Clone my Solaris 2.6

Besides making a copy of my root partition by doing dd if >>>> of >>>>>
or doing ufsdump, does anyone know a software to clone the system for quick restore of the filesystem.

or doing ufsdump, does anyone know a software to
clone the system for quick restore of the filesystem.Live Update.

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Clone the Solaris OS from Sun Fire X4200 M2 to Sun Fire X4100 M2

Dear all,
May anyone help me?
I want to clone the all slices (whole hard disk) in Solaris 10 OS from Sun Fire X4200 M2 Server and then restore it back to Sun Fire X4100 M2 Server. Is it possible to do this? If "Yes", may show me how to do it?
I appreciate for your help.
Thanks you in advance,
Soret,

Hi.
It's possible, but depend of used file systems, used or not voluem manager, hardware configuration.
Possible steps:
1) Make Backup x4200 ( on internal disk or third NFS storage )
2) Boot x4100 from installation DVD in to Single user.
2.1 Partitioning disk
2.2 Create New FS
2.3 Restore backup on new FS. ( need configuree network, and mount disks with backups over NFS )
2.4 use devfsadm for rebuild device tree
chroot <new_root> devfsadm
2.5 Make neaded customization on new system.
2.6 Install grub and bootblok ( installboot )
2.7 Umount all new FS; halt system.
3) Try normal boot new system.
Some step for create new disk you may do on original server. Install new disk and make restore on it.
After- return this disk to x4100.
Regards.

Couldn't upgrade Solaris 10 x86 from Sun Fire x2200 to Dell Precision Wrkst

Dear Solaris Experts,
I need to clone a Solaris 10 x86 system using a ufsdump backup from the following source & target servers:
Sun Fire x2200 M2 with Quad Core Processor
# /usr/platform/`uname -i`/sbin/prtdiag
System Configuration: Sun Microsystems Sun Fire X2200 M2 with Quad Core Processr
BIOS Configuration: Sun Microsystems S39_3D12 10/06/2008
# uname -a
SunOS old 5.10 Generic_139556-08 i86pc i386 i86pc
to
Dell Precision WorkStation 390
# /usr/platform/`uname -i`/sbin/prtdiag
System Configuration: Dell Inc. Precision Workstation 390
BIOS Configuration: Dell Inc. 2.3.0 05/01/2007
# uname -a
SunOS 5.10 Generic_139556-08 i86pc i386 i86pc
Unfortunately, Solaris kept rebooting (failed to boot) from the restored primary disk (both / & /export/home) even though Grub menu appeared. As a result, I have embarked on the path of upgrading path using the same Solaris 10 Installation Disk (5/09) DVD but failed due to not able to mount / (c0t0d0s0), swap and /export/home (c0t0d0s7).
The source Sun Fire x2200 had two mirrored disks but I am restoring the backups to a single harddisk. Any idea on what step has been missed or that it is not possible to go down this path altogether.
I have tried a number of different reinstallations & restores but have not had much luck still.
Many thanks,
Jack

I should have searched the forums first. This was the solution to my issue....
http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10249826

Migrating EBS from Solaris to Linux

Hi DBAs,
I need to migrate the EBS (11.5.10.2) on 4 middle tier servers with single node database (10.2.0.4) running on Solaris 10 to Redhat 5.4 platform. The DB on redhat will be Cluster database with 4 nodes and PCP enabled. As it is a cross platform migration so I am thinking to use export/import of database.
But for application tier, I need help how to clone the environment from Solaris 10 to Redhat 5.4. Do I need to install the Application Software from scratch, if so then how to move the configuration and custom structure across the plateform. Can I perfrom or Use Rapid Clone from Solaris to Redhat. What all option available for cross-platform migration of EBS ?
Please suggest , any doc refer , white paper or step by step instruction would be great.
Thanks
-Samar-

Samar,
Please close the thread if you want us to disregard this post.
For others reference, this can be done by referring to (Note: 238276.1 - Migrating to Linux with Oracle Applications Release 11i).
Thanks,
Hussein

Migrating Solaris Systems to new servers.

OK here is the secnario, we have currently purchased two shiny new sun t5220 servers for out NW7 systems.
Our current systems run on solaris 9.
The new Systems will be solaris 10.
Due to this the only method i can think of to migrate the data is to do a clean install on the solaris 10 systems.
export the database from the Solaris 9 systems, as you can't clone a solaris 9 SAP system back onto a Solaris 10 box, due to the way 'Zones' and kernel parameters are different on S10.
Then import this database back into the new clean system on solaris 10.
That way, all the patching, config, data etc. etc. should be on the same level.
This will be done using the Sap standard tools available in sapinst.
Unless anyone has any other ideas ?
Regards
James

SAP Suggest to use backup/restore or R3load .
Yes - because that´s the most uncomplicated way.
if I want to create a trace file manually and shut down database,sap .
copy over data files /origfile/logs from os level to target system and recover the system and install sap.
There´s no issue with that if you know what you´re doing
If you don't use sap mentioned procedure in that case SAP does not provide any support .
If you have a problem with that copy procedure itself you will be on you own. if the target system is running already you will still get support of course because nobody asks you later, how you did the copy.
Markus

Cloning the branded zone

Hi
I have created a Solaris 10 branded zone on Solaris 11 SPARC system. Can I use clone option to clone the Solaris 10 zone to make a copy like we usually do with Sparse zones? Or is there any different way to clone the branded zones? Please point me to the document.
$ cat /etc/release
                            Oracle Solaris 11.1 SPARC
Copyright (c) 1983, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
                           Assembled 19 September 2012
$ zoneadm list -iv
ID NAME             STATUS     PATH                           BRAND    IP
   0 global           running    /                              solaris shared
   1 s10-zone1        running    /zones/s10-zone1               solaris10 excl

okay. Thanks.
Is having the sysidcfg file mandatory for Branded zones? I think, I have never used them in the Sparse Zones. I had different files for configuration like /etc/defaultrouter, /etc/hosts, etc.. I guess in Branded zones, you do not need to have these files present or configured.. just have sysidcfg file, right? Or?

Clone on E-Business Suite 11.5.10.2 - Sun Solaris

I was trying out thr auto clone process on Sun Solaris where E-Business suite 11.10.5.2 was installed. The following error occur:
RC-00110: Fatal: Error occurred while relinking of ApplyDBTechStack.
Do any one know was need be done.
I will appreciate private mail answer to [email protected]
Thanks

Login as the application owner (applmgr) and run the following:
java -version -> (Minimum version should be 1.3.1)
For perl, it must be in the PATH before cloning.
which perl -> Use the one which is shipped with iAS 1022 (Minimum version should be 5.005)

Unable to import and clone Solaris Template to VM

I downloaded a copy of both the Solaris 10 8/11 and Solaris 11 11/11 VM template files from the edelivery website. They unzip to a .tzg file.
The website lists the template file contents as System.img (OS image file), vm.cfg (VM configuration file), README. But when I try to gunzip/untar the file all I'm left with is the System.img. When I try to import the img file in the Manager it says that it needs the vm config file.
Strangely, I was able to import the whole .tgz file, but when I try to clone it to a VM, it fails.

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Using exp/imp to clone a database from Solaris to NT

Hi All,
We have an 8.1.6 Oracle database in production under Sun Solaris.
We actually use this database to run Siebel CRM system.
We have a Windows NT server which we used as a QA system
for this application.
We have a daily full export of our production database on the
Sun machine. Now my manager wants to import this production
dmp file into this Win NT database on a weekly basis.
The goal here is to maintain the state of this NT database
as much functional and close to the production one as possible.
I would appreciate your help on this.
I have some other general question:
in which case can the Oracle imp utility be run in the
full=y mode ?
does this make any sense at all ?
since the Oracle import utility does not delete
any existing objects before it imports, these objects
should be deleted manually and that's what I do
with all Siebel users schemas; of course I do not
do this with SYS, SYSTEM and other special Oracle
users; question: are there any objects in these
special Oracle schemas that have to be carried over from
the source database to the target database to
make the rest of the schemas functional ?
Somehow I failed to find Oracle documentation on how
to use exp/imp to create a complete clone of an Oracle
database.
Can direct path be used with full=y export/import mode ?
Thank you in advance,
Yuriy.

As an alternative to using daily/weekly exports and imports, what would probably be more effective here would be replication. The databases could synch on a nightly basis and updated tables and rows will be transferred from your OLTP system to your read-only system. More information can be found on replication from "Oracle8i DBA Handbook" by Kevin Loney and Marlene Therialt.
LM
PS. IGNORE=Y

ZFS Snapshots/ZFS Clones of Database on sun/solaris

Our production database is on Sun/Solaris 10 (SunOS odin 5.10 Generic_127127-11 sun4u sparc SUNW,SPARC-Enterprise) with oracle 10.1.0 . It is about 1TB in size. We have also created our MOCK and DEVELOPMENT databases from the Production database. To save disk space, we created these databases as ZFS Snapshots/ZFS Clones at the OS level and are using less than 10GB each being clones as on now. Now I want to upgrade the production database from oracle 10.1 to 11.2 but I don't want to upgrade the MOCK and DEVELOPMENT databases for the time being and want them to continue to run as clones on 10.1. After upgrade, Prod will run from 11g oracle tree one one machine and MOCK/DEVL on 10g tree on another machine. Will the upgrade of Production from 10.1 to 11.2 INVALIDATE the cloned MOCK and DEVELOPMENT databases?? There might be data types/features in 11g which do not exist in 10g.
Below are the links to the documentation we used to create the snapshots.
http://docs.huihoo.com/opensolaris/solaris.../html/ch06.html
http://docs.huihoo.com/opensolaris/solaris...ml/ch06s02.html

Hi,
The mentioned links in the post is not working.
I would suggest u to raise an Official S.R. with http://support.oracle.com prior upgrading your database.
Also you can try this out with 10g db installation on TEST machine and create databases as ZFS Snapshots/ZFS Clones at the OS level for MOCK. Then upgrade the 10g database and test it.
Refer:
*429825.1 -- Complete Checklist for Manual Upgrades to 11gR1*
*837570.1 -- Complete Checklist for Manual Upgrades to 11gR2*
Regards,
X A H E E R

Need to Clone A Database From Solaris to Linux Oracle 11g

Hi Team,
I am using Oracle Database Version 11.2.0.1.
We have 6 production servers and all of them are in solaris box. We have a new requirement from application to use Linux boxes and for that we need to perform a database refresh from Solaris to Linux box.
I can do it by Export and Import technique. But I want some other way to perform this database refresh activity.
1] Can I do it while taking a rman backup from solaris box( Source) and restore it back to Linux( Target)?
2] Can I do it using transportable tablespace method?
I am aware of performing this using export-import but as our database size is near of 1TB I can't apply this technique.
I need your suggestions in this activity, please put your opinion on the correct method I should opt for and along with that share me the supporting document where things are mentioned in step by step way.
Please let me know if this can achieved by RMAN...
Source Machine Make:-
bash-3.00$ uname -a
SunOS blrdlvdwhdb01 5.10 Generic_142909-17 sun4v sparc SUNW,Sun-Blade-T6320
Target System Make:-
Linux blrulvremoradb01 2.6.18-194.el5 #1 SMP Tue Mar 16 21:52:39 EDT 2010 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Regards,
Arijit

Yes, you can create a backup with rman and restore in other platform, check:
How To Use RMAN CONVERT DATABASE on Source Host for Cross Platform Migration - 413586.1
Cross-Platform Migration on Destination Host Using Rman Convert Database - Note 414878.1
but easier and faster will be with expdp/impdp.

How can I create a system backup in Solaris 10?

Hello,
sorry about my English.
I need to create a image of entire disk or a system backup. I think use "ufsdump" but I'm not sure. Can I create a backup of whole disk with "ufsdump" command? Are there any application to do it.?
I've got a Solaris 10.
Thank.
Alejandro.

If you want to create an image of the entire disk, then `dd' is an option. But you can also use ufsdump to create an image of a filesystem running on that disk, but you need to do that for every filesystem on the disk and please keep a copy of you vtoc for the future if you need to restore everything.
On the other hand you make me thing about someone who wants to clone machines and then a Flash Archive can also be an option. Please keep in mind to ask the question in the future instead of conformation of your answer ;-)

OK to use fdisk/100% "SOLARIS System" partition for RAID6 Virtual Drive?

Solaris newb, here - I am configuring an x4270 with 16 135 GB drives. Basic approach is
D0, D1: RAID 1 (Boot volume, Solaris, Oracle Software)
D2-D13: RAID 6 (Oracle dB files)
D14, D15: global spares
After configuring the RAID's w/WebBIOS Utility, I am now trying to format/partition the RAID 6 Virtual Drive, which shows up as 1.327 TB 'Optimal' in the MegaRAID Storage Manager. After hunting around the ether for advice on how to do this, I came across http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E23824_01/html/821-1459/disksxadd-50.html#disksxadd-54639
"Creating a Solaris fdisk Partition That Spans the Entire Drive"
which is painfully simple: after 'format', just do an 'fdisk' and accept the default 100% "SOLARIS System" partition. After doing this, partition>print and prtvtoc show this:
partition> print
Current partition table (original):
Total disk cylinders available: 59125 + 2 (reserved cylinders)
Part Tag Flag Cylinders Size Blocks
0 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
1 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
2 backup wu 0 - 59124 1.33TB (59125/0/0) 2849529375
3 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
4 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
5 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
6 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
7 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
8 boot wu 0 - 0 23.53MB (1/0/0) 48195
9 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
# prtvtoc /dev/dsk/c0t1d0s2
* /dev/dsk/c0t1d0s2 partition map
* Dimensions:
* 512 bytes/sector
* 189 sectors/track
* 255 tracks/cylinder
* 48195 sectors/cylinder
* 59127 cylinders
* 59125 accessible cylinders
* Flags:
* 1: unmountable
* 10: read-only
* Unallocated space:
* First Sector Last
* Sector Count Sector
* 48195 2849481180 2849529374
* First Sector Last
* Partition Tag Flags Sector Count Sector Mount Directory
2 5 01 0 2849529375 2849529374
8 1 01 0 48195 48194
My question: is there anything inherently wrong with this default partitioning? Database is for OLTP & fairly small (<200 GB), with about 140 GB being LOB images.
Thanks,
Barry

First off, RAID-5 or RAID-6 is fine for database performance unless you have some REALLY strict and REALLY astronomical performance requirements. Requirements that someone with lots of money is willing to pay to meet.
You're running a single small x86 box with only onboard storage.
So no, you're not operating in that type of environment.
Here's what I'd do, based upon a whole lot of experience with Solaris 10 and not so much with Solaris 11, and also assuming this box is going to be around for a good long time as an Oracle DB server:
1. Don't use SVM for your boot drives. Use the onboard RAID controller to make TWO 2-disk RAID-1 mirrors. Use these for TWO ZFS root pools. Why two? Because if you use live upgrade to patch the OS, you want to create a new boot environment in a separate ZFS pool. If you use live upgrade to create new boot environments in the same ZFS pool, you wind up with a ZFS clone/snapshot hell. If you use two separate root pools, each new boot environment is a pool-to-pool actual copy that gets patched, so there are no ZFS snapshot/clone dependencies between the boot environments. Those snapshot/clone dependencies can cause a lot of problems with full disk drives if you wind up with a string of boot environments, and at best they can be a complete pain in the buttocks to clean up - assuming live upgrade doesn't mess up the clones/snapshots so badly you CAN'T clean them up (yeah, it has been known to do just that...). You do your first install with a ZFS rpool, then create rpool2 on the other mirror. Each time you do an lucreate to create a new boot environment from the current boot environment, create the new boot environment in the rpool that ISN'T the one the current boot environment is located in. That makes for ZERO ZFS dependencies between boot environments (at least in Solaris 10. Although with separate rpools, I don't see how that could change....), and there's no software written that can screw up a dependency that doesn't exist.
2. Create a third RAID-1 mirror either with the onboard RAID controller or ZFS, Use those two drives for home directories. You do NOT want home directories located on an rpool within a live upgrade boot environment. If you put home directories inside a live upgrade boot environment, 1) that can be a LOT of data that gets copied, 2) if you have to revert back to an old boot environment because the latest OS patches broke something, you'll also revert every user's home directory back.
3. That leaves you 10 drives for a RAID-6 array for DB data. 8 data and two parity. Perfect. I'd use the onboard RAID controller if it supports RAID-6, otherwise I'd use ZFS and not bother with SVM.
This also assumes you'd be pretty prompt in replacing any failed disks as there are no global spares. If there would be significant time before you'd even know you had a failed disk (days or weeks), let alone getting them replaced, I'd rethink that. In that case, if there were space I'd probably put home directories in the 10-disk RAID-6 drive, using ZFS to limit how big that ZFS file system could get. Then use the two drives freed up for spares.
But if you're prompt in recognizing failed drives and getting them replaced, you probably don't need to do that. Although you might want to just for peace of mind if you do have the space in the RAID-6 pool.
And yes, using four total disks for two OS root ZFS pools seems like overkill. But you'll be happy when four years from now you've had no problems doing OS upgrades when necessary, with minimal downtime needed for patching, and with the ability to revert to a previous OS patch level with a simple "luactivate BENAME; init 6" command.
If you have two or more of these machines set up like that in a cluster with Oracle data on shared storage you could then do OS patching and upgrades with zero database downtime. Use lucreate to make new boot envs on each cluster member, update each new boot env, then do rolling "luactivate BENAME; init 6" reboots on each server, moving on to the next server after the previous one is back and fully operational after its reboot to a new boot environment.

How do I clone a database but still apply old archivelogs? Getting ORA-1223

Hi,
I'm doing a clone from PROD to DEV in 9.2.0.6 for 11.5.10.2 on Solaris 9. I worked through many issues, such as copying the files, changing the init<SID>.ora to the new DEV values, re-editing all of the env files with the new SID on the new (target) machine name, etc.
The data is about 2 weeks old and so I was hoping to not only recover this database during the clone, but ALSO roll forward, applying all of the old archive logs to date. (Nothing changed in the middle tier save for a few
paramaters in the xml file which I've already edited).
Normally when I'm cloning -- I do it with fresh/recent data files so I don't care about reseting the archivelogs, I just reset them and say si-a-nerra!
But.... now I am trying to both change the database name (SID) and apply a bunch of archvie logs (about 2 weeks worth). Note: I also recreate the control file as part of my whole process too.
Here's the problem I am having -- after doing a startup nomount in the new location (with my new environment files, data files, etc all in place) and
then doing @recreate.sql (which is the edited control file script from the 'backup controlfile to trace' on prod) I am getting this message:
SQL> @recreate.sql
CREATE CONTROLFILE SET DATABASE "DEV11i" NORESETLOGS
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01503: CREATE CONTROLFILE failed
ORA-01223: RESETLOGS must be specified to set a new database name
- well OK this message makes sense to me - yes I could easily just keep the new name and say RESETLOGS, but I don't want to do this !!! I want to set the new name for the clone, and keep the logs unset so that I can then recover until cancel, applying my 2 weeks worth of logs.
- What is the solution? Do I have to just bite the bullet and do RESETLOGS instead? (and in effect make my recovery practice seperate from my current cloning tasks)
- Or should I change everything back to the old (original name) LIVE11i (for Prod), including the env files, data files etc .. on the new (target) machine.., recover the database completely (maybe even disconnect it from the network and rename the (target) machine to the old prod server name), and then do another whole procedure (which I'd have to find - but I know it's similar) for changing the SID...
Please help. Thanks in advance! Marvin.
Message was edited by:
umfan866

Oviwan,
Because of getting the error message, the recreate controlfile has not
gone through, thus I have not yet reset the logs.
What I'm going to do for now is in fact change the script to SET
the new name for DEV11i and RESET the logs, just to test my clone. The
data will be 2 weeks out of date, but I'll have verified that my files from tape
work (these files had come of the tape, and are now 2 weeks old).
To make the DB fresher, I can just re-clone with RESET using last night's
hot backup from PROD. That'll freshen DEV's files up no problem.
I had wanted to test all these archive logs and see if they apply nicely,
but I'll just have do that on a separate box (disconnected from the network)
where I keep the DB name and machine name the same as prod.
Thanks for your help! Marvin.

Help creating a clone of my boot environment

I am running Solaris 10
I am booting from SAN and want to clone my Boot Environment to another SAN Lun. I keep running into the error ERROR: Root pool <vnxsanpool> is not a bootable pool. I have formated the disk EFI label with format -e and have a root partition with 60GB (Whole Disk) on slice 0 and a backup partition on slice 2 60GB. I created the zpool with zpool create disk0 and then try and do lucreate -n vnxBE -p rootpool
Thanks for your help.

Hi,
Solaris 10 needs an SMI (VTOC) label on the root pool disk. This is a long-standing boot limitation.
Convert the disk label to SMI by using format -e. Watch that it doesn't put on a default label with 128MB in slice 0.
If it does, move the disk space back to s0.
See these pointers:
SPARC: Setting up Disks for ZFS File Systems (Task Map) - System Administration Guide: Devices and File Systems
x86: Setting Up Disks for ZFS File Systems (Task Map) - System Administration Guide: Devices and File Systems
Thanks, Cindy

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