... a Database 4-2 Oracle9i Database Administrator’s GuideStarting Up a Database When you start up a database, you create an instance of that database, and youchoose the state in which the database ... Oracle database, and contains the following topics:■Starting Up a Database ■Altering Database Availability■Shutting Down a Database ■Quiescing a Database ■Suspending and Resuming a Database See ... the Database Configuration Assistant to create your database, you canuse that tool to delete your database and clean up the files.Considerations After Creating a Database After you create a database, ...