Setting dpdump location during Oracle 11g DB creation with DBCA....

Question

I'm hoping someone can point me to an init parameter or environment variable I can set to change the default location of the Data Pump DATA_PUMP_DIR directory.
I'm running Solaris 10 and KSH so I tried setting it as an environment... no luck.
export ORACLE_SID=DXA1
export ORACLE_BASE=/oracle/$ORACLE_SID
export ORACLE_HOME=$ORACLE_BASE/112_64
export DATA_PUMP_DIR=/oracle/DXA1/oratrace/dpdump
dbca -silent -createDatabase -gdbName $ORACLE_SID -templateName /group/oracle/install/11201_General_Purpose.dbc -sysPassword test1234 -systemPassword test1234
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Look at the log file "/oracle/DXA1/cfgtoollogs/dbca/DXA1/DXA1.log" for further details.
SQL> select * from dba_directories where directory_name = 'DATA_PUMP_DIR';
OWNER DIRECTORY_NAME DIRECTORY_PATH
SYS DATA_PUMP_DIR /oracle/DXA1/admin/DXA1/dpdump/
I'd prefer to set this up front so I don't have to re-configure it for each new database installation. It's not a big deal... I just want it where I want it :-)
Thanks in advance!
Regards,
Rich

Answer 1

Modify your template and add the following:
--- etc ---
   <Variables/>
   <CustomScripts Execute="true">
      <CustomScript script="/oracle/scripts/chg_dpdump_dir.sh"/>
   </CustomScripts>
   <InitParamAttributes>
--- etc ---Where "chg_dpdump_dir.sh" is your script to change the location of datapump dir:
#!/usr/bin/ksh
# +-------------------------------------------------
# +
# + chg_dpdump_dir.sh
# +
# + Change the Oracle datapump directory
# +
# +-------------------------------------------------
export ORACLE_SID=DXA1
export ORACLE_BASE=/oracle/$ORACLE_SID
export ORACLE_HOME=$ORACLE_BASE/112_64
export DATA_PUMP_DIR=/oracle/DXA1/oratrace/dpdump
export SYSPWD='ThePasswordYouWillEnterInDbca'
sqlplus -s /nolog <<EOF
connect sys/$SYSPWD as sysdba
Create Or Replace Directory Data_Pump_Dir As '$DATA_PUMP_DIR';
exit
EOF:p