Cloning OS and DB software

Hello,
we need to install up to 70 database servers based on SuSe linux 8 SLES.
The servers will run exactly the same configuration (same proccessors, same harddisks and partionions, ...).
The database-version will be 9.2.x.x.
We will use two harddisks running in RAID-1 mode for the OS and the database software and 4 harddisks running in RAID-5 mode for the databases.
Would it be supported to do one installation by using the standard installers (SuSe and Oracle) and cloning this installation on the other systems (e.g. by doing disk mirroring)?
Would it be supported to include the databases in this cloning-process (sid and global name of these databases will be the same)?
After cloning we would change the system specific information like IP-addresses.
Has anybody expierence in cloning OS and db software?
Does anybody know any tools which could be used to do this cloning (especially handling the RAID-5)?
Thanks in advance!
Mike

Hi Mike
Yes, I have experience clonning Oracle Servers and databases includes in it.
If you decide mirroring the disks you will have any problem because all the software Oracle is stored all in disk ( Configuration files and so on ).
Once you mirror the disk you have only to change.
* The host name or IP address in the listener.ora and the same in the tnsnames.ora file and that's it.
Joel Pérez
http://otn.oracle.com/experts

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