Creating an Oracle Database

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 Objectives

After completing this lesson, you should be able to do

the following:
• Describe the Oracle database architecture
• Understand the instance architecture
• Use the management framework
• Use DBCA to
– Create a database
– Configure a database
– Drop a database
– Manage templates

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 Database Architecture

Control files

Data files Online redo log files

Parameter file Password file Archive log files

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Exploring the Storage Structure

Click on the links to view

detailed information

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 Control Files

• Contain physical database structure information

• Multiplexed to protect against loss
• Required to start the instance

Control files

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 Redo Log Files

• Record changes to the database

• Multiplex to protect against loss

Redo log
buffer

Log
writer
LGWR

Group 1 Group 2 Group 3

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 Tablespaces and Datafiles

• Tablespaces consist of one or more data files

• Data files belong to only one tablespace

Data file 1 Data file 2

USERS Tablespace

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 Segments, Extents, and Blocks

• Segments exist within a tablespace.

• Segments are made of a collection of extents.
• Extents are a collection of data blocks.
• Data blocks are mapped to OS blocks.

Segment Extents Data OS blocks

blocks

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 Oracle Instance Management
SGA

Shared Pool Streams Pool Large Pool

Database Redo Log

Java Pool
Buffer Cache Buffer

System Process Database Log

Monitor Monitor Writer Writer
SMON PMON DBW0 LGWR

Check
point Archiver
CKPT ARC0

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 Oracle Memory Structures

Server Server Back-

Process PGA Process PGA ground PGA
1 2 Process

SGA

Shared Pool Streams Pool Large Pool

Database Redo Log

Java Pool
Buffer Cache Buffer

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 Oracle Processes
Server Server Server Server
Process Process Process Process

System Global Area

SGA

System Process Database Check Log

Archiver
Monitor Monitor Writer point Writer
ARCn
SMON PMON DBWn CKPT LGWR

Background Processes

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 Data Dictionary

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 Database Control

Database
control

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 Grid Control
Grid
control

Management Management
server repository

Managed
targets

Agent Agent Agent

Database OS/third-party Application Application

Database
control application server server control

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Database Configuration Assistant (DBCA)
Overview

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Creating a Database

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Database Identification

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Management Options

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Passwords and Storage

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File Locations and Backup Recovery

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File Location Variables

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Content and Initialization Parameters

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Database Storage

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Creation Options and Create

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Other Actions with DBCA

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 Summary

In this lesson, you should have learned how to:

• Describe the Oracle database architecture
• Understand the instance architecture
• Use the management framework
• Use DBCA to
– Create a database
– Configure a database
– Drop a database
– Manage templates

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 Practice 3:
Creating an Oracle Database

This practice covers creating an Oracle database by

using DBCA.

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