Preface

The Oracle Automatic Storage Management Administrator's Guide describes how to administer Oracle Automatic Storage Management (Oracle ASM) for Oracle Database.

This Preface contains the following topics:

• Audience

• Documentation Accessibility

• Related Documents

• Conventions

Audience

The audience for this book includes system administrators, database administrators, and storage administrators. The Oracle Automatic Storage Management Administrator's Guide is intended for database and storage administrators who perform the following tasks:

• Administer and manage Oracle ASM

• Configure and administer Oracle ASM

To use this document, you should be familiar with basic Oracle Database concepts and administrative procedures. Also, you might want to review the documentation for Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters (Oracle RAC). See Related Documents.

Documentation Accessibility

For information about Oracle's commitment to accessibility, visit the Oracle Accessibility Program website at http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=docacc.

Access to Oracle Support

Oracle customers that have purchased support have access to electronic support through My Oracle Support. For information, visit http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=info or visit http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=trs if you are hearing impaired.

Related Documents

For more information, refer to the following Oracle resources:

• Oracle Database Administrator’s Guide

• Oracle Database Concepts

• Oracle Database Reference

• Oracle Database SQL Language Reference

• Oracle Clusterware Administration and Deployment Guide

• Oracle Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide

• Platform-specific guides, including Oracle Database, Oracle Grid Infrastructure, and Oracle Real Application Clusters installation guides

Conventions

The following text conventions are used in this document:

Convention	Meaning
boldface	Boldface type indicates graphical user interface elements associated with an action, or terms defined in text or the glossary.
italic	Italic type indicates book titles, emphasis, or placeholder variables for which you supply particular values.
monospace	Monospace type indicates commands within a paragraph, URLs, code in examples, text that appears on the screen, or text that you enter.