Database Configuration - Practical Oracle Database Appliance - page 65

Creating a Database
The oakcli command-line tool invokes the Database Configuration Assistant (DBCA) in silent mode. You are not
limited to silent mode, and can invoke DBCA in GUI mode to create a RAC, RAC One, or single-instance database.
To invoke the DBCA on the Oracle Database Appliance, you need to go to the Oracle Home and invoke it from
under the bin directory. Listing 4-12 gives an example of how to invoke the DBCA.
Listing 4-12. Invoke the Database Configuration Assistant (DBCA)
[oracle@patty ~]$ cd $ORACLE_HOME/bin
[oracle@patty bin]$ ./dbca
Figure 4-1 shows the start screen for the DBCA once invoked from the Oracle Home.
Figure 4-1. The DBCA start screen
Once the DBCA is invoked and started, you can perform all the normal functions of creating or managing a
database as you would in normal everyday management. Figure 4-2 provides five different options that either create
or manage a database. These options are ones that many database administrators are used to seeing when creating or
managing databases with the DBCA.