Find block in ASM

In the post Where is my data I have shown how to locate and extract an Oracle datafile block from ASM. To make things easier, I have now created a Perl script find_block.pl that automates the process - you provide the datafile name and the block number, and the script generates the command to extract the data block from ASM.

find_block.pl

The find_block.pl is a Perl script that constructs the dd or the kfed command to extract a block from ASM. It should work with all Linux and Unix ASM versions and with local (non-flex) ASM in the standalone (single instance) or cluster environments.

The script should be run as the ASM/Grid Infrastructure owner, using the perl binary in the ASM oracle home. In a cluster environment, the script can be run from any node. Before running the script, set the ASM environment and make sure the ORACLE_SID, ORACLE_HOME, LD_LIBRARY_PATH, etc are set correctly. For ASM versions 10g and 11gR1, also set the environment variable PERL5LIB, like this:

export PERL5LIB=$ORACLE_HOME/perl/lib/5.8.3:$ORACLE_HOME/perl/lib/site_perl

Run the script as follows:

$ORACLE_HOME/perl/bin/perl find_block.pl filename block

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