How to delete an RAC Database Using DBCA silent mode

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Aug 12, 2019 12:00:00 AM

I was recently working on a Proof Of Concept to migrate RAC non-CDB to CDB. I faced multiple issues and wanted to start fresh. In order to do this, I needed to delete the newly RAC CDB database. Review database process: [code] [oracle@racnode-dc2-1 ~]$ ps -ef|grep pmon oracle 11786 1 0 16:04 ? 00:00:00 asm_pmon_+ASM1 oracle 13727 1 0 16:05 ? 00:00:00 mdb_pmon_-MGMTDB oracle 18674 1 0 17:19 ? 00:00:00 ora_pmon_hawkcdb1 oracle 23810 25204 0 17:35 pts/0 00:00:00 grep --color=auto pmon [oracle@racnode-dc2-1 ~]$ . /media/patch/hawkcdb.env The Oracle base remains unchanged with value /u01/app/oracle ORACLE_UNQNAME=hawkcdb ORACLE_SID=hawkcdb1 ORACLE_BASE=/u01/app/oracle ORACLE_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/12.2.0.1/db1 Oracle Instance alive for sid "hawkcdb1" [oracle@racnode-dc2-1 ~]$ srvctl status database -d hawkcdb -v Instance hawkcdb1 is running on node racnode-dc2-1. Instance status: Open. Instance hawkcdb2 is running on node racnode-dc2-2. Instance status: Open. [/code] Delete database using DBCA silent mode: [code] [oracle@racnode-dc2-1 ~]$ dbca -silent -deleteDatabase -sourceDB hawkcdb \ > -sysDBAUserName sys -sysDBAPassword Oracle_4U! \ > -forceArchiveLogDeletion Connecting to database 9% complete 14% complete 19% complete 23% complete 28% complete 33% complete 38% complete 47% complete Updating network configuration files 48% complete 52% complete Deleting instances and datafiles 66% complete 80% complete 95% complete 100% complete Look at the log file "/u01/app/oracle/cfgtoollogs/dbca/hawkcdb.log" for further details. [oracle@racnode-dc2-1 ~]$ srvctl config database hawk [oracle@racnode-dc2-1 ~]$ [/code] Check process and ASM Disk Group. [code] [oracle@racnode-dc2-1 ~]$ ps -ef|grep pmon oracle 11786 1 0 16:04 ? 00:00:00 asm_pmon_+ASM1 oracle 13727 1 0 16:05 ? 00:00:00 mdb_pmon_-MGMTDB oracle 25636 25204 0 17:38 pts/0 00:00:00 grep --color=auto pmon [oracle@racnode-dc2-1 ~]$ cat /etc/oratab #Backup file is /u01/app/12.2.0.1/grid/srvm/admin/oratab.bak.racnode-dc2-1 line added by Agent -MGMTDB:/u01/app/12.2.0.1/grid:N hawk1:/u01/app/oracle/12.2.0.1/db1:N hawkcdb1:/u01/app/oracle/12.2.0.1/db1:N +ASM1:/u01/app/12.2.0.1/grid:N [oracle@racnode-dc2-1 ~]$ . /media/patch/gi.env The Oracle base remains unchanged with value /u01/app/oracle ORACLE_SID=+ASM1 ORACLE_BASE=/u01/app/oracle GRID_HOME=/u01/app/12.2.0.1/grid ORACLE_HOME=/u01/app/12.2.0.1/grid Oracle Instance alive for sid "+ASM1" [oracle@racnode-dc2-1 ~]$ asmcmd ls DATA hawk/ hawkcdb/ [oracle@racnode-dc2-1 ~]$ asmcmd ls DATA/* +DATA/hawk/: CONTROLFILE/ DATAFILE/ ONLINELOG/ PARAMETERFILE/ PASSWORD/ TEMPFILE/ +DATA/hawkcdb/: [oracle@racnode-dc2-1 ~]$ [/code] In summary, DBCA silent is a quick and efficient method to delete a database when required.

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