Removing an Oracle 12c database

Remember to stop the database, check the status before deleting the database.

DB03 /home/oracle > srvctl stop database -d prodx

DB03 /home/oracle > srvctl status database -d prodx -v

Instance prodx1 is not running on node db03

Instance prodx2 is not running on node db04

DB03 /home/oracle > dbca -silent -deleteDatabase -sourceDB prod

Connecting to database

9% complete
14% complete
19% complete
23% complete

28% complete
33% complete
38% complete
47% complete
Updating network configuration files
48% complete
52% complete
Deleting instances and datafiles
66% complete
80% complete
95% complete
100% complete

Look at the log file e.g. "/u01/app/oracle/cfgtoollogs/dbca/prodx1.log" for further details.