Oracle Installation & Database Creations Options

Database Installation:

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Part 1:

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Oracle Home Installation / Oracle Software Installation / DB Home Installation / Oracle Installation 

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Option 1: GUI Mode 

- ./runInstaller

Option 2: Silent Mode (Manual Method) (Command line)

- ./runInstaller -silent 

Option 3: Clone (Manual Method) (Command line)

- We have already have Oracle Home Installed on server A

- Take tar backup of OH from server A

- Copy that tar backup into new server / target server 

- untar the Oracle Home backup 

- ./clone.pl

Part 2: 

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Database Creation 

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Option 1: GUI Mode

- ./dbca

Option 2: Silent Mode (Manual Method) (Command line)

- ./dbca -silent 

Option 3: Silent Mode (Manual Method) (Command line)

- create pfile and start database in nomount mode

- run "create database command"

- run some post script 

Option 4: RMAN method

- We have already have Oracle database on server A

- Build / Create new database on new server / target server 

Part 1 + Part 2 (Not a best practice)

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Oracle Home Installation + Database Creation

Option 1: GUI Mode 

- ./runInstaller

Option 2: Silent Mode (Manual Method) (Command line)

- ./runInstaller -silent