2 Creating and Configuring an Oracle Database

This chapter describes how to create and configure an Oracle Database, and contains the following topics:

• Deciding How to Create an Oracle Database

• Manually Creating an Oracle Database

• Understanding the CREATE DATABASE Statement

• Understanding Initialization Parameters

• Troubleshooting Database Creation

• Dropping a Database

• Managing Initialization Parameters Using a Server Parameter File

• Defining Database Services

• Considerations After Creating a Database

• Database Data Dictionary Views

  See Also:

  • Chapter 15, "Using Oracle-Managed Files" for information about creating a database whose underlying operating system files are automatically created and managed by the Oracle Database server

  • Your platform-specific Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation Guide for additional information specific to an Oracle Real Application Clusters environment