The title of the blogpost looks weird right? But sometimes as a business requirement we many need to delete or drop the databases. If there is requirement to drop any database which has prod/non prod data then ensure you've performed a complete backup of the database. Once you drop the database there is no chance that you can recover it and hence backup is must. This blogpost will provide a step by step method for dropping an Oracle 19c Cluster Database. 1. check the status of Database: [oracle@ebsdb01 ~]$ ps -ef | grep pmon oracle 92680 92633 0 16:33 pts/4 00:00:00 grep --color=auto pmon oracle 110059 1 0 03:36 ? 00:00:10 ora_pmon_ebsdb1 2. Stop the Database on all nodes: [oracle@ebsdb01 ~]$ srvctl stop database -d ebsdb [oracle@ebsdb01 ~]$ 3. Startup database and disable cluster database parameter: bring up he database in mount mode. oracle@ebsdb01 ~]$ sqlplus / as sysdba SQL*Plus: Release 19.0.0.0.0 - Production on Tue Jun 8 16:37:59 2021 Ver...
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