD) during installation, you can manually configure your Oracle ASM devices to use Oracle ASMFD, as described in the following topics.

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Configuring Oracle ASM Filter Driver in an Oracle Grid Infrastructure Clusterware Environment

To configure Oracle ASMFD in an Oracle Clusterware environment after installation, perform the following steps.

  1. As the Oracle Grid Infrastructure owner, update the Oracle ASM disk discovery string to enable Oracle ASMFD to discover devices in the future.

    First retrieve the current value of the Oracle ASM disk discovery string. 

    $ $ORACLE_HOME/bin/asmcmd dsget

    The value of disk_string in the above command is the current Oracle ASM disk discovery string value retrieved by dsget. If the disks are in the default location for the operating system environment and disk discovery string has not been set, then the disk discovery string is empty.

    Update the Oracle ASM disk discovery string. If the string is empty, update the value of the disk discovery string to include the default disk location.

    $ $ORACLE_HOME/bin/asmcmd dsset 'disk_string,AFD:*'

  2. As the Oracle Grid Infrastructure owner, list the nodes and node roles in your cluster.

    $ $ORACLE_HOME/bin/olsnodes -a

  3. On each Hub and Leaf node, perform this step either in rolling or non-rolling mode.

    1. Log in as the root user and stop Oracle Grid Infrastructure. 

      # $ORACLE_HOME/bin/crsctl stop crs

      If the command returns an error, then stop Oracle Grid Infrastructure forcibly.

      # $ORACLE_HOME/bin/crsctl stop crs -f

    2. As the root user, configure Oracle ASMFD to filter at the node level. 

      # $ORACLE_HOME/bin/asmcmd afd_configure

    3. As the Oracle Grid Infrastructure owner, verify the status of Oracle ASMFD.

      $ $ORACLE_HOME/bin/asmcmd afd_state
ASMCMD-9526: The AFD state is 'LOADED' and filtering is 'ENABLED' on host 'myhost'

    4. Label all the Oracle ASM disks with the Oracle ASMFD label.

      # $ORACLE_HOME/bin/asmcmd afd_label 'label_name' 'device_path' --migrate

    5. As theroot user , start the Oracle Clusterware stack on the node. 

      # $ORACLE_HOME/bin/crsctl start crs

    6. As the Oracle Grid Infrastructure owner, set the Oracle ASMFD discovery disk string to the updated Oracle ASM disk discovery string value from Step 1.

      $ $ORACLE_HOME/bin/asmcmd afd_dsset disk_string

With the Oracle ASMFD discovery disk string properly set, Oracle ASM Filter Driver should identify and start managing disks, including those previously managed by Oracle ASMLIB.

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Configuring Oracle ASM in an Oracle Grid Infrastructure Standalone Environment

To configure Oracle ASM filter driver (ASMFD) in a standalone (Oracle Restart) environment, perform the following steps.

  1. As the Oracle Grid Infrastructure standalone server owner, update the Oracle ASM disk discovery string to enable Oracle ASMFD to discover disk devices in the future.

    First check the current value of the Oracle ASM disk discovery string, then update the value.

    $ $ORACLE_HOME/bin/asmcmd dsget

$ $ORACLE_HOME/bin/asmcmd dsset 'disk_string,AFD:*'

    The value of disk_string in the above command is the disk discovery string value retrieved by dsget.

  2. Log in as the root user and stop Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a standalone server using the following command: 

    # $ORACLE_HOME/bin/crsctl stop has -f

  3. As the root user, configure Oracle ASMFD. 

    # $ORACLE_HOME/bin/asmcmd afd_configure

    This command configures Oracle ASMFD and deconfigures Oracle ASMLIB, if it exists.

  4. As the Oracle Grid Infrastructure standalone server owner, verify the Oracle ASMFD status.

    $ $ORACLE_HOME/bin/asmcmd afd_state

ASMCMD-9526: The AFD state is 'LOADED' and filtering is 'ENABLED' on host 'myhost'

  5. As the root user, start Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a standalone server. 

    # $ORACLE_HOME/bin/crsctl start has

  6. As the Oracle Grid Infrastructure standalone server owner, set the Oracle ASMFD disk discovery string to the value of the updated Oracle ASM disk discovery string from Step 1.

    $ $ORACLE_HOME/bin/asmcmd afd_dsset disk_string

Oracle ASM Filter Driver should identify and start managing disks previously managed by Oracle ASMLIB.

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About Migrating to Oracle ASM Filter Driver From an ASMLIB Environment

If ASMLIB is installed and configured for an existing Oracle ASM installation, then you must explicitly uninstall the existing ASMLIB configuration before installing and configuring Oracle ASMFD.

Oracle recommends that you temporarily move Oracle Cluster Registry (OCR) and voting files to another disk group if one is available, as described in Migrating Oracle ASM Disk Groups without Oracle Cluster Registry or Voting Files, and migrate the disk group to use Oracle ASMFD. After migrating the disk group to use Oracle ASMFD, move OCR and voting files back to the disk group. You can similarly migrate any other disk groups if they contain OCR or voting files to ensure online migration of all disk groups to Oracle ASMFD.

This section contains the following topics:

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Migrating Oracle ASM Disk Groups without Oracle Cluster Registry or Voting Files

To migrate Oracle ASM disk groups without Oracle Cluster Registry (OCR) or voting files to Oracle ASMFD:

  1. Log in as the Oracle Grid Infrastructure owner on any node to run the commands in this procedure.
  2. List the existing disk groups:
    $ $ORACLE_HOME/bin/asmcmd lsdg
  3. List the associated disks:
    $ $ORACLE_HOME/bin/asmcmd lsdsk -G diskgroup
  4. Check if Oracle ASM is active:
    $ $ORACLE_HOME/bin/srvctl status asm
  5. Stop the databases and dismount the disk group on all nodes:
    $ $ORACLE_HOME/bin/srvctl stop diskgroup -diskgroup diskgroup -f
  6. Label all existing disks in the disk group by running the following command for each disk on a Hub node:
    $ $ORACLE_HOME/bin/asmcmd afd_label label disk_path --migrate
  7. Scan the disks on all Hub nodes: 
    $ $ORACLE_HOME/bin/asmcmd afd_scan
  8. Start the databases and mount the disk group on all nodes:
    $ $ORACLE_HOME/bin/srvctl start diskgroup -diskgroup diskgroup

Migrating Oracle ASM Disk Groups with Oracle Cluster Registry or Voting Files

To migrate Oracle ASM disk groups with Oracle Cluster Registry (OCR) or voting files to Oracle ASM Filter Driver (Oracle ASMFD):

  1. Log in as the root user and list the disk groups with OCR and voting files by running the following commands on one node:
    # $ORACLE_HOME/bin/ocrcheck -config

# $ORACLE_HOME/bin/crsctl query css votedisk
  2. As the Oracle Grid Infrastructure owner list the disks associated with the disk groups:
    $ $ORACLE_HOME/bin/asmcmd lsdsk -G disk_group
  3. As root, stop the databases and Oracle Clusterware on all nodes:
    # $ORACLE_HOME/bin/crsctl stop cluster -all
  4. As the Oracle Grid Infrastructure owner label all existing disks in the disk group by running the following command for each disk on a Hub node:
    $ $ORACLE_HOME/bin/asmcmd afd_label label disk_path --migrate
  5. As the Oracle Grid Infrastructure owner rescan the disks on all Hub nodes by running the following command on all of the Hub nodes:
    $ $ORACLE_HOME/bin/asmcmd afd_scan
  6. As root, start the Oracle Clusterware stack on all nodes and mount the OCR and voting files disk groups and databases:
    # $ORACLE_HOME/bin/crsctl start cluster -all

Migrating Oracle ASM Disk Groups in an Oracle Grid Infrastructure Standalone Environment

To migrate your existing Oracle ASM disk groups to Oracle ASM Filter Driver in an Oracle Grid Infrastructure standalone (Oracle Restart) environment, perform the following steps:

  1. Log in as the Oracle Grid Infrastructure standalone server owner to run the steps in this procedure.
  2. List the existing disk groups:
    $ $ORACLE_HOME/bin/asmcmd lsdg
  3. List the existing disks:
    $ $ORACLE_HOME/bin/asmcmd lsdsk -G diskgroup_name
  4. Check if the status of your Oracle ASM instance is active:
    $ $ORACLE_HOME/bin/srvctl status asm
  5. Stop all the databases and dismount all disk groups. For each database, run the following commands:
    $ $ORACLE_HOME/bin/srvctl stop database -db db_unique_name

$ /$ORACLE_HOME/bin/srvctl stop diskgroup -diskgroup diskgroup_name -f
  6. Label all existing disks in the disk group by running the following command for each disk:
    $ $ORACLE_HOME/bin/asmcmd afd_label label disk_path --migrate
  7. Rescan the disks:
    $ $ORACLE_HOME/bin/asmcmd afd_scan
  8. Start the database and mount the disk group:
    $ $ORACLE_HOME/bin/srvctl start diskgroup -diskgroup diskgroup_name

Determining Whether Oracle ASM Filter Driver Has Been Configured

The value of the AFD_STATE parameter of SYS_ASMFD_PROPERTIES specifies whether Oracle ASMFD is configured for the Oracle ASM instance.

You can check the state of Oracle ASMFD with the ASMCMD afd_state command. For example: 

$ $ORACLE_HOME/bin/asmcmd afd_state
ASMCMD-9526: The AFD state is 'LOADED' and filtering is 'DEFAULT' on host 'myhost'

For information about using the ASMCMD afd_state command to determine the state of Oracle ASMFD, refer to "afd_state".

To determine if Oracles ASMFD is present on the host, you can also display the value of AFD_STATE from SYS_CONTEXT. You must run the query on the Oracle ASM instance.

If the value of AFD_STATE is equal to NOT AVAILABLE, then Oracle ASMFD is not configured. 

SQL> SELECT SYS_CONTEXT('SYS_ASMFD_PROPERTIES', 'AFD_STATE') FROM DUAL;
SYS_CONTEXT('SYS_ASMFD_PROPERTIES','AFD_STATE')
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NOT AVAILABLE

A value of CONFIGURED means that Oracle ASMFD is completely set up and the Oracle ASM instance can register with the driver. 

SQL> SELECT SYS_CONTEXT('SYS_ASMFD_PROPERTIES', 'AFD_STATE') FROM DUAL;
SYS_CONTEXT('SYS_ASMFD_PROPERTIES','AFD_STATE')
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CONFIGURED

Updating the Oracle ASM Filter Driver AFD_DISKSTRING Parameter

The AFD_DISKSTRING parameter specifies the Oracle ASMFD disk discovery string that is used to identify the disks to be managed by Oracle ASMFD.

You can set and display the AFD_DISKSTRING parameter with the ASMCMD afd_dsset and afd_dgset commands. For example: 

$ $ORACLE_HOME/bin/asmcmd afd_dsset '/dev/rdsk/mydisks/*'

$ $ORACLE_HOME/bin/asmcmd afd_dsget
AFD discovery string: /dev/rdsk/mydisks/*

For information about ASMCMD commands to display and set the Oracle ASMFD disk discovery string, refer to "afd_dsget" and "afd_dsset".

You can also set the AFD_DISKSTRING with the ALTER SYSTEM SQL statement. A label is created in the disk header of those disks identified by the Oracle ASMFD disk discovery string. 

SQL> ALTER SYSTEM AFD_DISKSTRING SET '/dev/disk0','/dev/disk1','/devices/dsk/*';
System altered.

You can retrieve the value of AFD_DISKSTRING parameter with the following query. 

SQL> SELECT SYS_CONTEXT('SYS_ASMFD_PROPERTIES', 'AFD_DISKSTRING') FROM DUAL;
SYS_CONTEXT('SYS_ASMFD_PROPERTIES','AFD_DISKSTRING')
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'/dev/disk0','/dev/disk1','/devices/dsk/*'

Updating the Oracle ASM ASM_DISKSTRING Parameter for Oracle ASM Filter Driver Disks

You can update the Oracle ASM disk discovery string to add or remove Oracle ASMFD disk label names to and from the ASM_DIKSTRING initialization parameter.

For example, you can add the Oracle ASMFD disks to the ASM_DIKSTRING initialization parameter as follows: 

ASM_DISKSTRING = 'AFD:DISK0', 'AFD:DISK1', '/dev/rdsk/mydisks/*'

Or you can set the ASM_DIKSTRING initialization parameter as follows: 

ASM_DISKSTRING = 'AFD:*', '/dev/rdsk/mydisks/*'

You can display and set the Oracle ASM disk discovery string with the ASMCMD dsget and dsset commands. For example, you can set the Oracle ASM disk discovery string to add Oracle ASMFD disks as follows: 

$ $ORACLE_HOME/bin/asmcmd dsset 'AFD:*,/dev/rdsk/mydisks/*'

You can remove previously added Oracle ASMFD disks as follows:

$ $ORACLE_HOME/bin/asmcmd dsset '/dev/rdsk/mydisks/*'

For information about ASMCMD commands to display and set the Oracle ASM disk discovery string, refer to "dsget" and "dsset".

For information about the ASM_DISKSTRING initialization parameter, refer to "ASM_DISKSTRING".

Setting, Clearing, and Scanning Oracle ASM Filter Driver Labels

Setting a label provisions a disk to be used by Oracle ASMFD. After the label is set, the specified disk is managed by Oracle ASMFD.

You can add, remove, and scan labels with the ASMCMD afd_label, afd_unlabel, and afd_scan commands. For example: 

$ $ORACLE_HOME/bin/asmcmd afd_label 'disk0' '/dev/rdsk/mydisks/disk0'

$ $ORACLE_HOME/bin/asmcmd afd_unlabel 'disk0'

$ $ORACLE_HOME/bin/asmcmd afd_scan '/dev/rdsk/mydisks/*'

For information about ASMCMD commands to add and remove labels on Oracle ASMFD disks, refer to "afd_label", "afd_unlabel", and "afd_scan". In addition, ASMCA provides support for adding and removing labels on Oracle ASMFD disks. For information about using ASMCA to administer disk groups, refer to "Managing Disk Groups with ASMCA".

You can also manage labels with SQL statements. You can set a label with the ALTER SYSTEM LABEL SET SQL statement. For example: 

SQL> ALTER SYSTEM LABEL SET 'disk0' TO '/dev/disk0';
System altered.

SQL> SELECT UPPER(path) FROM V$ASM_DISK ORDER BY PATH;
UPPER(PATH)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
AFD:DISK0

When you run the statement, you can use the optional RENAME or MIGRATE option. If a disk was previously provisioned for Oracle ASMFD, you can rename the label with the RENAME option. Note that the device should not be managed with Oracle ASMFD when the command is run. If a disk was previously used for an Oracle ASM disk group and the disk group has been dismounted, then you can label this disk using the MIGRATE option.

You can use ALTER SYSTEM LABEL CLEAR to remove the label from a device and stop Oracle ASMFD from managing the device. For example: 

SQL> ALTER SYSTEM LABEL CLEAR 'disk0';
System altered.

You can use ALTER SYSTEM LABEL SCAN on remote nodes after the ALTER SYSTEM LABEL SET command is run on the local node.

Because ALTER SYSTEM LABEL SET statement writes the label on the disk header and the disk is shared across nodes, the same statement is not run on other nodes of the cluster.

If the device-path is not specified, then the statement uses the AFD_DISKSTRING parameter value to perform the scan operation. 

SQL> ALTER SYSTEM LABEL SCAN

Deconfiguring Oracle ASM Filter Driver

You can deconfigure Oracle ASM Filter Driver (Oracle ASMFD) if it has been configured on your system.

This section contains the following topics:

For information about the ASMCMD commands for administering Oracle ASMFD, refer to "ASMCMD Oracle ASM Filter Driver Management Commands".

See Also:

Oracle Clusterware Administration and Deployment Guide for information about using CRSCTL commands

Deconfiguring Oracle ASM Filter Driver in an Oracle Grid Infrastructure Clusterware Environment

Perform the following steps to deconfigure Oracle ASM Filter Driver in an Oracle Clusterware environment:

  1. Update the Oracle ASM disk discovery string to enable Oracle ASM to discover disk devices after Oracle ASMFD is deconfigured.

  2. As the Oracle Grid Infrastructure owner list the nodes and node roles in your cluster by running the following command on any node:

    $ $ORACLE_HOME/bin/olsnodes -a

  3. On each Hub and Leaf node, do the following, either in rolling or non-rolling mode:

    1. Log in as the root user and stop Oracle Grid Infrastructure: 

      # $ORACLE_HOME/bin/crsctl stop crs

      If the command returns any error, then stop Oracle Grid Infrastructure forcibly as follows:

      # $ORACLE_HOME/bin/crsctl stop crs -f

    2. As root, stop Oracle ACFS kernel modules to ensure the most reliable shutdown: 

      # $ORACLE_HOME/bin/acfsload stop

    3. As root, deconfigure Oracle ASMFD: 

      # $ORACLE_HOME/bin/asmcmd afd_deconfigure

    4. As root, start ACFS kernel modules: 

      # $ORACLE_HOME/bin/acfsload start

    5. As root, start the Oracle Clusterware stack on the node: 

      # $ORACLE_HOME/bin/crsctl start crs

    6. As the Oracle Grid Infrastructure owner verify the status of Oracle ASMFD:

      $ $ORACLE_HOME/bin/asmcmd afd_state

  4. As the Oracle Grid Infrastructure owner update the Oracle ASM discovery string to remove the Oracle ASMFD path:

    $ $ORACLE_HOME/bin/asmcmd dsget

$ $ORACLE_HOME/bin/asmcmd dsset old_diskstring

    Check the current value of the Oracle ASM disk discovery string before updating the value. The old_diskstring value is the old disk discovery string value before updating with the AFD: (Oracle ASMFD) paths.

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Deconfiguring Oracle ASM Filter Driver in an Oracle Grid Infrastructure Standalone (Oracle Restart) Environment

Perform the following steps to deconfigure Oracle ASM Filter Driver in an Oracle Grid Infrastructure standalone environment:

  1. Update the Oracle ASM disk discovery string to enable Oracle ASM to discover disk devices after Oracle ASMFD is deconfigured.

  2. Log in as the root user and stop Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a standalone server using the following command: 

    # $ORACLE_HOME/bin/crsctl stop has

    If the previous command returns an error, then use the following command:

    # $ORACLE_HOME/bin/crsctl stop has -f

  3. As root, stop Oracle ACFS kernel modules to ensure the most reliable shutdown: 

    # $ORACLE_HOME/bin/acfsload stop

  4. As root, deconfigure Oracle ASMFD: 

    # $ORACLE_HOME/bin/asmcmd afd_deconfigure

  5. As root, start ACFS kernel modules: 

    # $ORACLE_HOME/bin/acfsload start

  6. As root, start Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a standalone server: 

    # $ORACLE_HOME/bin/crsctl start has

  7. As the Oracle Grid Infrastructure standalone server owner verify the Oracle ASMFD status:

    $ $ORACLE_HOME/bin/asmcmd afd_state

  8. As the Oracle Grid Infrastructure standalone server owner update the Oracle ASM disk discovery string to remove the Oracle ASMFD paths:

$ $ORACLE_HOME/bin/asmcmd dsget

$ $ORACLE_HOME/bin/asmcmd dsset old_diskstring

Check the current value of the Oracle ASM disk discovery string before updating the value. The old_diskstring value is the old disk discovery string value before updating with the AFD: (Oracle ASMFD) paths.

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Oracle ASM Filter Driver Commands

This section describes the Oracle ASM Filter Driver (ASMFD) commands that are used during installation to manage Oracle ASM Filter Driver. These commands are located in the /bin directory of the Oracle Grid Infrastructure home.

afdload

Purpose

afdload loads or unloads the Oracle ASM Filter Driver.

Syntax

afdload { start | stop  } [ -s ]

Table 20-1 contains the options available with the afdload command.

Table 20-1 Options for the afdload command

Option Description

start

Loads the Oracle ASM Filter Driver.

stop

Unloads the Oracle ASM Filter Driver.

-s

Operate in silent mode.

Description

You can use afdload to manually load or unload the Oracle ASM Filter Driver.

Before unloading driver with the stop option, you must dismount disk groups and shut down Oracle ASM.

root or administrator privilege is required to run afdload.

Examples

The following is an example of the use of afdload to stop (unload) the Oracle ASM Filter Driver. 

# afdload stop

afddriverstate

Purpose

afddriverstate provides information on the current state of the Oracle ASM Filter Driver.

Syntax

afddriverstate [-orahome ORACLE_HOME ] 
    { installed | loaded | version | supported } [-s]

Table 20-2 contains the options available with the afddriverstate command.

Table 20-2 Options for the afddriverstate command

Option Description

-orahome ORACLE_HOME

Specifies the Oracle Grid Infrastructure home in which the user has permission to execute the afddriverstate command.

installed

Determines whether Oracle ASM Filter Driver is installed on the system.

loaded

Determines whether the Oracle ASM Filter Driver is loaded in memory.

version

Reports the currently installed version of the Oracle ASM Filter Driver system software.

supported

Reports whether the system is a supported kernel for Oracle ASM Filter Driver.

-s

Specifies silent mode when running the command.

Description

You can use afddriverstate to display detailed information on the current state of the Oracle ASM Filter Driver.

Examples

The following is an example of the use of afddriverstate. 

$ afddriverstate version
AFD-9325:     Driver operating system kernel version = 2.6.39-400.3.0.el6uek.x86_64(x86_64).
AFD-9326:     Driver Oracle version = 150728.
AFD-9212:     Driver build version = MAIN.