Creating a Standard Edition High Availability Database Using Oracle DBCA

Starting with Oracle Database 23ai, you can use Oracle DBCA to create a Standard Edition High Availability database.

After you complete installing Standard Edition High Availability database software you can use Oracle DBCA, in either interactive or silent mode, to create a single-instance Oracle Database.

1. Start Oracle Database Configuration Assistant (Oracle DBCA).

   $ cd $ORACLE_HOME/bin
   $ ./dbca

2. In the Select Database Operation screen, select Create a database and click Next.
3. In the Select Database Creation Mode screen, select Advanced configuration and click Next.
4. In the Select Database Deployment type screen, select Oracle Standard Edition HA database, as the Database type. Select Automatic as the Database Management policy, and select an appropriate template for your database. Click Next.
5. In the Select List of Nodes screen, select all the nodes on which you want to create the Standard Edition High Availability database. Click Next to continue.
6. Respond to the configuration screens and prompts as needed to complete the database creation process. Configuration screens vary depending on the configuration option that you select.

   Note:

   Click Help if you have any questions about the information you are asked to submit during database creation.