Running Oracle Database Configuration Assistant Using a Response File
You can run Oracle Database Configuration Assistant in a silent or a response file mode to configure and start an Oracle database on your system.
To run Oracle Database Configuration Assistant in silent or response file mode, use the dbca.rsp
response file in the ORACLE_BASE\ORACLE_HOME
\assistants\netca
directory, and the response
directory in the database\response
directory on the DVD.
Note:
If you copied the software to a hard disk, the response files are located in the stage_area
\database\response
directory.
To run Database Configuration Assistant in a response file mode, you must use the -responseFile
flag in combination with either the -silent
or -progressOnly
flag. To run Database Configuration Assistant in response file mode, you must use a graphical display and set the DISPLAY
environment variable.
On Windows, you must open the command prompt with Administrator privileges.
- Silent Mode of Database Configuration Assistant
Use the-silent
flag in combination with the-responseFile
flag to set the mode to silent. - Running Database Configuration Assistant in Response File Mode
Use this procedure to run Database Configuration Assistant in response file mode.