Pluggable Databases - Expert Consolidation in Oracle Database 12c - page 237

The most convenient way to achieve the goal of ease-of-access of your user-PDBs when not using OMF is to
keep the seed file name convert clause in the create database statement as it is, and set the initialization parameter
“ pdb_file_name_convert ” to the appropriate value. Please refer to section “The create pluggable database statement”
further down in this chapter for more information about the creation of PDBs and defining their storage location on a
file system.
Using Database Configuration Assistant to create a CDB
This is the most basic way to get started with the new database release. Unlike some other Oracle tools which have
only seen minor cosmetic change, the dbca looks quite different. Begin by executing $ORACLE_HOME/bin/dbca in order
to launch the graphical user interface. The initial page allows you to perform a variety of tasks, including creating and
dropping databases. It has a new menu item to manage pluggable databases too. For now, select the “create database
option” to get to the next screen.
The utility offers two different ways to create a new database: typical and advanced. The main decision to be
taken is shown in Figure 7-6 .
Figure 7-6. Database Creation