Deployment Guide

Deployment Guide 29
Creating the Seed Database
This section contains procedures for creating the seed database using either OCFS2 or ASM and for
verifying the seed database.
Creating the Seed Database Using OCFS2
1 On the first node , as the user oracle , type dbca -datafileDestination /u01 to start
the Database Configuration Assistant (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, select Cluster File System and click Next .
10 In the Database File Locations window, click Next .
11 In the Recovery Configuration window, click Specify flash recovery area , click Browse and select /u02 ,
specify the flash recovery size, and then click
Next .
12 In the Database Content window, click Next .
13 In the Database Services window, click Next .
14 In the Initialization Parameters window, if your cluster has more than four nodes, change the Shared
Pool
value to 500 MB, and click Next .
15 In the Database Storage window, click Next .
16 In the Creation Options window, check Create Database and click Finish .
17 In the Summary window click OK to create the database.
NOTE: The creation of the seed database may take more than an hour.
NOTE: If you receive an Enterprise Manager Configuration Error during the seed database creation, click OK
to ignore the error.
When the database creation is completed, the Password Management window appears.