Accessing the Oracle Automatic Storage Management Home Page

All Oracle Automatic Storage Management (Oracle ASM) administration tasks begin with the Oracle ASM Home page in Database Control. The Oracle ASM Home page displays:

• The status of the Oracle ASM instance

• A chart that shows the used and free space of each disk group

• A list of databases and Oracle ASM Cluster File Systems serviced by the Oracle ASM instance

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The procedure for accessing the Oracle ASM Home page differs depending on whether your database is a single-instance database or an Oracle Real Application Clusters database. Details are provided in the following sections:

• "Accessing the Oracle ASM Home Page on a Single-Instance System"

• "Accessing the Oracle ASM Home Page on an Oracle RAC System"