srvctl start asm

Starts an Oracle ASM instance.

Note:

To manage Oracle ASM on Oracle Database 12c installations, use the SRVCTL binary in the Oracle Grid Infrastructure home for a cluster (Grid home). If you have Oracle RAC or Oracle Database installed, then you cannot use the SRVCTL binary in the database home to manage Oracle ASM.

Syntax and Parameters

Use the srvctl start asm command with the following syntax:

srvctl start asm [-proxy] [-node node_name [-startoption start_options]]

Table A-150 srvctl start asm Parameters

Parameter Description

Parameter	Description
-proxy	Start a proxy Oracle ASM instance.
-node node_name	Node name Note: This parameter can be used only with Oracle Clusterware.
-startoption start_options	Options to startup command, for example `OPEN`, `MOUNT`, or `NOMOUNT` Note: For multi-word startup options, such as `read only` and `read write`, separate the words with a space and enclose in double quotation marks (`""`). For example, `"read only"`. See Also: SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference for more information about startup options

-proxy

Start a proxy Oracle ASM instance.

-node node_name

Node name

Note: This parameter can be used only with Oracle Clusterware.

-startoption start_options

Options to startup command, for example OPEN, MOUNT, or NOMOUNT

Note: For multi-word startup options, such as read only and read write, separate the words with a space and enclose in double quotation marks (""). For example, "read only".

See Also: SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference for more information about startup options

Examples

An example of this command to start an Oracle ASM instance on a single node of a cluster is:

$ srvctl start asm -node crmnode1

An example to start an Oracle ASM instance on all nodes in the cluster, or for a noncluster database, is:

$ srvctl start asm