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All About the Initialization Parameter DB_CREATE_FILE_DEST and Related Issues (Doc ID 2673218.1)

Last updated on APRIL 17, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 10.2.0.1 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Purpose

This Document talks details about DB_CREATE_FILE_DEST and Related Issues.

DB_CREATE_FILE_DEST specifies the default location for Oracle-managed datafiles which includes Datafiles,Tempfiles,Redo log files,Control files,Block change tracking files.
The directory must have appropriate permissions that allow Oracle to create files in it. Oracle generates unique names for the files, and a file thus created is an Oracle-managed file.

Questions and Answers

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In this Document
Purpose
Questions and Answers
 1. How to Change this parameter ?
 2.Benefits of setting DB_CREATE_FILE_DEST
 3. Other Related Parameters
 4. Error Codes related to this Parameter
 a. ORA-19526
 b. RMAN-05049
 c. RMAN-05088
 d. ORA-01261
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