遇到这样一个情况，之前做过将/u01/app/oracle下所有文件拷备、还原的操作，现在想删除已存在的数据库时，发现dbca中delete database选项是灰色的。但实际是存在一个数据库的，因此我怀疑是配置文件没有匹配的原因。在网上找了些看，看到有说直接修改/etc/oratab内容就可以的，，实际操作后也可以：
以下为/etc/oratab中的原始内容：
$ cat /etc/oratab
#
# this file is used by oracle utilities. it is created by root.sh
# and updated by the database configuration assistant when creating
# a database.
# 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.
#
#
# *:/u01/app/oracle/product/9.2:n
# *:/u01/app/oracle/product/9.2:n
# *:/u01/app/oracle/product/9.2:n
# *:/u01/app/oracle/product/9.2:n
# *:/u01/app/oracle/product/9.2:n
# *:/u01/app/oracle/product/9.2:n
# *:/u01/app/oracle/product/9.2:n
*:/u01/app/oracle/product/9.2:n
只需要将最后一条前面的*号改成你所想删除的oracle_sid即可。