Creating an Instance Using ORADIM

To use ORADIM to create an instance, enter:

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]]

For this command, note the following:

-NEW indicates that you are creating a new instance. This is a mandatory parameter.
-SID SID is the name of the instance to create.
-SRVC service_name is the name of the service to create (OracleServiceSID).
-ASMSID SID is the name of the Oracle Automatic Storage Management instance to create.
-ASMSRVC service_name is the name of the Oracle Automatic Storage Management service to create.
-SYSPWD password is the system password.
-MAXUSERS number is the number of users defined in the password file. The default is 5.
-STARTMODE auto | manual indicates whether to start the instance when the Oracle Database service is started. The default is manual.
-SRVCSTART system | demand indicates whether to start the Oracle Database service upon computer restart. Default is demand. Here, system specifies that the service be configured to automatically start when the system boots or reboots. Demand specifies that the user has to explicitly start the service.
-PFILE filename is the initialization parameter file to be used with this instance. Ensure that you specify the complete path name of this file, including the drive letter.
-SPFILE indicates that a server parameter file (SPFILE) be used during startup instead of a PFILE.
-SHUTMODE specifies how to stop an instance. It requires an argument and the default is immediate. If SHUTMODE is omitted, then there is no attempt made to shutdown the instance when the service is shut down.
-TIMEOUT secs sets the maximum time to wait (in seconds) before the service for a particular SID stops. The default is 90 seconds. It cannot be used without the SHUTDOWN argument.
-RUNAS osusr[/ospass] ("run as") makes it possible to specify both the Oracle Home User and its password. If the given osusr is different from the Oracle Home User, then the Oracle Home User is used instead of the osusr along with the given ospass.

Though the ospass can be specified on the command line, Oracle recommends accepting ospass through stdin.

ORADIM creates Oracle Database service, Oracle VSS Writer service, and Oracle Scheduler service to run under the Oracle Home User account. If this account is a Windows Local User Account or Windows Domain User Account, then ORADIM prompts for the password for that account and accepts the same through stdin.

Note:

For simplicity in demonstrating this feature, this example does not perform the password management techniques that a deployed system typically uses. In a production environment, follow the Oracle Database password management guidelines, and disable any sample accounts.

To create an instance called PROD, for example, enter:

C:\> oradim -NEW -SID prod -STARTMODE auto -PFILE C:\app\username\admin\prod\pfile\init.ora