Installing and Configuring Oracle ASMLIB Software

Review this information to install and configure the Oracle Automatic Storage Management library driver software manually.

Oracle ASMLib is included with the Oracle Linux packages, and with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server. If you are a member of the Unbreakable Linux Network, then you can install the Oracle ASMLib RPMs by subscribing to the Oracle Linux channel, and using yum to retrieve the most current package for your system and kernel. For additional information, see the following URL:

https://www.oracle.com/linux/technologies/asmlib/

Note:

• You must install Oracle ASMLib v3 (oracleasmlib-3.0.0 or later and oracleasm-support-3.0.0 or later) on all Oracle Database servers with Oracle Linux 8 and later kernels.
• You must install Oracle ASMLib v2 (oracleasmlib-2.0.17 or later and oracleasm-support-2.1.3 or later) on all Oracle Database servers with Oracle Linux 7 and earlier kernels.

1. Enter the following command to determine the kernel version and architecture of the system:

   # uname -rm
   

2. Depending on your operating system version, refer to the following URLs for installing, configuring, and administering Oracle ASMLib.
   • For Oracle ASMLib v3, refer https://docs.oracle.com/en/operating-systems/oracle-linux/asmlib/
   • For Oracle ASMLib v2, refer https://docs.oracle.com/en/operating-systems/oracle-linux/7/asmlib/

   See Also:

   My Oracle Support note 1089399.1 for information about Oracle ASMLIB support with Red Hat distributions:

   https://support.oracle.com/rs?type=doc&id=1089399.1