How does Oracle delete a database?

2 years ago
Isabella Edwards
2 minutes

To remove the Oracle database, you can follow these steps:

  1. Make sure you have administrator privileges or sufficient permissions to delete the database.
  2. Stop the running database instance. You can use SQL*Plus, SQL Developer, or command line tools to execute the following command:
  3. immediately shut down;
  4. This will shut down the database instance and terminate all current sessions and connections.
  5. To ensure that the database instance is completely stopped, you can use the following command to verify.
  6. Check the status of the listener.
  7. If the database instance has completely stopped, you will not see the instance that is being monitored.
  8. Run the database to register the service. The following command can be used to execute this action:
  9. Delete the database instance specified.
  10. This will remove the Windows service for the database instance. For running on Linux or UNIX systems, please refer to the relevant operating system documentation.
  11. Delete the database and control files. You can use the following command to remove the database and control files:
  12. delete the database files and control files at specified path.
  13. Please make sure to back up your data before deleting these files to prevent any loss of data.

Please note that deleting a database is a high-risk operation. Please ensure that you understand the impact of the operation and have backed up any important data before proceeding with the deletion.

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