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In the Recovery Configuration window, click Browse and select the flashback
recovery area that you created in "Configuring Database Storage Using ext3
File System" on page 19 (for example,
/opt/oracle/recovery ). Change
the Flash Recovery Area size as needed. Select
Enable Archiving and click
Next .
12 In the Database Content window, click Next .
13 In the Initialization Parameters window, click Next .
14 In the Database Storage window, click Next .
15 In the Creation Options window, click Create Database and click Finish .
16 In the Confirmation window, click OK to create the database.
NOTE: The seed database creation may take more than an hour to complete.
When the database creation procedure completes, the Password Management
window appears.
17 Click Exit .
18 Ty p e :
export ORACLE_SID=dbname
where dbname is the global identifier name that you defined for the database
in DBCA.
19 To verify that the database is operating, perform the following steps:
a Ty p e sqlplus "/ as sysdba" to display the SQL> prompt.
b Type the following query at the SQL> prompt:
SELECT * FROM v$instance;
c If the database is not running and you receive an error message, type
startup at the SQL> prompt to start the database instance on the node.
Creating the Seed Database Using Oracle ASM
If you configured your storage using Oracle ASM, perform the following steps to
create a seed database with the DBCA:
1 As the user oracle , start DBCA by typing:
dbca &
2 In the Welcome window, click Next .