Kyle Only a guess since I’ve never done both at once, but maybe because you need to run root.sh in between? If memory serves me correctly the passwords etc. are used more for automating backups, but I could be completely wrong on all of this – it’s happened before. :) I’ve always run a software only installation separate to creating the database – just personal foible I guess. :) Pete Pete Sharman Database Architect, DBaaS Enterprise Manager Product Suite 33 Benson Crescent CALWELL ACT 2905 AUSTRALIA Phone: <tel:+61262924095> +61262924095 | | Fax: <fax:+61262925183> +61262925183 | | Mobile: +61414443449 _____ "Controlling developers is like herding cats." Kevin Loney, Oracle DBA Handbook "Oh no, it's not, it's much harder than that!" Bruce Pihlamae, long term Oracle DBA _____ From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of kyle Hailey Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2014 6:26 AM To: ORACLE-L Subject: silent install of 12c & creation of test database I captured the response file form a database software install along with creation of a database. If I run this response file as in $ ./runInstaller -silent -responseFile `pwd`/install.rsp it installs the software but not the database. Anyone know why? Has anyone successfully done a silent install of both Oracle and creation of a database? Here is my response file, captured from the GUI installer that both installed the software and created the database, but when run with silent mode only installs the software $ cat install_gui.rsp oracle.install.responseFileVersion=/oracle/install/rspfmt_dbinstall_response_schema_v12.1.0 oracle.install.option=INSTALL_DB_AND_CONFIG ORACLE_HOSTNAME=localhost UNIX_GROUP_NAME=dba INVENTORY_LOCATION=/home/oracle/oraInventory SELECTED_LANGUAGES=en ORACLE_HOME=/home/oracle/base/oracle12102 ORACLE_BASE=/home/oracle/base oracle.install.db.InstallEdition=EE oracle.install.db.DBA_GROUP=dba oracle.install.db.OPER_GROUP=dba oracle.install.db.BACKUPDBA_GROUP=dba oracle.install.db.DGDBA_GROUP=dba oracle.install.db.KMDBA_GROUP=dba oracle.install.db.rac.configurationType= oracle.install.db.CLUSTER_NODES= oracle.install.db.isRACOneInstall=false oracle.install.db.racOneServiceName= oracle.install.db.rac.serverpoolName= oracle.install.db.rac.serverpoolCardinality=0 oracle.install.db.config.starterdb.type=GENERAL_PURPOSE oracle.install.db.config.starterdb.globalDBName=orcl oracle.install.db.config.starterdb.SID=orcl oracle.install.db.ConfigureAsContainerDB=true oracle.install.db.config.PDBName=pdborcl oracle.install.db.config.starterdb.characterSet=WE8MSWIN1252 oracle.install.db.config.starterdb.memoryOption=false oracle.install.db.config.starterdb.memoryLimit=6380 oracle.install.db.config.starterdb.installExampleSchemas=true oracle.install.db.config.starterdb.password.ALL= oracle.install.db.config.starterdb.password.SYS=sys oracle.install.db.config.starterdb.password.SYSTEM=sys oracle.install.db.config.starterdb.password.DBSNMP=sys oracle.install.db.config.starterdb.password.PDBADMIN=sys oracle.install.db.config.starterdb.managementOption=DEFAULT oracle.install.db.config.starterdb.omsHost= oracle.install.db.config.starterdb.omsPort=0 oracle.install.db.config.starterdb.emAdminUser= oracle.install.db.config.starterdb.emAdminPassword= oracle.install.db.config.starterdb.enableRecovery=false oracle.install.db.config.starterdb.storageType=FILE_SYSTEM_STORAGE oracle.install.db.config.starterdb.fileSystemStorage.dataLocation=/home/oracle/base/oradata oracle.install.db.config.starterdb.fileSystemStorage.recoveryLocation= oracle.install.db.config.asm.diskGroup= oracle.install.db.config.asm.ASMSNMPPassword= MYORACLESUPPORT_USERNAME= MYORACLESUPPORT_PASSWORD= SECURITY_UPDATES_VIA_MYORACLESUPPORT=false DECLINE_SECURITY_UPDATES=true PROXY_HOST= PROXY_PORT= PROXY_USER= PROXY_PWD= COLLECTOR_SUPPORTHUB_URL= I'd rather have a single response file that installed both the software and the database but as a workaround the following two response file seem to work in a two step process. The two step is first running runInstaller and then running dbca the following seems to work. # unzip files from Oracle $ cd database $ vi install.rsp $ cat install.rsp oracle.install.responseFileVersion=/oracle/install/rspfmt_dbinstall_response_schema_v12.1.0 oracle.install.option=INSTALL_DB_SWONLY ORACLE_HOSTNAME=perf250-target2 UNIX_GROUP_NAME=dba INVENTORY_LOCATION=/home/oracle/oraInventory SELECTED_LANGUAGES=en ORACLE_HOME=/home/oracle/base/oracle12102 ORACLE_BASE=/home/oracle/base oracle.install.db.InstallEdition=EE oracle.install.db.DBA_GROUP=dba oracle.install.db.BACKUPDBA_GROUP=dba oracle.install.db.DGDBA_GROUP=dba oracle.install.db.KMDBA_GROUP=dba SECURITY_UPDATES_VIA_MYORACLESUPPORT=false DECLINE_SECURITY_UPDATES=true oracle.installer.autoupdates.option=SKIP_UPDATES $ ./runInstaller -silent -responseFile `pwd`/install.rsp The to create the database: $ vi dbca.rsp $ cat dbca.rsp [GENERAL] RESPONSEFILE_VERSION = "12.1.0" OPERATION_TYPE = "createDatabase" [CREATEDATABASE] GDBNAME = "my12c" SID = "my12c" TEMPLATENAME = "General_Purpose.dbc" SYSPASSWORD = "sys" SYSTEMPASSWORD = "sys" EMCONFIGURATION = "DBEXPRESS" DBSNMPPASSWORD = "sys" STORAGETYPE=FS SAMPLESCHEMA=TRUE $ dbca -silent -responseFile `pwd`/dbca.rsp which creates the database.