Creating multiple Oracle databases on Windows

Before you begin

Complete these steps for each instance that you plan to create:
  1. Create a new user and add it to the Administrators group.
  2. Remove the user account from the Users group.
  3. Grant rights to the new user:
    1. Click Start > Run and enter secpol.msc.
    2. Expand Local Policies and click User Rights Assignment.
    3. Open each of the following rights, click Add User or Groupand add the new user:
      • Act as part of the operating system
      • Adjust memory quotas|Increase quotas for a process
      • Create a token object
      • Debug programs
      • Lock pages in memory
      • Log on as a service
      • Replace a process level token
Tip: The new account uses the local system as the domain.

Procedure

Each database is a database instance. To create Oracle databases on Windows, use the Oracle Database Configuration Assistant (DBCA) to complete these steps:

  1. To open the DBCA tool, click Start. Select Oracle > Oracle_directory > Configuration and Migration Tools > Database Configuration Assistantwhere Oracle_directory is the Oracle home on your system.
  2. On the Database Operation page, accept the default option to Create database and click Next.
    1. Select Advanced Mode.
  3. On the Database Templates page, accept the General Purpose or Transaction Processing default option and click Next.
  4. On the Database Identification page, enter LSCONN in the Global Database Name and SID fields and click Next.
    Do not select Create As Container Database.
  5. On the Management Options page, accept the default option to Configure Enterprise Manager (EM) Database Express and click Next.
  6. On the Database Credentials page, create the database password and click Next.
  7. On the Network Configuration page, select a listener you created from the list, or create a listener.
  8. On the Storage Locations page, accept the File System storage option and click Next.
    1. Accept the Database File Locations, which is the default.
    2. Accept the Specify Fast Recovery Area, which is the default.
    3. Click Next.
  9. On the Database Options page, accept the unselected defaults and click Next.
  10. On the Initialization Parameters page, select Use Automatic Memory Management.
    1. Click the Character Sets tab and select the Use Unicode (AL32UTF8).
    2. Click the Connection Mode tab and select Dedicated Server Mode.
    3. Click Next.
  11. On the Creation Options page, accept the Create Database default option and select Generate Database Creation Scripts. Click Next.
  12. Review the summary and click Finish.