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Deployment Guide 25
19 On each node , perform the following steps:
a Determine which database instance exists on that node by typing:
srvctl status database -d <database name>
b Add the ORACLE_SID environment variable entry in the oracle user profile by typing:
echo "export ORACLE_SID=racdbx" >> /home/oracle/.bash_profile
source /home/oracle/.bash_profile
where racdbx is the database instance identifier assigned to the node.
This example assumes that
racdb is the global database name that you defined in
DBCA.
Creating the Seed Database Using ASM
Perform the following steps to create the seed database using Oracle ASM:
1 On node 1 , as user oracle , type dbca & to start the DBCA.
2 In the Welcome window, select Oracle Real Application Cluster Database and click Next .
3 In the Operations window, click Create a Database and click Next .
4 In the Node Selection window, click Select All and click Next .
5 In the Database Templates window, click Custom Database and click Next .
6 In the Database Identification window, enter a Global Database Name , such as racdb ,
and click
Next .
7 In the Management Options window, click Next .
8 In the Database Credentials window, click Use the Same Password for All Accounts ,
complete password selections and entries, and click
Next .
9 In the Storage Options window, click ASM and click Next .
10 In the ASM Credentials window, enter the password for user SYS , click Create server
parameter file
, change the location to /dev/raw/spfile+ASM.ora , and then click Next .
11 When a message appears indicating that DBCA is ready to create and start the ASM instance,
click
OK .
12 Under Available Disk Groups , click Create New .
13 Enter the information in the Disk Group window for the database files and click OK .
Enter a name for the disk group to be created, such as
databaseDG , select External
Redundancy
, and select the disks to include in the disk group (for example, /dev/raw/ASM1 ).
A window appears indicating that disk group creation is in progress.
14 Under Available Disk Groups , click Create New .