To create and configure a database instance, you can use either the Installation Manager or the Database Manager database tool.
If you use the Database Manager to create a database instance, you first have to install the database software (see the Installation Manual).
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1. You plan your database instance. Note the tips for creating and configuring a database instance.
2. You create the database instance. At the same time you configure the database instance by defining directories for the data and log areas, selecting values for the database parameters and creating the first users, among other things.
Note the conventions for database names and the technical restrictions.
See:
¡ Installation Manual, Using the Installation Manager
¡ Database Manager GUI, Creating a Database Instance
¡ Database Manager CLI, Example: Creating and Configuring a Database Instance
The database system has created the database instance and transferred it to the ONLINE operational state.
3. You can configure the operating system and database instance so that the database instance is automatically set to the ONLINE operational state when the computer is started (Automatic Start).
4. You can change the configuration of the database instance at a later date by using the Database Manager to change the values of the database parameters.
See also:
Overview of the Database System
Users, Authentication and Authorizations