Oracle 26ai: How to create DB in silent mode

On this activity we are going to create a DB in silent mode on a single server with ASM (GRID).

[oracle@olinux8 ~]$ cd /u01/app/oracle/product/26ai/db_home1/bin
[oracle@olinux8 bin]$ ./dbca \
     -ignorePreReqs \
     -ignorePrereqFailure \
     -silent \
     -createDatabase \
     -templateName General_Purpose.dbc \
     -sid dbtest26 \
     -gdbName dbtest26 \
     -SysPassword syspassword \
     -SystemPassword systempassword \
     -storageType ASM \
     -datafileDestination +DATA \
	 -archiveLogDest +FRA \
	 -enableArchive true  \
	 -numberOfPDBs 1 \
	 -pdbAdminPassword pdbadmin \
     -pdbName dbtest23pdb1 \
     -initParams db_unique_name=dbtest26,sga_max_size=1500M,sga_target=1500M,pga_aggregate_target=200M
....
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48% complete
Completing Database Creation
53% complete
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Creating Pluggable Databases
60% complete
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Executing Post Configuration Actions
100% complete
Database creation complete. For details check the logfiles at:
 /u01/app/oracle/cfgtoollogs/dbca/dbtest26.
Database Information:
Global Database Name:dbtest26
System Identifier(SID):dbtest26
Look at the log file "/u01/app/oracle/cfgtoollogs/dbca/dbtest26/dbtest26.log" for further details.
[oracle@olinux8 bin]$

INST HOST               INST_NAME  STATUS     DB_ROLE           OPEN_MODE             STARTUP_TIME
---- ------------------ ---------- ---------- ----------------- --------------------- --------------------
*1   olinux8            dbtest26   OPEN       PRIMARY           READ WRITE            13-FEB-2026 15:45:46

SQL> show pdbs

    CON_ID CON_NAME                       OPEN MODE  RESTRICTED
---------- ------------------------------ ---------- ----------
         2 PDB$SEED                       READ ONLY  NO
         3 DBTEST23PDB1                   READ WRITE NO

That’s it!

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