1. User's Guide
  2. Administering Oracle ASM on Exadata
  3. Administering Oracle ASM on Exadata
  4. Dropping an Oracle ASM Disk Group

2.2.8 Dropping an Oracle ASM Disk Group

You can drop an Oracle ASM disk group.

If you cannot mount a disk group but must drop it, then use the FORCE option with the DROP DISKGROUP command.

  1. Determine the disk group that you want to drop.
    Query the V$ASM_DISKGROUP view on the Oracle ASM instance.
  2. Use the SQL DROP DISKGROUP command to drop the Oracle ASM disk group.

Parent topic: Administering Oracle ASM on Exadata