Oracle 19c Installation on Windows

• Introduction: In this article we will be doing the installation of Oracle 19c (version19.3) on Windows OS.
  
  
• Difference from Linux: In windows, we don't need to configure or install the prerequisites. Also there is no root script to be executed.


• Prerequisites: Below are the minimum requirements for Windows environment.
  
  • CPU - 2core
    
  • RAM - 4GB
  • Disk space - 25GB
  • OS - Windows 8.1
  
  
• Software Download:
  
  • Oracle 19c for Windows : Click Here
  
  
  
  
• Now start installation step by step:

1. Create ORACLE HOME directory and place the Oracle 19c software.

C:\Users\oraeasy> mkdir -p D:\app\oracle\product\19c\db_home1
C:\Users\oraeasy> dir D:\app\oracle\product\19c\
 Volume in drive D is Data
 Volume Serial Number is 60FC-A6D2

 Directory of D:\app\oracle\product\19c

30-08-2025  14:22    <DIR>          .
30-08-2025  14:22    <DIR>          ..
30-08-2025  14:23    <DIR>         db_home1
               0 File(s)              0 bytes
               3 Dir(s)  149,301,039,104 bytes free

2. Now unzip the software.

3. Now execute the setup.exe with Run as Administrator option.

4. Now installer GUI window will appear, follow the instructions.

Select Setup Software Only & Click Next.

Select Single Instance & Click Next.

Select the Edition & Click Next.

Select Account type & Click Next.

Click Yes.

Provide ORACLE BASE location & Click Next.

Click Install.

Monitor the progress.

Installation completed. Click Close.

5. Now check Oracle version.

C:\Users\oraeasy> sqlplus -v

SQL*Plus: Release 19.0.0.0.0 - Production
Version 19.3.0.0.0

Now we will procced for creation of a database via DBCA utilty.

6. Open a command prompt with Administrator option and run DBCA command.

C:\Windows\System32>dbca 

Now DBCA GUI window will appear. Follow the instructions:

Select Create Database & Click Next.

Select Advanced Option & Click Next.

Select Single Instance & General Purpose and Click Next.

Provide Database, SID, & PDB name and Click Next.

Select File System & Click Next.

Check FRA & Archive option and Click Next.

We can create Listener later. Click Next.

Click Next.

Define SGA, PGA & Click Next.

If you encountered the "[DBT-50000] Unable to check for available memory" error here, then cancel the DBCA utilty and again execute with below option:
dbca -J-Doracle.assistants.dbca.validate.ConfigurationParams=false

Click Next.

Provide Sys user password & Click Next.

Click Finish.

Monitor the Progress.

Database creation completed & Click Close.

Similarly we can create Listener using NETCA. Please refer Listener Creation using NETCA
7. Now check Oracle services in Services.msc and do the login in command prompt.

C:\Users\oraeasy>lsnrctl status

LSNRCTL for 64-bit Windows: Version 19.0.0.0.0 - Production on 30-AUG-2025 18:44:03

Copyright (c) 1991, 2019, Oracle.  All rights reserved.

Connecting to (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=LAPTOP-FHSJIP9C)(PORT=1521)))
STATUS of the LISTENER
------------------------
Alias                     LISTENER
Version                   TNSLSNR for 64-bit Windows: Version 19.0.0.0.0 - Production
Start Date                30-AUG-2025 18:43:04
Uptime                    0 days 0 hr. 1 min. 2 sec
Trace Level               off
Security                  ON: Local OS Authentication
SNMP                      OFF
Listener Parameter File   D:\app\oracle\product\19c\db_home1\network\admin\listener.ora
Listener Log File         D:\app\oracle\diag\tnslsnr\LAPTOP-FHSJIP9C\listener\alert\log.xml
Listening Endpoints Summary...
  (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=LAPTOP-FHSJIP9C)(PORT=1521)))
  (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=ipc)(PIPENAME=\\.\pipe\EXTPROC1521ipc)))
Services Summary...
Service "52448234712340b69f274bcc790ecfe0" has 1 instance(s).
  Instance "orcl", status READY, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
Service "CLRExtProc" has 1 instance(s).
  Instance "CLRExtProc", status UNKNOWN, has 2 handler(s) for this service...
Service "aea9b74252e34877853d9274a1e0037c" has 1 instance(s).
  Instance "orcl", status READY, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
Service "orcl" has 1 instance(s).
  Instance "orcl", status READY, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
Service "orclXDB" has 1 instance(s).
  Instance "orcl", status READY, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
Service "orclpdb" has 1 instance(s).
  Instance "orcl", status READY, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
The command completed successfully

C:\Users\oraeasy> sqlplus / as sysdba

SQL*Plus: Release 19.0.0.0.0 - Production on Sat Aug 30 18:44:24 2025
Version 19.3.0.0.0

Copyright (c) 1982, 2019, Oracle.  All rights reserved.

Connected to:
Oracle Database 19c Enterprise Edition Release 19.0.0.0.0 - Production
Version 19.3.0.0.0

SQL>
SQL> SELECT name, open_mode FROM v$database;

NAME      OPEN_MODE
--------- --------------------
ORCL      READ WRITE

SQL> SHOW PDBS

    CON_ID CON_NAME                       OPEN MODE  RESTRICTED
---------- ------------------------------ ---------- ----------
         2 PDB$SEED                       READ ONLY  NO
         3 ORCLPDB                        READ WRITE NO
SQL>

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