oracle kfod

 

 
Details
 
 KFOD - Kernel Files Osm Disk
 
KFOD utility is used to simulate the disk discovery from the operating system level
 and it can be found in $GRID_HOME/bin directory (or ASM_HOME/bin in older releases).
 
Note:
1) KFOD is used at installation time as well (by OUI,DBCA or ASMCA) in order to perform disk discovery.
2) In case of a failed installation (e.g no $GRID_HOME/bin existing yet) KFOD can be found under your stage folder: <stage_folder>/grid/stage/ext/bin/
In such cases you might need to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH to <stage_folder>/grid/stage/ext/lib.
 

Help screen can be seen using:
 

$> kfod help=y
 
_asm_a/llow_only_raw_disks     KFOD allow only raw devices [_asm_allow_only_raw_disks=TRUE/(FALSE)]
_asm_l/ibraries                       ASM Libraries[_asm_libraries='lib1','lib2',...]
_asms/id                               ASM Instance[_asmsid=sid]
a/sm_diskstring                      ASM Diskstring [asm_diskstring='discoverystring', 'discoverystring' ...]
d/isks                                    Disks to discover [disks=raw,asm,all]
g/roup                                   Group discover [group=controlfile]
n/ohdr                                   KFOD header suppression [nohdr=TRUE/(FALSE)]
o/p                                        KFOD options type [OP=DISKS/GROUPS/ALL]
p/file                                     ASM parameter file [pfile='parameterfile']
s/tatus                                   Include disk header status [status=TRUE/(FALSE)]
v/erbose                                KFOD verbose errors [verbose=TRUE/(FALSE)]
 
 
The usual syntax used for disk discovery is:
 
kfod status=TRUE asm_diskstring='<your_path_to_ASM_devices>' disk=ALL
 
EXAMPLE
 
$ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/u01/stage/11.2.0.1/grid/stage/ext/lib
$ /u01/stage/11.2.0.1/grid/stage/ext/bin/kfod status=TRUE asm_diskstring='/dev/rdsk/*' disk=all dscvgroup=TRUE
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Disk Size Header Path Disk Group User Group
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1: 10040 Mb MEMBER /dev/rdsk/c0t600144F0E08ACF0000004C2F6FBB0005d0s1  DG oracle oinstall
2: 10040 Mb MEMBER /dev/rdsk/c0t600144F0E08ACF0000004C2F6FBC0006d0s1  DG oracle oinstall
3: 10142 Mb MEMBER /dev/rdsk/c0t600144F0E08ACF0000004C2F6FBE0007d0s1  DG oracle oinstall
4: 10142 Mb MEMBER /dev/rdsk/c0t600144F0E08ACF0000004C2F6FBF0008d0s1  DG oracle oinstall
5:  9734 Mb MEMBER /dev/rdsk/c0t600144F0E08ACF0000004C2F6FC00009d0s1 FRA oracle oinstall
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