Plus you might want to register it as CRS resource if you are in RAC environment. 2006/4/20, Jeremiah Wilton <jeremiah@xxxxxxxxxxx>: > Joe, > > Don't bother with DBCA. > > An ASM instance is just processes, dump directories and a pfile. If you > create an init.ora and set it up with bdump, udump, cdump, etc. all you do > to create the instance is start it up like a database instance. The > instance_type=asm parameter magically makes it start up an ASM instance > instead of a database instance. > > Here is an example ASM init file: > > background_dump_dest=/opt/app/oracle/admin/asm/bdump > core_dump_dest=/opt/app/oracle/admin/asm/cdump > user_dump_dest=/opt/app/oracle/admin/asm/udump > instance_type=asm > compatible=10.1.0.4.0 > large_pool_size=12M > > -- > Jeremiah Wilton > ORA-600 Consulting > http://www.ora-600.net > -- Best regards, Alex Gorbachev -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l