11i EBS cloning using 10gRAC and ASM

Hi Everyone,
I have 2 node RAC cluster using ASM running 11i EBS on Linux Platform. Need to clone the environment. Have reviewed the current cloning doc Note:230672.1. Even in advance configs it doesn't talk about cloning DB tier when you have ASM in the pic. Has anyone tackled this before? IF so appreciate any leads.
Thx
Anitha

Unfortunately you hide your database version,that's not so good,because sometimes changes happen. Documentation has examples,how to duplicate from ASM to ASM, this is for 10gR2:
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/backup.102/b14191/rcmdupdb.htm#sthref943
11gR1 has even enhancements, which don't require to set parameters in the auxiliary database init file.
Werner

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