ORADIM Utility | Create Oracle Instance for Windows Environment

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I will explain ORADIM Utility in Oracle Database and Create Oracle Instance for Windows Environment in this post.

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ORADIM is an utility of Oracle that is used to create an instance, stop and start database services via command line on Windows environment.

ORADIM utility is used in Oracle database services on Windows environment.

You can perform the following actions using ORADIM utility.

• Create an Oracle instance on WINDOWS
• Stop Oracle Instance
• Start Oracle Insance

ORADIM Syntax

oradim [-NEW -SID SID] | -SRVC service_name | -ASMSID SID | -ASMSRVC service_name 
[-SYSPWD password][-MAXUSERS number][-STARTMODE auto | manual] [-SRVCSTART system | demand] 
[-PFILE filename | -SPFILE] [-SHUTMODE normal | immediate | abort] [-TIMEOUT 
secs] [-RUNAS osusr[/ospass]]

You can create an Oracle Instance using ORADIM as follows.

C:\>oradim -new -sid MSDBA -syspwd mgrMSDBA -startmode auto -pfile C:\app\product\12.1.0.2\dbhome_1\dbs\init_MSDBA.ora;

You can shutdown the existing instance using oradim as follows.

oradim -SHUTDOWN -SID SID | -ASMSID SID [-SYSPWD password] 
[-SHUTTYPE srvc | inst | srvc,inst] [-SHUTMODE normal | immediate | abort]


C:\> oradim -shutdown -sid MSDBA

You can startup the existing instance using oradim as follows.

oradim -STARTUP -SID SID | -ASMSID SID [-SYSPWD password] [-STARTTYPE srvc | 
inst | srvc,inst] [-PFILE filename | -SPFILE]

C:\> oradim -STARTUP -SID puma -STARTTYPE inst -PFILE C:\app\username\admin\prod\pfile\init.ora

You can delete the existing Oracle Instance or service as follows.

oradim -DELETE -SID SID | -ASMSID SID | -SRVC service_name | -ASMSRVC service_name

C:\> oradim -DELETE -SID MSDBA

You can edit the existing instance using oradim as follows.

oradim -EDIT -SID SID | -ASMSID SID [-SYSPWD password] [-STARTMODE auto | 
manual] [-SRVCSTART system | demand] [-PFILE filename | -SPFILE][SHUTMODE normal 
| immediate | abort] [SHUTTYPE srvc | inst | srvc,inst]

C:\> oradim -EDIT -SID MSDBA -PFILE C:\app\product\12.1.0.2\dbhome_1\dbs\init_MSDBA.ora;

Now let’s go to make examples with ORADIM.

You can encounter with the following error during Instance creation

C:\>oradim -new -sid MSDBA -syspwd mgrMSDBA -startmode auto -pfile C:\app\product\12.1.0.2\dbhome_1\dbs\init_MSDBA.ora;

OPW-00001: Unable to open password-file
DIM-00014: Cannot open the Windows NT Service Control Manager.
O/S-Error: (OS 5) Access is denied.

This error is related with permission, to solve this error, Run the CMD as Administrator on Windows.

When you run the CMD as Administrator mode, Oracle instance will be created as follows.

C:\>oradim -new -sid MSDBA -syspwd mgrMSDBA -startmode auto -pfile C:\app\product\12.1.0.2\dbhome_1\dbs\init_MSDBA.ora;

Instance created.
C:\>

Now you can connect to SQLPLUS, and startup Oracle instance in nomount mode as follows.

C:\>set ORACLE_SID=MSDBA

C:\>sqlplus /nolog

SQL*Plus: Release 12.1.0.2.0 Production on Wed May 05 14:16:09 2018

Copyright (c) 1982, 2010, Oracle. All rights reserved.

SQL>
SQL> connect sys/mgrMSDBA as sysdba
Connected to an idle instance.
SQL>

SQL> startup nomount pfile='c:\app\product\12.1.0.2\dbhome_1\dbs\init_MSDBA.ora'

ORACLE instance started.

Total System Global Area 1068937216 bytes
Fixed Size 2182592 bytes
Variable Size 616563264 bytes
Database Buffers 444596224 bytes
Redo Buffers 5595136 bytes
SQL>

When you startup Oracle instance in nomount mode, you can restore any database backup to this Oracle Instance, you can read the following post to learn how to do it.

https://ittutorial.org/oracle-rman-recovery-manager-restore-recover-tutorials-4-restore-database-recover-database/

Or you can create the fresh database as follows.

You can create a new database as follows.

SQL> CREATE DATABASE MSDBA
LOGFILE
group 1 ('C:\app\oradata\MSDBA\redo1.log') size 10M,
group 2 ('C:\app\oradata\MSDBA\redo2.log') size 10M,
group 3 ('C:\app\oradata\MSDBA\redo3.log') size 10M
CHARECTER SET WE8ISO8859P1
NATIONAL CHARACTER SET utf8
DATAFILE 'C:\app\oradata\MSDBA\system.dbf' size 50M
autoextend on next 10M maxsize unlimited
extent management local
SYSAUX datafile 'C:\app\oradata\MSDBA\sysaux.dbf'
size 10M autoextend on next 10M maxsize unlimited
UNDO TABLESPACE undotbs1
datafile 'C:\app\oradata\MSDBA\undo.dbf' size 10M
DEFAULT TEMPORARY TABLESPACE temp
tempfile 'C:\app\oradata\MSDBA\temp.dbf' size 10M;

Database created.

SQL>

SQL>@C:\app\product\12.1.0.2\dbhome_1\RDBMS\ADMIN\catalog.sql
SQL>@C:\app\product\12.1.0.2\dbhome_1\RDBMS\ADMIN\catproc.sql
SQL>@C:\app\product\12.1.0.2\dbhome_1\RDBMS\ADMIN\pupbld.sql

You can read the following post to learn how to create a database manually.

https://ittutorial.org/how-to-create-a-database-manually-and-how-to-create-a-database-using-dbca-silent-mode-in-oracle/