diff --git a/castor/db/oracleCommon.schema.sql b/castor/db/oracleCommon.schema.sql
index 4f9c67188be1a3c53b92bb7721814f954b3eaebc..4274b31d8040d72e7128ddb4ae81841414231452 100644
--- a/castor/db/oracleCommon.schema.sql
+++ b/castor/db/oracleCommon.schema.sql
@@ -10,6 +10,30 @@
 /* SQL statement to populate the intial schema version */
 UPDATE UpgradeLog SET schemaVersion = '2_1_13_0';
 
+/* Get current time as a time_t. Not that easy in ORACLE */
+CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION getTime RETURN NUMBER IS
+  epoch            TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE;
+  now              TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE;
+  interval         INTERVAL DAY(9) TO SECOND;
+  interval_days    NUMBER;
+  interval_hours   NUMBER;
+  interval_minutes NUMBER;
+  interval_seconds NUMBER;
+BEGIN
+  epoch := TO_TIMESTAMP_TZ('01-JAN-1970 00:00:00 00:00',
+    'DD-MON-YYYY HH24:MI:SS TZH:TZM');
+  now := SYSTIMESTAMP AT TIME ZONE '00:00';
+  interval         := now - epoch;
+  interval_days    := EXTRACT(DAY    FROM (interval));
+  interval_hours   := EXTRACT(HOUR   FROM (interval));
+  interval_minutes := EXTRACT(MINUTE FROM (interval));
+  interval_seconds := EXTRACT(SECOND FROM (interval));
+
+  RETURN interval_days * 24 * 60 * 60 + interval_hours * 60 * 60 +
+    interval_minutes * 60 + interval_seconds;
+END;
+/
+
 /* Sequence for indices */
 CREATE SEQUENCE ids_seq CACHE 300;
 
@@ -151,6 +175,14 @@ CREATE TABLE RecallGroup(id INTEGER CONSTRAINT PK_RecallGroup_Id PRIMARY KEY CON
                          lastEditionTime NUMBER CONSTRAINT NN_RecallGroup_LastEdTime NOT NULL)
 INITRANS 50 PCTFREE 50 ENABLE ROW MOVEMENT;
 
+/* Insert the bare minimum to get a working recall:
+ * create the default recall group to have a default recall mount traffic shaping.
+ */
+INSERT INTO RecallGroup (id, name, nbDrives, minAmountDataForMount, minNbFilesForMount,
+                         maxFileAgeBeforeMount, vdqmPriority, lastEditor, lastEditionTime)
+  VALUES (ids_seq.nextval, 'default', 20, 10*1024*1024*1024, 10, 30*3600, 0, '', getTime());
+
+
 /* Definition of the RecallUser table
  *   euid : uid of the recall user
  *   egid : gid of the recall user
@@ -749,7 +781,6 @@ COMMIT;
 /* when they change status                                           */
 /*********************************************************************/
 CREATE TABLE FileSystemsToCheck (FileSystem NUMBER CONSTRAINT PK_FSToCheck_FS PRIMARY KEY, ToBeChecked NUMBER);
-INSERT INTO FileSystemsToCheck SELECT id, 0 FROM FileSystem;
 
 
 /**************/
diff --git a/castor/db/oracleCommon.sql b/castor/db/oracleCommon.sql
index 6f738851c0c748361fa1941f9ff516dc1bf47204..8139964c581b9991b35768c8bf2d92609962e38d 100644
--- a/castor/db/oracleCommon.sql
+++ b/castor/db/oracleCommon.sql
@@ -7,30 +7,6 @@
  * @author Castor Dev team, castor-dev@cern.ch
  *******************************************************************/
 
-/* Get current time as a time_t. Not that easy in ORACLE */
-CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION getTime RETURN NUMBER IS
-  epoch            TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE;
-  now              TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE;
-  interval         INTERVAL DAY(9) TO SECOND;
-  interval_days    NUMBER;
-  interval_hours   NUMBER;
-  interval_minutes NUMBER;
-  interval_seconds NUMBER;
-BEGIN
-  epoch := TO_TIMESTAMP_TZ('01-JAN-1970 00:00:00 00:00',
-    'DD-MON-YYYY HH24:MI:SS TZH:TZM');
-  now := SYSTIMESTAMP AT TIME ZONE '00:00';
-  interval         := now - epoch;
-  interval_days    := EXTRACT(DAY    FROM (interval));
-  interval_hours   := EXTRACT(HOUR   FROM (interval));
-  interval_minutes := EXTRACT(MINUTE FROM (interval));
-  interval_seconds := EXTRACT(SECOND FROM (interval));
-
-  RETURN interval_days * 24 * 60 * 60 + interval_hours * 60 * 60 +
-    interval_minutes * 60 + interval_seconds;
-END;
-/
-
 /* Returns a time interval in seconds */
 CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION getSecs(startTime IN TIMESTAMP, endTime IN TIMESTAMP) RETURN NUMBER IS
 BEGIN
diff --git a/castor/db/oracleTapeGateway.sql b/castor/db/oracleTapeGateway.sql
index abebd5c6350cf3ebbbee70b9b65253167d7da6a7..86d8024b1a4638f519d5d099ea9020080725ba76 100644
--- a/castor/db/oracleTapeGateway.sql
+++ b/castor/db/oracleTapeGateway.sql
@@ -1579,13 +1579,3 @@ BEGIN
       COMMENTS        => 'Creates RecallMount entries when new recalls should start');
 END;
 /
-
-
-/* Insert the bare minimum to get a working system. Inserted late in the creation
- * script in order to use getTime().
- * - Create the default recall group to have a default recall mount traffic shaping.
- */
-INSERT INTO RecallGroup (id, name, nbDrives, minAmountDataForMount, minNbFilesForMount, maxFileAgeBeforeMount, vdqmPriority, lastEditor, lastEditionTime)
-VALUES (ids_seq.nextval, 'default', 20, 10*1024*1024*1024, 10, 30*3600, 0, '2.1.13 upgrade script', getTime());
-
-/* End of oracleTapeGateway.sql. This trailer makes sure the previous statement is followed by a new line. */
diff --git a/ns/oracleSchema.sql b/ns/oracleSchema.sql
index a5791bf348099cde0195a0fe9f68cfabdf3cec95..fb1f86bb54ea9d76b8a4c6974e89518c334b7b88 100644
--- a/ns/oracleSchema.sql
+++ b/ns/oracleSchema.sql
@@ -97,6 +97,13 @@ CREATE INDEX I_seg_metadata_tapesum ON Cns_seg_metadata (vid, s_fileid, segsize,
 CREATE GLOBAL TEMPORARY TABLE Cns_files_exist_tmp
   (tmpFileId NUMBER) ON COMMIT DELETE ROWS;
 
+-- A synonym allowing to acces the VMGR_TAPE_SIDE table from within the nameserver DB.
+-- Note that the VMGR schema shall grant read access to the NS account with something like:
+-- GRANT SELECT ON Vmgr_Tape_Side TO <CastorNsAccount>;
+UNDEF vmgrSchema
+ACCEPT vmgrSchema CHAR DEFAULT 'castor_vmgr' PROMPT 'Enter the name of the VMGR schema (default castor_vmgr): ';
+CREATE OR REPLACE SYNONYM Vmgr_tape_side FOR &vmgrSchema..Vmgr_tape_side;
+
 -- Tables to store intermediate data to be passed from/to the stager.
 -- Note that we cannot use temporary tables with distributed transactions.
 CREATE TABLE SetSegmentsForFilesHelper
@@ -105,3 +112,15 @@ CREATE TABLE SetSegmentsForFilesHelper
 
 CREATE TABLE ResultsLogHelper
   (reqId VARCHAR2(36), timeinfo NUMBER, ec INTEGER, fileId NUMBER, msg VARCHAR2(2048), params VARCHAR2(4000));
+
+/* Insert the bare minimum to get a working system.
+ * - Create a default 'system' fileclass. Pre-requisite to next step.
+ * - Create the root directory.
+ */
+INSERT INTO cns_class_metadata (classid, name, owner_uid, gid, min_filesize, max_filesize, flags, maxdrives,
+  max_segsize, migr_time_interval, mintime_beforemigr, nbcopies, retenp_on_disk) 
+  VALUES (1, 'system', 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0);
+INSERT INTO cns_file_metadata (fileid, parent_fileid, guid, name, filemode, nlink, owner_uid, gid, filesize,
+  atime, mtime, ctime, fileclass, status, csumtype, csumvalue, acl) 
+  VALUES (2, 0, NULL,  '/', 16877, 0, 0, 0, 0,  0, 0, 0, 1, '-', NULL, NULL, NULL);
+COMMIT;
diff --git a/ns/oracleTrailer.sql b/ns/oracleTrailer.sql
index 724b84bf60fe1006919d1fb662c19fa2614965a5..b0c0ae5d189bb10ed87aee712b191a18f0cc8b25 100644
--- a/ns/oracleTrailer.sql
+++ b/ns/oracleTrailer.sql
@@ -541,20 +541,3 @@ BEGIN
   COMMIT;
 END;
 /
-/* Insert the bare minimum to get a working system. Inserted late in the creation
- * script in order to use getTime().
- * - Create a default 'system' fileclass. Pre-requisite to next step.
- * - Create the root directory.
- * - Create a synonym to access the VMGR. This requires CNS and VMGR co-location
- *   in the same database.
- */
--- Root entry
- insert into cns_class_metadata (classid,   name, owner_uid, gid, min_filesize, max_filesize, flags, maxdrives, max_segsize, migr_time_interval, mintime_beforemigr, nbcopies, retenp_on_disk) 
-values                         (      1, 'system',       0,   0,            0,            0,     0,         0,           0,                  0,                  0,        0,              0);
-insert into cns_file_metadata (fileid, parent_fileid, guid, name, filemode, nlink, owner_uid, gid, filesize,      atime,     mtime,     ctime, fileclass, status, csumtype, csumvalue,  acl) 
-values                        (     2,             0, NULL,  '/',    16877,     0,         0,   0,        0,  getTime(), getTime(), getTime(),         1,    '-',     NULL,      NULL, NULL);
-
--- A synonym allowing to acces the VMGR_TAPE_SIDE table from within the nameserver DB
-UNDEF vmgrSchema
-ACCEPT vmgrSchema CHAR DEFAULT 'vmgr' PROMPT 'Enter the name of the VMGR schema (default vmgr): ';
-CREATE OR REPLACE SYNONYM Vmgr_tape_side FOR &vmgrSchema..Vmgr_tape_side;
\ No newline at end of file