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Oracle 12c Metadata Repository database creation fails if the database is a CDB database

Troubleshooting


Problem

An attempt to create the metadata repository database in an Oracle 12c CDB database with the create_xmeta_db.sh or create_xmeta_db.cmd script fails with an error in the ORACLE_XMETA_USER.log file, "ORA-65096: invalid common user or role name.

Symptom

When you run create_xmeta_db.[sh|cmd], the script fails as follows:

    An error occured while Creating metadata repository user

    See the file ORACLE_XMETA_USER.log for more information.

The ORACLE_XMETA_USER.log file has this error message:

    ERROR AT line 1:
    ORA-65096: invalid common user or role name

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Modified date:
25 April 2025

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