Repository Creation Utility (RCU)

Repository Creation Utility (RCU)

In 12c, RCU is available with the Oracle Fusion Middleware Infrastructure distribution.

 

Starting RCU

After you install Oracle Fusion Middleware Infrastructure and create your Oracle home, you can start RCU from the ORACLE_HOME/oracle_common/bin directory.

Creating Schemas

Follow these instructions to create schemas in the database and verify that they are installed properly. 

cd $ORACLE_HOME/oracle_common/bin

./rcu

This screen below introduces you to RCU.

Click Next

Select Create Repository, then select System Load and Product Load.

 If you do not have full SYS or SYSDBA privileges on the database, select Prepare Scripts for System Load

Click Next

Specify your database connection credentials.

Provide all details like Hostname (it should be fully qualified domain name)

                                     Port Number

                                     Service name

                                     username (sys) 

                                     password 

                                     Choose sysdba from the options

Click Next when you have specified your credentials. A separate dialog window appears while RCU checks connectivity and the database prerequisites. When the database checking has passed without errors, click OK to dismiss the dialog window and go to the next screen.

Click Ok 

Select the components for which you want to create schemas, and specify a prefix to group them together.

You must remember the prefix and schema names for the components you are installing; you need this information during the configuration phase of your product installation. Oracle recommends that you write down these values.

 

Click Ok 

Specify the passwords for your schema owners.

You must remember the passwords you enter on this screen; you need this information during the configuration phase of your product installation. Oracle recommends that you write down these values.

 

Click Next

Use this screen to configure the desired tablespace mapping for the schemas that you want to create.

When you click Next, a separate dialog window appears asking you to confirm that you want to create these tablespaces. Click OK to proceed and dismiss the dialog window.

A second dialog window appears showing the progress of tablespace creation. After the tablespaces are created, click OK to dismiss this window and go to the next screen.

Verify the information on this screen, then click Create to begin schema creation.

Review the information on this screen to verify that the operation was completed successfully. Click Close to complete the schema creation and dismiss RCU.