1. Installation Guide
  2. Creating Oracle RAC or Oracle RAC One Node Databases with Oracle DBCA
  3. Selecting DBCA Options to Create an Oracle RAC or Oracle RAC One Node Database
  4. Starting DBCA on Microsoft Windows Systems

3.8.1 Starting DBCA on Microsoft Windows Systems

You can either start the Oracle Database Configuration Assistant (DBCA) utility from the command line or from the Windows Start menu.

Note:

To run DBCA, you do not have to set operating system environment variables ORACLE_HOME to the Oracle RAC database home, or ORACLE_UNQNAME to the database unique name.
  1. Log in as an Administrator user.
    The user must also be a member of ORA_DBA or ORA_Homename_DBA group and must also be a member of ORA_ASMDBA if Oracle ASM is used as storage for the Oracle RAC database.
    You are prompted to enter the password for the Oracle Home User if you are administering an Administrator-managed Oracle RAC database and chose not to store the password in an Oracle Wallet.
  2. To start DBCA from the command line:
    1. Open a command prompt window.
    2. Navigate to the Oracle_home\bin directory.
    3. Enter the command dbca.
  3. To start DBCA from the Start menu:
    1. Click Start.
    2. Select Programs.
    3. Under Programs, select Oracle - Oracle_home name.
    4. Select Configuration and Migration Tools.
    5. Select Database Configuration Assistant.
  4. After you have started DBCA, to create an Oracle RAC database, you select the following:

    • Create Database on the Database Operation/Welcome page

    • Advanced Configuration on the Creation Mode page

    • Oracle RAC database on the Deployment Type page

Related Topics

Parent topic: Selecting DBCA Options to Create an Oracle RAC or Oracle RAC One Node Database