Create Database in VMS

Env: Oracle 7.1.3, VMS 6.1

Hello everyone,

I feel really silly asking this... but how does one go about creating a database in VMS? I've done this many times on various flavours of unix. But can't succeed on VMS. Been screwing my eyes and brains out for a LONG day and can't get anywhere.

Here's my ora_instance:orauser_pp_prd.com:

$ define/nolog ora_instance agxprapp07:[oracle7.pp_prd.dba]
$ define/nolog ora_db agxprapp07:[oracle7.pp_prd.dba]
$ define/nolog ora_control1

   agxprapp01:[oracle7.pp_prd.ctrl_files]ora_control1.con
$ define/nolog ora_control2

   agxprapp03:[oracle7.pp_prd.ctrl_files]ora_control2.con


$    define/nolog ora_dump        agxprapp06:[oracle7.pp_prd.trace]

$    define/nolog ora_archive     agxprora01:[oracle7.pp_prd.arch]

$    define/nolog ora_pp_prd_arch 'f$trnlnm("ora_archive")

$    define/nolog ora_sid         pp_prd


$    define/nolog ora_params      ora_system:init.ora

ora_system:init.ora has the usual things, eg:

     control_files = (ora_control1, ora_control2)
     background_dump_dest = ora_dump

When logging into sqldba, I get this message and can't carry on:

     DBA-00314: unable to attach to default host
     ORA-06400: NETCMN: No default host string specified

Trying to connect internal gives me this:
     ORA-06400: NETCMN: No default host string specified