Oracle EBS Cloning with File System Cold Backup

Applies to:
Oracle EBS R12.1.3
Database 11.1.0.7.0
Operating System Oracle Enterprise Linux Server 5.8

Description:
Production hostname is EBSPROD
Test hostname is EBSTEST

Solution:
I am going to clone my Production server using file system cold backup.

Execute adpreclone.pl on DB Tier of EBSPROD:
$ cd /d01/oracle/PROD/db/tech_st/11.1.0/appsutil/scripts/PROD_ebsprod
$ perl adpreclone.pl dbTier pwd=apps

After completion of above script, then go to APPS Tier of EBSPROD:
$ cd /d01/oracle/PROD/inst/apps/PROD_ebsprod/admin/scripts
$ perl adpreclone.pl appsTier pwd=apps

After complete the above script, shutdown all services of APPS and DB and make tar files:

$ tar -czf PROD_DB_15Mar17_0030.tar.gz /d01/oracle/PROD/db
$ tar -czf PROD_APPS_15Mar17_0030.tar.gz /d01/oracle/PROD/apps
$ tar -czf PROD_INST_15Mar17_0030.tar.gz /d01/oracle/PROD/inst
$ tar -czf PROD_ARC_15Mar17_0030.tar.gz /archivelogs

After installation of OS and all necessary RPM’s and configuration, copy the above files on EBSTEST.

Now untar the above files one by one:

$ tar –xzvf /backup/PROD_DB_15Mar17_0030.tar.gz
$ tar –xzvf /backup/PROD_APPS_15Mar17_0030.tar.gz
$ tar –xzvf /backup/PROD_INST_15Mar17_0030.tar.gz
$ tar –xzvf /backup/PROD_ARC_15Mar17_0030.tar.gz

 

Now start the cloning process on DB Tier first:

Database Tier has been successfully cloned. All services of Database Tier are up and running.

Now we are going to start the cloning process at APPS Tier:

 We have cloned successfully.

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Rana Abdul Wahid is an Oracle Database Administrator (DBA) with expertise in Oracle RMAN recovery, Oracle EBS administration, backup and recovery, performance tuning, database cloning, and troubleshooting critical Oracle database issues.