Oracle 12c: How to Create ASM Cluster file System (ACFS) Using ASM Configuration Assistant (ASMCA)

 

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  Login to grid user and set ASM instance parameters.   [grid@Rac1 ~]$ . oraenv ORACLE_SID = [grid] ? +ASM1 The Oracle base has been set to /u01/app/grid [grid@Rac1 ~]$ env|grep ORACLE
ORACLE_SID=+ASM1 ORACLE_BASE=/u01/app/grid ORACLE_HOME=/u01/app/12.1.0/grid Invoke asmca
[grid@Rac1 ~]$ asmca    Click on volumes tab and click on create button   Provide the volume name(acfs), from which diskgroup (DATA_T2), Size (50G) and click Ok button.                                  Click on ASM Cluster File System Tab and click on create button   Provide Type of ACFS (Cluster File System), Mount point (/u02), owner/username of the file system (oracle), Group name(oninstall) and the volume name which is created in above step from the drop down (ACFS-/dev/asm/acfs-476-50G)                               Execute the acfs_script.sh file as root user [root@Rac1 install]# /u01/app/grid/cfgtoollogs/asmca/scripts/acfs_script.sh   ACFS file system /u02 is mounted on nodes Rac1,Rac2                                                                                    Verify the shared file system from both nodes [root@Rac1 install]# df -h /u02 Filesystem         Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/asm/acfs-476   50G  178M   50G   1% /u02   [oracle@Rac2 admin]$ df -h /u02 Filesystem         Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on   /dev/asm/acfs-476   50G  178M   50G   1% /u02