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4 Creating and Upgrading a Database
This chapter describes how to create a new 11.2 database or upgrade an existing
database to release 11.2. It contains the following topics:
■ Creating a Database
■ Upgrading a Database
Note: Creating a Java enabled database is not part of this chapter.
For more information about creating a Java enabled database, refer to
Chapter 12, "Java in the Database".
4.1 Creating a Database
You can create a database either automatically or manually. Oracle recommends that
you use the automatic creation procedure outlined in "Creating a Database
Automatically" on page 4-2. Instructions on how to create a database manually are
given in "Creating a Database Manually" on page 4-4.
This section describes the following:
■ Pre-Creation Activities
■ Creating a Database Automatically
■ Creating a Database Manually
4.1.1 Pre-Creation Activities
Before creating a database, you first need to carry out the following pre-creation
activities:
1. Install Oracle Database 11g Release 2 software under the installation user ID. For
details on how to do this, refer to Chapter 3, "Oracle Database Installation and
Deinstallation".
2. The BS2000 System Administrator must create a JOIN entry for the account, which
holds Oracle Database (the
DBA user ID).
The required privileges for this account are as follows:
NTL=YES
EXPRESS=YES
TTYPL=TP
CSTMP-MACRO=YES