Cloning Oracle Applications

Hi all,
We have this situation.
We have made some modifications in our production init.ora file (source of cloning) initPROD.ora,
for example we have changed the sga_target parameter from:
sga_target = 1G
to
sga_target = 2G
After that we have finished the cloning procedure to new target instance and value of our modified parameter is still old value of sga_target (1G).
Do we need to change manually every parameter we have changed on production (source of cloning) or there is some other way to include this changes in new cloned instance?
Thanks,
Regards,
D.

After that we have finished the cloning procedure to new target instance and value of our modified parameter is still old value of sga_target (1G).
Do we need to change manually every parameter we have changed on production (source of cloning) or there is some other way to include this changes in new cloned instance?Yes -- Please see this thread for details Re: Changes not taken context file On Db Tier in R12.1.3
Thanks,
Hussein

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Hi,
I was going through metalink doc 406982.1 Cloning Oracle Applications Release 12 with Rapid Clone.
I couldn't understand a few points.
I would appreciate if someone can guide me regarding the following queries.
There is a statement in the doc
1)An important principle in Oracle Applications cloning is that the system is cloned, rather than the topology ....
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2)The Cloning methodology posted on this document requires full Autoconfig complience.
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3)Note: In the copying tasks below, UNIX/Linux users should ensure that the symbolic links (soft links) are preserved when copying. On most UNIX platforms, this can be accomplished with the cp -RH command. Consult the UNIX man page for the cp command to check the parameters available on your platform.
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4)For patching AutoConfig on the E-Business Suite R12 instance, AutoConfig needs to be enabled on both the applications tier and the database tier. (387859.1)
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5)Why do I need to synchronize appsutil on database tier from application tier?
6)Why do we need to maintaain snapshot information?
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This is what I get when doing "grep rror" from 9239089 logfile.
will be ignored without error.
will be ignored without error.
will be ignored without error.
0 files had fatal errors.
0 files had fatal errors.
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Although there were neither failures nor any ORA- error in any of the log files.
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after executing adpreclone on db tier I got the following message in logfile.
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Cloning Oracle Applications Release 11i

Hi,
for Cloning Oracle Applications Release 11i , is it ncessary to copy jre, oui and oraInventory directories from source database tier file system to trget ?
Many thanks before.

Applications / EBS is discussed in this category http://forums.oracle.com/forums/category.jspa?categoryID=11 (and there are more, if you look at the forums home page)
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mumbai,
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Request to kindly provide the document id to clone R12.1.3 including 11.1.1.4.0
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We have configured Discoverer 11.1.1.4.0 on R12.1.3.
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D

Hi,
What is the complete error message?
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Hussein

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http://metalink.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/ml2_documents.showDocument?p_database_id=NOT&p_id=216664.1
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i hav two requirements here:-
1. to clone our prod instance to a new server i.e no binaries on target server (clone)
2. to clone our prod instance to PREPRD servers i.e binaries on target server (refresh)
3. want to clone database using rman
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Node1: db n application (db n cp)
Node2: application (web n form)
versions:
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db: 9.2.0.8.0
ebs: 11.5.9
thanks for ur patience guys
might b the solution/steps are already here but i m unaware
Edited by: Haafiz on Dec 14, 2012 8:02 PM

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Cloning Oracle Applications Release 11i with Rapid Clone [ID 230672.1] -- Section 2: Clone Oracle Applications 11i)
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Cloning Oracle Applications Release 11i with Rapid Clone [ID 230672.1] -- Section 2: Clone Oracle Applications 11i)
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Oracle Application Server 10g Cloning

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Could anyone please advice on How we can create a cloned copy of 10g AS(including infra DB) for DR purpose.Any document or guideline will be highly appreciated.
Regards,

Hi,

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11 Staging a Test Environment from a Production Environment
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Hello All,
I have been given a new assignment which involves Oracle Applications server 10g, i am new to oracle application server and hoping that some one will please clarify my doubts.
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Eagerly waiting for a reply

user12077492 wrote:
i have to clone a production machine (Solaris 10) which has oracle AS 10g, this machine had oracle database 10g before and just the application server was installed on it, i have to clone a test environment for this machine, i have the following two doubts
1) Is it possible to just install Oracle Application server 10g on a machine which already contains oracle 10g database, if so then what about the database that gets installed when installing Oracle application server 10g.
2) How to clone the above production machine, should the oracle 10g database be cloned first and then oracle application server 10g cloned on the new machine?1) Yes, it is possible. The DB that comes with OAS as the infrastructure DB for it (I presume you are installing a full OAS with infrastructure and midtier both) does not affect the DB you already have on your system ... obviously ... as long as you install them in their separate homes.
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Oracle® Application Server Administrator's Guide
10g Release 2 (10.1.2)
B13995-08
[10 Cloning Application Server Middle-Tier Instances|http://download-uk.oracle.com/docs/cd/B14099_19/core.1012/b13995/cloning.htm#BCGBDIDF]
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[11 Staging a Test Environment from a Production Environment|http://download-uk.oracle.com/docs/cd/B14099_19/core.1012/b13995/prodtest.htm]
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hope that helps!
AMN

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Can any one help me sending Oracle application server Cloning document 9.0.4 version

Can any one help me sending Oracle application server Cloning document 9.0.4 version (Mail id removed by moderator)
Many Thanks in advance
Deepak

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Jithin wrote:
Hello bigdelboy , Thank you for your reply.
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Also, is my performance tuning experience going to help me in any way in the journey forward as a DBA/ EBS DBA?
Thank you for your valuable time.
Regards,
Jithin SarathThe way I read it is this.
People notice you are capable of understanding and performance tuning SQL. And you must have some knowledge of Oracle EBS. And in fact you also have a DBA OCA.
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And remember, if in doubt ask; and if you dont understand ask again. And be safe rather than sorry on actions that could be critial.
If your worried about liinux: Linux Recipes For Oracle Dbas (Apress) might be a good book to read but could be expensive in India
Likewise: (Oracle Applications Dba Field Guide) may suit and even (Rman Recipes For Oracle Database 11 G: A Problem-solution Approach) may have some value if you need to get up to speed quickly in those areas.
These are not perfect but they sometimes consolidate the information neatly; however only buy if you feel they are cheap enough. You may well buy them and feel disappointed (These all happen to be by Apress who seem to have produced a number of good books ... they've also published some rubbish as well)
And go over the 2-day dba examples as well and linux install examples n OTN as well ... they are free compared to the books I mentioned.
Rgds -bigdelboy.

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