docs: https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E11882_01/server.112/e25494/create.htm#ADMIN002 so: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9534136/how-to-create-a-new-database-after-initally-installing-oracle-database-11g-expre with dbca: https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E11882_01/server.112/e25494/create.htm#ADMIN12479 http://www.fehily.com/books/createdb/createdb_oracle_11g_2.html dbca -help -silent -createDatabase -templateName General_Purpose.dbc -characterSet AL32UTF8 -responseFile NO_VALUE -emConfiguration LOCAL -gdbName ihorcl -sid ihorcl # ask for SYS, SYSTEM, SYSMAN pwds # -gdbName global database name # -memoryPercentage 30 Look at the log file "D:\dev\utils\oracle\cfgtoollogs\dbca\ihorcl\ihorcl.log" for further details. 1) Set the environment variable ORACLE_UNQNAME to Database unique name 2) D:\dev\utils\oracle\product\11.2.0\dbhome_1\bin\emctl.bat start dbconsole Global Database Name:ihorcl System Identifier(SID):ihorcl The Database Control URL is https://:1158/em with create database: https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E11882_01/server.112/e25494/create.htm#ADMIN11073