10g: Clone database with DBCA silent option

Question

Hello community,
I have tried now for several times to make a clone of my existing database with DBCA and "-silent" option. I could improve my progress in cloning but now I always stick in the following error:
But first, what I have done so far:
1. Created a clone template of my Database with command:
dbca -silent -createCloneTemplate -sourceSID DBORIGIN -templateName myTest.dbc -datafileJarLocation /tmp/oratest
2. Create the clone-database by using the template from (1.) with command:
dbca -silent -createDatabase -templateName myTest.dbc -cloneTemplate -gdbname DBCLONE -sid DBCLONE -datafileJarLocation /tmp/oratest -datafileDestination /oradata -responseFile NO_VALUE -characterset AL32UTF8
Then the progress of execution is shown, it ends with a link to a log file. In this log file I can see the following contents:
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Copying database files
DBCA_PROGRESS : 1%
DBCA_PROGRESS : 3%
DBCA_PROGRESS : 11%
DBCA_PROGRESS : 18%
DBCA_PROGRESS : 26%
DBCA_PROGRESS : 33%
DBCA_PROGRESS : 37%
Creating and starting Oracle instance
ORA-01503: CREATE CONTROLFILE failed
ORA-00200: control file could not be created
ORA-00202: control file: '/oradata/DBCLONE/<OMF_CONTROL_0>'
ORA-27040: file create error, unable to create file
DBCA_PROGRESS : 38%
ORA-00210: cannot open the specified control file
ORA-06512: at "SYS.X$DBMS_BACKUP_RESTORE", line 4168
ORA-06512: at line 1
ORA-01507: database not mounted
DBCA_PROGRESS : 40%
DBCA_PROGRESS : 41%
ORA-01503: CREATE CONTROLFILE failed
ORA-00200: control file could not be created
ORA-00202: control file: '/oradata/DBCLONE/<OMF_CONTROL_0>'
ORA-27040: file create error, unable to create file
ORA-01507: database not mounted
DBCA_PROGRESS : 46%
DBCA_PROGRESS : 47%
ORA-01219: database not open: queries allowed on fixed tables/views only
ORA-01507: database not mounted
DBCA_PROGRESS : 52%
ORA-01219: database not open: queries allowed on fixed tables/views only
ORA-01507: database not mounted
DBCA_PROGRESS : 53%
DBCA_PROGRESS : 58%
ORA-06550: line 1, column 7:
PLS-00201: identifier 'DBMS_DATAPUMP_UTL.REPLACE_DEFAULT_DIR' must be declared
and so on
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I have no idea where the "<OMF_CONTROL_0>" comes from. It is nowhere included in my myTest.dbc-file. In my eyes, it looks like that DBCA tries to create the file exactly with this filename - and this fails on Solaris, sure...
Here is, what I have in my template file "myTest.dbc" regarding the control files:
=======================
<ControlfileAttributes id="Controlfile">
<maxDatafiles>100</maxDatafiles>
<maxLogfiles>16</maxLogfiles>
<maxLogMembers>3</maxLogMembers>
<maxLogHistory>1</maxLogHistory>
<maxInstances>8</maxInstances>
<image name="o1_mf_2k1zmdmp_.ctl" filepath="{ORACLE_BASE}/oradata/{DB_UNIQUE_NAME}/"/>
<image name="o1_mf_2k1zmdvo_.ctl" filepath="{ORACLE_BASE}/oradata/{DB_UNIQUE_NAME}/"/>
</ControlfileAttributes>
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To be honest, it is the first time that i try to use the DBCA with all these "special" options, especially the silent mode.
Does anyone have an idea what is going wrong in my case described here? What do I or could I change to come to a success clone?
Maybe, you can tell me where I can find some kind of "how to" for creating a clone using the silent-option.
Thanks a lot in advance for helping a newbie! ;-)
Regards
FireFighter

Answer 1

Hello,
finally I was successful in installing the clone of my DB. :-)
You remember that I had problems with the control files and these looked very strange:
control_files=("/oradata/DBCLONE/<OMF_CONTROL_0>","/oradata/DBCLONE/<OMF_CONTROL_1>")
The hint to check the permission in "/oradata" was a good one. The permissions were right all the time, but Oracle's DBCA was not able to create the sub-directory "DBCLONE". When I created it manually before installing the clone, the installation worked fine!
I'm still wondering about this because all other subdirectories were created automatically during running "dbca" (e.g. all subdirectories "DBCLONE" needed below the $ORACLE_BASE/admin/-directory like adump,bdump and so on...).
And i'm wondering about the names of the control files:
I expected that these strange OMF-names would be replaced by a "normal" file name. But "dbca" was able to create the files exactly with the names "<OMF_CONTROL_0>" and "<OMF_CONTROL_0>"...
As I had understood so far from OMF-concept, isn't the idea that Oracle takes care of file-naming instead of myself? I mean it can't be that I have to enter the template for DBCA and manually enter the control files names...
I'm still close to the thought that it be a bug that isn't documented until now. Maybe, when I have some time left I will open a service request at metalink.
If you are interested in this I will keep you informed on this topic. The other way round I stay interested in your opions and hints for using "dbca" to make and install a DB-clone.
Thanks again for you effort to help me as a rookie in Oracle. :-)
Regards
FireFighter