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This section presents the steps involved when you create a database manually. These steps should be followed in the order presented. Before you create the database make sure you have done the planning about the size of the database, number of tablespaces and redo log files you want in the database.
Regarding the size of the database you have to first find out how many tables are going to be created in the database and how much space they will be occupying for the next 1 year or 2. The best thing is to start with some specific size and later on adjust the size depending upon the requirement
Plan the layout of the underlying operating system files your database will comprise. Proper distribution of files can improve database performance dramatically by distributing the I/O during file access. You can distribute I/O in several ways when you install Oracle software and create your database. For example, you can place redo log files on separate disks or use striping. You can situate datafiles to reduce contention. And you can control data density (number of rows to a data block).
Select the standard database block size. This is specified at database creation by the DB_BLOCK_SIZE initialization parameter and cannot be changed after the database is created. For databases, block size of 4K or 8K is widely used
Before you start creating the Database it is best to write down the specification and then proceed
The examples shown in these steps create an example database my_ica_db
Let us create a database my_ica_db with the following specification
Database name and System Identifier SID = myicadb DB_NAME = myicadb
TABLESPACES (we will have 5 tablespaces in this database. With 1 datafile in each tablespace)
Tablespace Name Datafile Size system /u01/oracle/oradata/myica/sys.dbf 250M users /u01/oracle/oradata/myica/usr.dbf 100M undotbs /u01/oracle/oradata/myica/undo.dbf 100M temp /u01/oracle/oradata/myica/temp.dbf 100M index_data /u01/oracle/oradata/myica/indx.dbf 100M sysaux /u01/oracle/oradata/myica/sysaux.dbf 100M
LOGFILES (we will have 2 log groups in the database)
Logfile Group Member Size Group 1 /u01/oracle/oradata/myica/log1.ora 50M Group 2 /u01/oracle/oradata/myica/log2.ora 50M
CONTROL FILE /u01/oracle/oradata/myica/control.ora PARAMETER FILE /u01/oracle/dbs/initmyicadb.ora
(rememer the parameter file name should of the format init<sid>.ora and it should be in ORACLE_HOME/dbs directory in Unix o/s and ORACLE_HOME/database directory in windows o/s)
Now let us start creating the database.
Step 1: Login to oracle account and make directories for your database.
$mkdir /u01/oracle/oradata/myica $mkdir /u01/oracle/oradata/myica/bdump $mkdir /u01/oracle/oradata/myica/udump $mkdir /u01/oracle/oradata/myica/cdump
Step 2: Create the parameter file by copying the default template (init.ora) and set the required parameters
$cd /u01/oracle/dbs $cp init.ora initmyicadb.ora
Now open the parameter file and set the following parameters
$vi initmyicadb.ora
DB_NAME=myicadb DB_BLOCK_SIZE=8192 CONTROL_FILES=/u01/oracle/oradata/myica/control.ora BACKGROUND_DUMP_DEST=/u01/oracle/oradata/myica/bdump USER_DUMP_DEST=/u01/oracle/oradata/myica/udump CORE_DUMP_DEST=/u01/oracle/oradata/myica/cdump UNDO_TABLESPACE=undotbs UNDO_MANAGEMENT=AUTO
After entering the above parameters save the file by pressing Esc :wq
Step 3: Now set ORACLE_SID environment variable and start the instance.
$export ORACLE_SID=myicadb $sqlplus Enter User: / as sysdba SQL>startup nomount
Step 4: Give the create database command
Here I
am not specfying optional setting such as language,
characterset etc. For these database to keep it simple.
The command to create the database is
SQL>create database
myicadb undo tablespace undotbs datafile ‘/u01/oracle/oradata/myica/undo.dbf’ size 100m default temporary tablespace temp tempfile ‘/u01/oracle/oradata/myica/tmp.dbf’ size 100m logfile group 1 ‘/u01/oracle/oradata/myica/log1.ora’ size 50m, group 2 ‘/u01/oracle/oradata/myica/log2.ora’ size 50m;
After the command fishes you will get the following message
Database created.
If you are getting any errors then see accompanying messages. If no accompanying messages are shown then you have to see the alert_myicadb.log file located in BACKGROUND_DUMP_DEST directory, which will show the exact reason why the command has failed. After you have rectified the error please delete all created files in /u01/oracle/oradata/myica directory and again give the above command.
Step 5: After the above command finishes, the database will get mounted and opened. Now create additional tablespaces
To create USERS tablespace SQL>create tablespace users datafile ‘/u01/oracle/oradata/myica/usr.dbf’ size 100M;
To create INDEX_DATA tablespace SQL>create tablespace index_data datafile ‘/u01/oracle/oradata/myica/indx.dbf’ size 100M
Step 6: To
populate the database with data dictionaries and to install procedural options
execute
First execute the CATALOG.SQL script to install data dictionaries SQL>@/u01/oracle/rdbms/admin/catalog.sql
The above script will take several minutes. After the above script is finished run the CATPROC.SQL script to install procedural option. SQL>@/u01/oracle/rdbms/admin/catproc.sql
This script will also take several minutes to complete.
Step 7: Now change the passwords for SYS and SYSTEM account, since the default passwords change_on_install and manager are known by everybody.
SQL>alter user sys identified by myica;
SQL>alter user system identified by myica;
Step 8: Create Additional user accounts. You can create as many user account as you like. Let us create the popular account SCOTT.
SQL>create user scott default tablespace users identified by tiger quota 10M on users; SQL>grant connect to scott;
Step 9: Add this database SID in listener.ora file and restart the listener process.
$cd /u01/oracle/network/admin
$vi listener.ora
(This file will already contain sample entries. Copy and paste one sample entry and edit the SID setting)
LISTENER = (DESCRIPTION_LIST = (DESCRIPTION = (ADDRESS =(PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST=200.200.100.1)(PORT = 1521)) ) ) SID_LIST_LISTENER = (SID_LIST = (SID_DESC = (SID_NAME = PLSExtProc) (ORACLE_HOME =/u01/oracle) (PROGRAM = extproc) ) (sid_desc = (sid_name=orcl) (oracle_home=/u01/oracle) ) #Add these lines (sid_desc = (sid_name=myicadb) (oracle_home=/u01/oracle) )
)
Save the file by pressing Esc :wq
Now restart the listener process.
$lsnrctl stop $lsnrctl start
Step 10: It is recommended to take a full database backup after you just created the database. How to take backup is deal in the Backup and Recovery Section.
Congratualtions you have just created an oracle database. |
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