Oracle EBS R12 – Rapid Cloning

1.      Copy the source system (PROD) to the target (TEST) system

First, the full file system backup (The TAR files) of the Oracle EBS production system should be copied to the test server. Then TAR files should be extracted to the location/mount point where required space available.


2.      Recreate the Symbolic Links of the target (TEST) system

The symbolic links libclntsh.so.10.1 in [RDBMS ORACLE_HOME]/lib and [RDBMS ORACLE_HOME]/lib32 folders should be pointing to the file libclntsh.so in same folder. If the symbolic link libclntsh.so.10.1 NOT points to the correct path of the file libclntsh.so, the symbolic link libclntsh.so.10.1 should be deleted and recreated by using following commands.

[root@oracle lib]$ rm libclntsh.so.10.1

[root@oracle lib]$ ln -s [RDBMS ORACLE_HOME]/lib/libclntsh.so  libclntsh.so.10.1

[root@oracle lib32]$ rm libclntsh.so.10.1

[root@oracle lib32]$ ln -s [RDBMS ORACLE_HOME]/lib32/libclntsh.so  libclntsh.so.10.1

Note: If the symbolic links are pointing to the correct path please IGNORE this step.

3.      Create a new OS User, Set User Ownership and Permissions for the entire file system

A new OS user should be created on the test server and the user should be added to the dba group.

[root@oracle /]$ useradd -g dba -d /home/oracle -m oracle

Then the entire file system should be given the permission and ownership should be set for the above user.

[root@oracle TEST]$ chmod –R 777 apps inst db

[root@oracle TEST]$ chown –R oracle:dba apps inst db

4.      Configure(Clone) the target(TEST) system

After completing above steps, now the target file system is ready to configure (clone) as a new test system. First the TEST system database should be cloned and then the TEST system application should be cloned. These cloning commands should be executed through the new OS user created (ORACLE).

First move to the below path and execute the following command to start the Database Tier Cloning.

[oracle@oracle TEST]$ cd [RDBMS ORACLE_HOME]/appsutil/clone/bin

[oracle@oracle bin]$   perl adcfgclone.pl dbTier

*** Example [RDBMS ORACLE_HOME] would be /u01/finsys/db/tech_st/11.1.0.

Then move to the below path and execute the following command to start the Application Tier Cloning.

[oracle@oracle TEST]$ cd [COMMON_TOP]/clone/bin
[oracle@oracle bin]$   perl adcfgclone.pl appsTier

*** Example [COMMON_TOP] would be /u01/finsys/apps/apps_st/comn

Following metalink documents could be referenced to get more information on Oracle EBS R12 cloning.
Cloning Oracle Applications Release 12 with Rapid Clone [ID 406982.1]
Using AutoConfig to Manage System Configurations in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 [ID 387859.1]
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