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hi atul,
thanks for sharing with us. May I ask you a couple of questions. for those of us with 11.5.5 and not autoconfig enabled, how do we go about doing cloning?
Can we apply patch 2942559 & 5107107?
for first timer, is it sufficient to follow notes 282930?
Please share your experience with us.
thanks
Kenny
Kenny,
Yes for first time its sufficient to follow note 282930.
Later you can apply all prereq. rapid clone patch mentioned in Rapid Clone Note # 230672.1 and use rapid clone .
Atul
Replyhi Atul,
thanks for your replied. Just need further input from you.
Based on your advice, we can simply follow note 282930 to clone 11.5.5.
thereafter, we can use the patches mentioned in 230672.1 and apply to the 11.5.5? or, we need to apply these patches before the cloning 11.5.5?
thanks for your advice
Kenny
Kenny,
since these patches are rapid clone patches so if you wish to clone instance via rapid clone you have to apply these patches before clone. If you wish to clone without rapid clone via note 282930 then you can apply rapid clone patches any time ( before or after )
Atul
Replyhi atul,
there is another system that I need to clone. It is a 11.5.9 oracle payroll system.
I had created a checklist for myself. Please give me your comments.
1) OUI22: latest patch 5035661
2) JRE: 1.1.8 in DB tier
3) JRE: 1.3.1_1.5 in DB tier for autoconfig
4) JDK: 1.3.1
5) AD minipack: all nodes: version I
6) Rapid clone patches: 3453499 (11i.ADX.F) & 5225940 (Post ADX.F. Fixes)
thanks
Kenny
hi atul,
As I was reading the patch info, I
realized that for AD minipack I and
OUI22, they were only meant for
Solaris Sunsparc 32bit. Does that
mean if the 11i is running on the
Solaris8, which is 64bit, it will
not be applicable?
thanks
Kenny
Kenny,
Could you guide me documentation which you are refering above . I’ll check & get back to you.
Atul
Replyhi atul,
the documentation note id is 230672.1
when I try to download both OUI22 and
AD minipack I for Solaris, I realized
that it was only available for 32 bits
sparc. 64 bits sparc is not available.
The current system that I’m going to
clone is running on Sun Solaris 8,
which is 64bits.
Hope you can enlighten me.
Thanks
Kenny
Kenny,
Give me some time, I need to check on this.
Though Applications are always 32 bit where as database can be 32 or 64 bit. I suppose you have to apply 32 bit patch . I know its confusing when it comes to bit. I’ll recommend that you raise Tar as well just to be on safe side.
Atul
Replyhi atul,
Oracle had replied. we can apply a
32bit patch onto a 64bit OS.
Regards,
Kenny
Thats good kenny & tahnks for sharing this with everybody
Atul
Replyhi atul,
need to seek your advice.
i have this new situation. i have
2 servers. one is running 11.5.9 and
the other is an empty server.
furthermore, i do not have software
to install 11.5.9 in the new server.
can I restore the existing 11.5.9
to the new server and then do a
cloning.
please advice
thanks
Kenny
Kenny,
I suppose when you say empty server , you mean there is no Oracle software Installed on this .
Yes you can very well clone from you first server where you have 11.5.9 . Run adpreclone on db tier & apps tier on first server ( 11.5.9) , copy content from first server to empty server & run adcfgclone on both database tier & application tier as per metalink note mentioned above .
Atul
Replyhi atul,
do i need to restore the binaries from
the first server and before I can do
the cloning?
Kenny
ReplyKenny ,
Apologies for saying this but I suppose you have not read my cloning clearly I request you to go through it once again & metalink note for rapid clone & then get back to me for any doubts .
Atul
Replyhi atul,
i had read it many times. just wonder
does it really work. for example, if
we clone databases, we need to
have the database binaries in the new
machine before we can copy the
database files from the original
machine to the new machine.
so, i was having this thought.
please bear with me as I’m
inexperience in 11i cloning.
Kenny
ReplyKenny,
No issues I know oracle’s documentation is very tough to understand specially when you just started learning . I have gone through your phase.
If you check metalink note # 230672.1 for rapid clone
Under Section 2 Clone Oracle Applications 11i
at point 2 Copy the Source System to the Target System
under that point b Copy the database tier file system
in that you have third point
that
“Copy the source database ORACLE_HOME to the target system ” this is the binaries which you are taling about .
Do let me know if this is clear now.
Feel free to raise as many doubts as possible as thats motto of this site and apologies for my previous update 😉
Atul
Replyhi atul,
i had successfully cloned the 11.5.9
system. thanks for your help.
everything was smooth.
cheers
Kenny
Kenny,
Thats really great news . I can remember the Day when I did clone first time . I knwo its great feeling . Good job .
Now you can raise all your issues (Hope you never encounter) but you can now help other apps dba’s with their issues at forum http://teachmeoracle.com/forum dedicated to Apps DBA’s
Atul
ReplyHi Atul,
Can you please provide us with Oracle Portal topics too..
ReplyThanks a lot for your suggestion , You will see some in near future . Few are already there under 10g Application Server..
ReplyHi Atul,
i am installing Oracle Apps 11.5.8 on platform Linux AS 3.0,
after passing 3-4 stag ,it stuck with error “error code received when running external process…”
Please help me with install doc and workaround,as i am unable to find the install doc for 11.5.8
Regards
Asif
Asif could you look at error message in log file about which external process its trying to run , please raise it in forum at http://TeachMeOracle.com/forum
Atul
ReplyHey Atul,
I saw your note on JVM. have a question on that.
is there a way to find how many jvm’s are running?. I know i can check in the xml file. but i dont want to trust entry in xml file. how can i check how many jvms are running at Os level?
Hi Anonymous
In your Jserv.conf you will see entry like this here first 1 is entry & second one is weightage of that JVM
ApJServGroup OACoreGroup 1 1 /PATH_TO_IAS_TOP/Apache/Jserv/etc/jserv.
properties
ApJServGroup DiscoGroup 1 1 /PATH_TO_IAS_TOP/Apache/Jserv/etc/viewer
4i.properties
#ApJServGroup FormsGroup 1 1 /PATH_TO_IAS_TOP/Apache/Jserv/etc/forms
.properties
ApJServGroup XmlSvcsGrp 1 1 /PATH_TO_IAS_TOP/Apache/Jserv/etc/xmlsvc
s.properties
In below example there are in turnm three JVM & forth one commented
Replyyou mean to say
ApJServGroup OACoreGroup 1 1 /PATH_TO_IAS_TOP/Apache/Jserv/etc/jserv.
properties
means only one jvm is running?. if so then how should i change it to reflect 2 jvms?
ReplyThere are three JVM’s running one for discoverer services , other for XML & third one OACoreGroup for other process (This si used by self services)
How to increase Number of JVM’s and more on JVM check at
http://www.teachmeoracle.com/jvm02.html
ReplyHi Atul,
I am system adminstrator , bcoz of our dba guy is on leave , they want me to clone the prod instance .
Its the first time i am doing cloning & that to of production server. I have gone through the your specified doc ids.
I have summarized the things .. please go through this , add any thing is missing in it.. I want to make sure that cloning process goes off smoothly. Doing it on linux OS.
Also is this patch required for 11.5.9 PROD instance. Apply OHS patch 2674529.?? As per document 165195.1 . I am in PROD environment to make sure nothing happens to my prod instance.
============================
Prerequesties :
JRE 1.3.1
JDK 1.3.1
Zip 2.3
Unzip 5.x
Perl 5.004
Apply patch : 5478710
Apply rapid clone patches
ReplyNaidu doc 165195.1 is for autoconfig & not for rapid clone .
For rapid clone follow metalink note # 230672.1 Cloning Oracle Applications Release 11i with Rapid Clone
For any issues/doubts/questions kindly raise them in forum http://teachMeOracle.com/forum
ReplyHi Atul,
I have read your article they are really nice.My quesition is how would i clone 2 Node RAC DB / 2 Node APP Nodes to 2 Node RAC DB / 2 APP Nodes with the Hot backup(RMAN) on a Red HAT Linux Platform RHEL 3.
I know the metalink link but can you explain it bit more
Thanks & Regards,
ASD
Hi ASD,
I think cloning note is self explanatory Do let me know what doubt you have in that doc.
Atul
ReplyHello
I understand your comment about “pain” cloning a 10gAS infrastructure tier when apps is integrated with single-sign on. Do you have a method to achieve this – how exactly do you go about cloning an infrastructure tier?
Thanks
Simon
Simon,
There is not direct and supported way to clone infra tier. I’ll cover workaround to clone in coming posts
hi atul
thanks for sharing with us,i am working on 11.5.10.2 and doing manual cloning and after cloning my forms are not opening ,so how to resolove this type of errors
Check if appsweb_SID_HOSTNAME.cfg is correct and ICX form launcher profile option is pointing to right server. Also check if form server is up nd running
ReplyAtul, I got this error.. while ececuting this ..please have a look and let me have your suggestion..
oracle@dash:/home/oracle/9.2.0/appsutil/clone/bin:>> perl adcfgclone.pl database
Enter the APPS password [APPS]:
apps
ERROR : Unable to set CLASSPATH
/home/oracle/9.2.0/appsutil/clone/bin/../jlib/classes111.zip: is missing
Atul, I got this error.. while ececuting this ..please have a look and let me have your suggestion..
oracle@dash:/home/oracle/9.2.0/appsutil/clone/bin:>> perl adcfgclone.pl database
Enter the APPS password [APPS]:
apps
ERROR : Unable to set CLASSPATH
/home/oracle/9.2.0/appsutil/clone/bin/../jlib/classes111.zip: is missing
For any issues kindly raise them at http://teachMeOracle.com/forum
ReplyHi Atul,
I refer to your site regularly especially if i am facing some problem.we have 11.5.8 on windows, I did cloning for the first time using note:230672.1 using Rapid clone.
What I wanted to know is there any checklist for the Post clone settings.To verify that everything is working fine, which are the configuration that we need to check.
thanks
Sunita
I use 10 point checkist mentioned at http://www.teachmeoracle.com/healthcheck.html
You can add yor custom steps as well
ReplyHi Atul,
Can u plz list the diffence b/w
perl adpreclone.pl appsTier merge
perl adpreclone.pl appltop merge
and what exactly happenns internally.
Replyappstier will be used on node which is choosen as Primary Node like
perl adpreclone.pl appsTier merge
and appltop will be used on secondary nodes which you wish to merge with primary node
perl adpreclone.pl appltop merge
For more information open perl script adpreclone.pl and look for function appltop and appstier
ReplyHai Atul this is RamaKrishna, I am New to this group i want some details or any PDf about Cloning and also i want some Real Time Qusetions also. Plz Mail me
ReplyHi Atul,
When using adcfgclone.pl (rapid clone), we will prompt for the values required to create the new context file manually. It means that we can’t put it in a script. Does it have options?
Thks,
Paven
What is the difference b/w adcfgclone dbTier vs database vs dbTechstack.
ReplydbTechstack doesn’t create control file where as dbTier creates control file.
so if you are cloning from standby database or hot backup and created control file manually use dbTechstack but dbTier will recreate control file .
ReplyHi Atul,
Copied all the files from source system to target system.Created database on the target system using a template from the source system.Now my doubt is as database got created which option do i need to run on the target system i.e, should i run adcfgclone.pl database or dbTier or dbTechctack. Please clarify my doubt.
Thanks
ReplyHow you created database ? Why don’t you let adcfgclone.pl dbTier do everything for you .
For any issues / doubts raise them in forum at http://teachMeOracle.com/forum
ReplyHI all,
when am running autoconfig this error will occured.
AutoConfig is configuring the Database environment…
AutoConfig will consider the custom templates if present.
Using ORACLE_HOME location : /ften/r02/oracle/ftendb/9.2.0
ERROR: OA_JRE_TOP isn’t available at either of the following locations
JDK – /ften/r02/oracle/ftendb/9.2.0/jdk
JRE – /ften/r02/oracle/ftendb/9.2.0/jdk
Pass option ‘java’ on command line
ERROR: OA_JRE_TOP isn’t available at either of the following locations
JDK – /ften/r02/oracle/ftendb/9.2.0/jdk
JRE – /ften/r02/oracle/ftendb/9.2.0/jdk
Pass option ‘java’ on command line
ERROR in setting Environment variable ADJREOPTS
HOW TO CHANGE THE LINK FILE USER AND GROUP OF OWNERSHIP
lrwxrwxrwx 1 venkatesan applften 17 Dec 29 12:38 jdk -> /usr/opt/jdk1.3.1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 venkatesan applften 10 Dec 29 12:30 JRE -> appsjre118
lrwxrwxrwx 1 venkatesan applften 5 Dec 29 12:35 oui21 -> oui22
ReplyHi Atul,
Need help urgently. We want to clone 2 tier 11.5.9 on solaris to one node test instance. How do we do this? do we use merge where applicaiton server is node a and then the stuff with the database server is second node?
ReplyCheck Metalink Note 230672.1 Cloning Oracle Applications Release 11i with Rapid Clone
Under Section 4: Advanced Cloning Options, check point 5 Reducing the number of nodes of a multi-node system (merge APPL_TOP)
You can use Rapid Clone to clone a multi-node system to a single-node system (or a multi-node system with fewer nodes) by merging the APPL_TOPs filesystem together. Follow the procedure for Merging existing APPL_TOPs in document 233428.1 on Oracle MetaLink.
ReplyHi,
Could you please assist me in one of my environment forms are not getting launched after cloning?(Multi node to single node clone we have done)
setClassPath: Unable to get PATH from environment or registry!:
The system could not find the environment option that was entered.
usdsop cannot create a new process
Cause: usdsop encountered an error creating a new process. [Reason].
Action: Check that your system had enough resources to start a new process. Contact your system administrator to obtain more resou (RE
Concurrent Manager encountered an error while running SQL*Loader for your concurrent request 5858748.
Review your concurrent request log file for more detailed information.
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