Application setup requirements for Oracle Automatic Storage Management (ASM) discovery

Last published : Jun 19, 2026
For Oracle Automatic Storage Management (ASM) discovery, ensure that Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager Management Server environment and Oracle ASM are properly configured. For the supported versions of Oracle ASM, refer to the Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager Hardware and Software Compatibility List (HSCL).
Oracle ASM discovery prerequisites
For Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager to discover Oracle ASM, the home directory of Oracle ASM is obtained from the oratab file. If the entry of ASM is missing from oratab file, Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager fails to discover Oracle ASM details.
Oracle ASM discovery
Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager discovers the Oracle ASM using the following method:
  • Automatic discovery: It is the default discovery method. After you install VRTSsfmh package, the database (DB) family of Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager automatically gathers Oracle ASM configuration information. The agentlet uses the sysdba user for the discovery of Oracle ASM. If password exists for sysdba user account, the Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager agentlet fails to perform the automatic discovery of Oracle ASM.
You can stop the automatic discovery of Oracle ASM if you do not want the Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager database agentlet to automatically discover the Oracle ASM.
To stop the automatic discovery of Oracle ASM
  1. In the Home page on the Management Server console, click Settings.
  2. Click Host.
  3. In the host listing page, select the host for which you want to stop the Oracle ASM discovery.
  4. Right-click the host and then select Properties.
  5. Click the Discovery families tab.
  6. For the DB family, click the pause button. It will stop the subsequent discovery of the Oracle ASM family on the host. Once you pause the family, the Frequency column shows the status as Paused. Click the play button to restart the Oracle ASM discovery.
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