File Path and Directory Changes in Read-Only Oracle Homes

Examples of hierarchical file mappings in a read-only Oracle home as compared to a read/write Oracle home.

This example shows an Optimal Flexible Architecture-compliant Oracle Database installation, for the user oracle, with the ORACLE_HOME, ORACLE_BASE, ORACLE_BASE_HOME, and ORACLE_BASE_CONFIG logical locations. The database files are under oraclebase\oradata.

This example also shows the changes in the Oracle Database software defined paths of configuration files, log files, and other directories in a read-only Oracle home when compared to a read/write Oracle home.

Table D-1 read/write and Read-Only Oracle Home File Path Examples

Directory	Read/Write Oracle Home File Path	Read-Only Oracle Home File Path
ORACLE_HOME	C:\app\oracle\product\19.0.0\dbhome_1	C:\app\oracle\product\19.0.0\dbhome_1
ORACLE_BASE	C:\app\oracle\	C:\app\oracle\
ORACLE_BASE_HOME	ORACLE_HOME (or) C:\app\oracle\product\19.0.0\dbhome_1	ORACLE_BASE\homes\HOME_NAME. (or) C:\app\oracle\homes\OraDB19Home1
ORACLE_BASE_CONFIG	ORACLE_HOME (or) C:\app\oracle\product\19.0.0\dbhome_1	ORACLE_BASE (or) C:\app\oracle\
network	ORACLE_HOME\network (or) C:\app\oracle\product\19.0.0\dbhome_1\network	ORACLE_BASE_HOME\network (or) C:\app\oracle\homes\OraDB19Home1\network
database	ORACLE_HOME\database (or) C:\app\oracle\product\19.0.0\dbhome_1\database	ORACLE_BASE\database (or) C:\app\oracle\database