That is correct, just make sure it goes to former before you add it back in to another diskgroup. ASM software should prevent it, but be careful. The rebalance operation has to complete before it goes to a former status. On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 1:11 PM, <Christopher.Taylor2@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > This is probably a dumb question but I'll ask anyway. > When you drop a disk from a DISKGROUP in ASM, the HEADER status will show > as FORMER instead of CANDIDATE, correct? I assume you can add these disks > to other DISKGROUPS just like disks that read CANDIDATE? > > Chris > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > -- Andrew W. Kerber 'If at first you dont succeed, dont take up skydiving.' -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l