#创建数据库或实例时,会在/etc/oratab文件中增加一行记录,哪怕是数据库实例没有启动,用此方法也可以查看到。
[oracle@redhat70 ~]$ cat /etc/oratab
#
# This file is used by ORACLE utilities. It is created by root.sh
# and updated by either Database Configuration Assistant while creating
# a database or ASM Configuration Assistant while creating ASM instance.
# A colon, ':', is used as the field terminator. A new line terminates
# the entry. Lines beginning with a pound sign, '#', are comments.
#
# Entries are of the form:
# $ORACLE_SID:$ORACLE_HOME::
#
# The first and second fields are the system identifier and home
# directory of the database respectively. The third filed indicates
# to the dbstart utility that the database should , "Y", or should not,
# "N", be brought up at system boot time.
#
# Multiple entries with the same $ORACLE_SID are not allowed.
#
#
orcl:/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.4/dbhome_1:N
从/etc/oratab中最后一行结果中,可以看出该Linux上存在一个叫orcl的数据库(包括实例)