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C Postinstallation Oracle Database Vault Procedures

After you configure and enable Oracle Database Vault, you can perform specialized tasks, such as adding languages or uninstalling and reinstalling Oracle Database Vault.

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C.1 Adding Languages to Oracle Database Vault

By default, Oracle Database Vault loads only the English language tables.

You can add more languages by running the DBMS_MACADM.ADD_NLS_DATA procedure for each new language that you want to add. You can add more than one language to Database Vault, to either a specific PDB or to the root for all PDBs.

  1. Log into the root or the PDB as a user who has been granted the DV_OWNER or DV_ADMIN role.
  2. Run the following procedure:
    EXEC DBMS_MACADM.ADD_NLS_DATA('language');

    You can specify the language setting using any case. For example: 

    EXEC DBMS_MACADM.ADD_NLS_DATA('french');

EXEC DBMS_MACADM.ADD_NLS_DATA('JAPANESE');

    Replace language with one of the following supported languages:

    • ENGLISH

    • GERMAN

    • SPANISH

    • FRENCH

    • ITALIAN

    • JAPANESE

    • KOREAN

    • BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE

    • SIMPLIFIED CHINESE

    • TRADITIONAL CHINESE

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C.2 Uninstalling Oracle Database Vault

You can uninstall Oracle Database Vault from an Oracle Database installation, for PDBs (but not the root) and Oracle RAC installations.

The uninstallation process does not affect the initialization parameter settings, even those settings that were modified during the installation process, nor does it affect Oracle Label Security.

  1. Connect to the PDB as a user who has been granted the DV_OWNER or DV_ADMIN role.
  2. Run the following procedure to disable Oracle Database Vault:
    EXEC DBMS_MACADM.DISABLE_DV;
  3. Close and reopen the PDB, or for Oracle RAC, restart the database.
    As a user who has the ALTER PLUGGABLE DATABASE privilege:
    ALTER PLUGGABLE DATABASE pdb_name CLOSE IMMEDIATE;
ALTER PLUGGABLE DATABASE pdb_name OPEN;

    For Oracle RAC installations, shut down and then restart each database instance as follows: 

    srvctl stop database -db db_name
srvctl start database -db db_name
  4. Run the dvremov.sql script to remove Oracle Database Vault.

    For example: 

    $ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/admin/dvremov.sql
  5. If necessary, in SQL*Plus, as user SYS with the SYSDBA administrative privilege, manually revoke the EXECUTE privilege on the DBMS_RLS PL/SQL package from any users who have been granted the DV_OWNER role.
    When you configure Oracle Database Vault, one of the privileges that DV_OWNERusers are granted is this privilege. However, when you remove Oracle Database Vault, DV_OWNER users still have this privilege. Optionally, you can revoke it. 
    REVOKE EXECUTE ON DBMS_RLS FROM dbv_owner_backup;

Afterward, you can double-check that Oracle Database Vault is truly deinstalled by logging in to SQL*Plus and entering the following statement: 

SELECT * FROM V$OPTION WHERE PARAMETER = 'Oracle Database Vault';

If Oracle Database Vault is deinstalled, the following output appears:

PARAMETER                     VALUE
----------------------------- -----------------------
Oracle Database Vault         FALSE

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C.3 Reinstalling Oracle Database Vault

You can reinstall Oracle Database Vault by manually installing it, and then afterward, configure and enable it.

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