Owner's Manual

Configuring and Deploying Oracle for a Single Node 37
Creating the Seed Database Using Oracle ASM
for a Single Node
If you configured your storage using Oracle ASM, perform the following steps
to create a seed database with the DBCA:
1 As user oracle , start DBCA by typing: dbca &
2 In the Welcome window, 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, type a Global Database Name ,
such as
racdb , click Next .
7 In the Management Options window, click Next .
8 In the Database Credentials window, select a password option, type the
appropriate password information (if required) and click
Next .
9 In the Storage Options window, click Automatic Storage Management
(ASM) and click Next .
10 In the Create ASM Instance window, perform the following steps:
•In the SYS password field, enter a password.
If your operating system is Enterprise Linux 5. x :
a Select Create initialization parameter file (IFILE).
b Click Next .
11 When a message is displayed indicating that DBCA is ready to create and
start the ASM instance, click
OK .
12 Under ASM Disk Groups , click Create New .