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How to Install ASM Filter Driver in a Linux Environment Without Having Previously Installed ASMLIB (Doc ID 2060259.1)
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How to install ASM Filter Driver in a Linux Environment Without Having Previously Installed ASMLIB
ASMFD (ASM Filter Driver) Support on OS Platforms (Certification Matrix).(Doc ID 2034681.1)
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Oracle Database Backup Service - Version N/A and later

Oracle Database Cloud Exadata Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 12.1.0.2 to 12.1.0.2 [Release 12.1]
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Information in this document applies to any platform.

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This document describes the deployment of ASM Filter Driver in a Grid Infrastructure environment for first time users. Installations of ASM Filter Driver, otherwise known, as ASMFD
requires that the disks managed by ASMFD are “write” accessible by Oracle ASM before configuring ASMFD. In the Linux environment, the “root” user normally owns all disks, and
ownership of the disks cannot easily be changed without first configuring another component such as “udev”, a multi-path driver, or ASMLIB. If the user is configuring ASMFD in a
preexisting Grid Infrastructure environment, disk ownership is less of an issue because some procedure had to have been taken in the first place to install Grid Infrastructure’s
component of ASM. The configuration procedure for ASMFD in an environment where Grid Infrastructure is already installed is documented in the ASM Admin Guide. The
procedures outlined here provide the steps for configuring

ASMFD (ASM Filter Driver) configuration without having previously installed ASMLIB

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NOTE:1621448.1 - Running Rootupgrade.sh For 11.2.0.4 HAS Upgrade Fails At Stage : Acfsroot Install
NOTE:1384276.1 - "du" & "df" OS commands Report Space Used Differences On ACFS Filesystems.

NOTE:1966668.1 - ACFS/ADVM API Installation/Reinstallation Failed With “acfsutil plogconfig: ACFS-00515: version mismatch” After PSU Installation
NOTE:2034681.1 - ASMFD (ASM Filter Driver) Support on OS Platforms (Certification Matrix).
NOTE:2033458.1 - 12c ACFS Filesystem Configuration on Standard ASM Cluster configurations

NOTE:1996712.1 - Renaming Directories (Folders) on 12c ACFS Filesystems on Windows 2012 (R1/R2) Hangs and Crashes the RAC Node(S)
NOTE:1270987.1 - ACFS-03008: The Volume Could Not Be Resized At The 5th Attempt.
NOTE:1917971.1 - ORA-15490:not all instances could add/drop the volume
NOTE:1371067.1 - How To Install/Reinstall Or Deinstall ACFS Modules/Installation Manually?
NOTE:1547335.1 - Opatch Conflicts Reported During The “Patch 12983005 < 2.6.39 (UEK) SUPPORT FOR ACFS >” Installation (Conflicts Between Patch: 12983005 & Patch:
15876003).
NOTE:1484221.1 - ASM/ACFS 11.2 How To Create “A CRS Managed" ACFS FileSystem On a Cluster RAC Configuration Through the ASMCA Assistance Or Command-Line
To get the Solaris release # execute "# cat /etc/release " & “uname -a”

NOTE:1486208.1 - “ora.registry.acfs” ("ora.drivers.acfs") Resource Was Not Configured Therefore RAC ACFS Filesystem Is Not Mounting During The Reboot.
NOTE:1934305.1 - How to Recreate an ACFS CRS Resource Associated to an ACFS Filesystem
NOTE:1524195.1 - ASM/ACFS 11.2: How To Create A General Purpose ACFS Filesystem (Registry Managed) On RAC Through the ASMCA Assistance.
NOTE:1003583.1 - Overview of Kernel Patches for the Solaris 8, 9 and 10 Operating Systems
NOTE:2024027.1 - 12c ACFS Configuration on ASM Flex Architecture with Demo
NOTE:1350188.1 - How To Setup 11.2.0.X ACFS On Windows (64-bit) On RAC.
To get the SLE SP# execute "#cat /etc/SuSE-release"
NOTE:1369107.1 - ACFS Support On OS Platforms (Certification Matrix).
NOTE:1493491.1 - 11.2.0.3.3 Grid Infrastructure Patchset: 13919095 Installation On RH 6.3 Fails With ACFS-9459 .
To get the AIX release # execute "oslevel -r ", “lslpp -h bos.rte” & “uname -a”
NOTE:1926850.1 - Only Shared ACFS Filesystems Are Supported/Certified for Database RDBMS Oracle Homes on RAC Cluster Configurations
NOTE:1173978.1 - How To Resize An ACFS Filesystem/ASM Volume (ADVM)
NOTE:1932081.1 - During "acfsroot install' in AIX: ACFS-11022: failed to configure device ofsctl, errno 17 (File exists)
NOTE:1517113.1 - How To Convert A General Purpose ACFS Filesystem To CRS Managed On Release 11.2./12.1?

NOTE:1002239.1 - How to Determine the Release and Default Kernel Version in the Solaris Operating System
NOTE:2000037.1 - Mounting ACFS Filesystem Hangs On "mount.acfs.bin[#] asmIoctl_int: Invalid ioctl type for dev #"
NOTE:1268895.1 - Error 'Multipathd: Asm!.Asm_ctl_spec: Failed To Store Path Info' found In /var/log/messages
NOTE:1523204.1 - ASM/ACFS 11.2: Example/Demo About How To Convert A Registry Managed ACFS Filesystem To CRS Managed On Release 11.2.0.X.
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