Preface

The Oracle Automatic Storage Management Administrator's Guide describes how to administer Oracle Automatic Storage Management (Oracle ASM) for Oracle databases. This Preface contains the following topics:

• Audience

• Documentation Accessibility

• Related Documents

• Conventions

Audience

The audience for this book includes system administrators, database administrators, and storage administrators. The Oracle Automatic Storage Management Administrator's Guide is intended for database and storage administrators who perform the following tasks:

• Administer and manage Oracle ASM

• Configure and administer Oracle ASM

To use this document, you should be familiar with basic Oracle Database concepts and administrative procedures. Also, you might want to review the documentation for Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters (Oracle RAC). See "Related Documents".

Documentation Accessibility

For information about Oracle's commitment to accessibility, visit the Oracle Accessibility Program website at http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=docacc.

Access to Oracle Support

Oracle customers have access to electronic support through My Oracle Support. For information, visit http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=info or visit http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=trs if you are hearing impaired.

Accessibility of Code Examples in Documentation

Screen readers may not always correctly read the code examples in this document. The conventions for writing code require that closing braces should appear on an otherwise empty line; however, some screen readers may not always read a line of text that consists solely of a bracket or brace.

Accessibility of Links to External Web Sites in Documentation

This documentation may contain links to Web sites of other companies or organizations that Oracle does not own or control. Oracle neither evaluates nor makes any representations regarding the accessibility of these Web sites.

Related Documents

For more information, refer to the following Oracle resources:

• Oracle Database 2 Day DBA

• Oracle Database 2 Day + Real Application Clusters Guide

• Oracle Database Administrator's Guide

• Oracle Database Concepts

• Oracle Database Net Services Administrator's Guide

• Oracle Clusterware Administration and Deployment Guide

• Oracle Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide

• Platform-specific guides, including Oracle Database, Oracle Grid Infrastructure, and Oracle Real Application Clusters installation guides

Conventions

The following text conventions are used in this document: