Configuring an ASM instance

The following section helps you to configure an Automatic Storage Management (ASM) instance for monitoring: 

To configure an ASM instance

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1. Choose the ORACLE_ASM > ASM Instance Configure menu command from the host.
    The ASM Instance Configure dialog box appears.
2. In the ASM Instance name field, enter the ASM instance name with a "+" prefix.
3. In the ASM Home field, type the name of the ASM instance home directory.
4. In the Username field, type the user name:
   • Choose one of the following methods to enter the user name:
     • Keep the user name as SYS.
     • Enter an existing NON SYS user with SYSASM privileges.
     • Keep the user name as NON- SYS and select the Create ASM Monitoring Account check box to create a new user with SYSASM privilege.

5. In the Password field, type the password for the user.

   Note

   Do not append 'as sysdba*'* or 'as sysasm*'* to the password.

   If the database user password contains special characters, specify the password within the double quotes. Example: “%BMC$"

6. Click Apply.
    If you selected Create ASM Monitoring Account check box for the SYS user on Oracle database 11 g version, the ASM Instance Configure dialog box appears. For more information about ASM Instance Configure dialog box, see To monitor an ASM Instance for Oracle 11g or later
7. Click Exit.

To monitor an ASM Instance for Oracle 11g or later

1. In the Username field, type the ASM database monitoring user to be created with SYSASM privilege.

2. In the Password field, type the password.

   Note

   If Username already exists in the ASM instance, the password associated with the user name is changed to the one that you type in the Password field.

3. Click Apply.
4. Click Exit.

Batch Configuration for ASM instance

You can perform the batch configuration by creating a text file outside Oracle KM, or by using Global configuration from CMA.

The following describes how to perform batch configuration:

Batch configuration uses a configuration file that you can create outside of PATROL, after this file has been created, The discovery scans for the configuration file. After it finds the file, it automatically starts the configuration process, using the information in the configuration file.

The configuration file contains the settings for all the instances that you want to configure. When discovery process runs, all the instances defined in the configuration file are configured at one time.

You can create a file as the following:

• create a text file in a text editor, using the ASM_batch_conf_sample.wri file as a template

To create a batch configuration file from OS prompt:

1. Open the ASM_batch_conf_sample.wri file, from the $PATROL_HOME/../oracle/conf directory for UNIX and the %PATROL_HOME%\oracle\conf directory for Microsoft Windows.
2. Edit the SID and the keyword values to reflect the instances you want to configure.
3. Save the file as ASM_batch_conf<port_number>.txt, in a text only format.

The discovery searches for this file, and when found, starts processing the file to configure the instances on that PATROL agent port. The file name is changed to ASM_batch_conf<port_number>.done when processing is completed.

To check if there is an error or success, you can check the following log files that exists on $PATROL_HOME/../oracle/conf directory for UNIX and the %PATROL_HOME%\oracle\conf directory for Microsoft Windows:

ASMBatchConfig<port_number>.log

ASMConfig<port_number>.log 

PCM configuration for ASM instance

You have an option to configure instance using PCM.(Patrol Configuration Management)

The product creates the ASMConfig.cfg file at the $PATROL_HOME/../oracle/rulesets directory for UNIX and the %PATROL_HOME%\oracle\rulesets directory for Microsoft Windows.

When you apply the rule set to the configured Agent, the Agent automatically configures all the instances for which the rule sets have been created.

For the details of the configuration, you can see the ASMConfig{Agentport-no}.log file that is created at the $PATROL_HOME/../oracle/conf directory for UNIX and the %PATROL_HOME%\oracle\conf directory for Microsoft Windows.

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