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Installing Oracle 11g R1 Database (Single Node) 37
Creating the Seed Database Using Oracle Automatic Storage
Management (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 .
3 In the Operations window, click Create a Database and click Next .
4 In the Database Templates window, click Custom Database and click
Next .
5 In the Database Identification window, type a Global Database Name ,
such as
oradb , and click Next .
6 In the Management Options window, click Next .
7 In the Database Credentials window, click Use the Same Password for All
Accounts
, complete password entries, and click Next .
8 In the Storage Options window, click ASM and click Next .
9 In the Create ASM Instance window, type the password for user sys and
click
Next .
10 When a message is displayed indicating that DBCA is ready to create and
start the ASM instance, click
OK .
11 In the ASM Disk Groups window, under Available Disk Groups ,
click
Create New .
12 In the Create Disk Group window, type the storage information for the
database files and click
OK .
a Type 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.