About Creating an Oracle Database
After you plan your database using some of the guidelines presented in this section, you can create the database with a graphical tool or a SQL command. You typically create a database during Oracle Database software installation. However, you can also create a database after installation. Reasons to create a database after installation are as follows: You used Oracle Universal Installer (OUI) to install software only, and did not create a database. You want to create another database (and database instance) on the same host computer as an existing Oracle database . In this case, this chapter assumes that the new database uses the same Oracle home as the existing database. You can also create the database in a new Oracle home by running OUI again. You want to make a copy of (clone) a database. Considerations Before Creating the Database Database creation prepares several operating system files to work together as an Oracle Database. You only need to create a database...