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.info Contents 1> How to do Single Node cloning on Single machine 2> Single Node Cloning Steps 3> Profile Option Name Changes at Site Level after Cloning 4> Issues and solutions while cloning in Solaris Environment for R12 env. Thanks to Ashok for sharing his experiences -2 -3 -6 -7

Author A.Kishore http://appsdba.info How to practice cloning on one machine? You have a single machine and want to practice cloning, right? Here is the solution: a> Install Single node b> Run the pre-cloning steps c> Shutdown the application and database cool shutdown d> Re-install the Operating System with new hostname and without disturbing the Oracle Applications data just remove the root partition and swap partition e> Run the necessary packages for Operating System f> Run the post cloning the system Note: The bottom line is, your source and target are the same machine, it is very bit difficult to understand but just think, you are simulating Single node cloning without actually having the one more machine. The second solution is having VMWARE, you can have two operating system on the same machine and practice cloning

Author A.Kishore http://appsdba.info Cloning is the process of creating an identical copy of an existing Oracle Applications system. There are various reasons for cloning an Oracle Applications system such as: Creating a copy of the production system for testing updates. Migrating an existing system to new hardware. Creating a stage area to reduce patching downtime. Note:135792.1 - Cloning Oracle Applications Release 11i Note:230672.1 - Cloning Oracle Applications Release 11i with Rapid Clone The Basic Steps for Cloning After installing the Rapid Clone and AutoConfig patches, you are ready to clone an instance. Use Rapid Clone to create template files for cloning on the source system. After the source system is copied to the target, Rapid Clone updates these templates to contain the new target system configuration settings. Rapid Clone will not change the source system configuration.
There are three phases to the cloning process:

1. Prepare the Source System Execute the following commands to prepare the source system for cloning. a. Prepare the source system database tier for cloning Log on to the source system as the ORACLE user and run the following commands:
cd <RDBMS ORACLE_HOME>/appsutil/scripts/<CONTEXT_NAME> perl adpreclone.pl dbTier

b. Prepare the source system application tier for cloning Log on to the source system as the APPLMGR user and run the following commands on each node that contains an APPL_TOP:
cd <COMMON_TOP>/admin/scripts/<CONTEXT_NAME> perl adpreclone.pl appsTier

Note: Here you shutdown the database (normal or immediate) and the application, most of the times I faced issues, guys will miss this step, if you dont shutdown your database in normal or immediate, you can never recover your database. Now, you re-install the operating system 2. Copy the Source System to the Target System Copy the application tier file system from the source Applications system to the

Author A.Kishore http://appsdba.info target node by executing the following steps in the order listed. Ensure the application tier files copied to the target system are owned by the target APPLMGR user, and that the database tier files are owned by the ORACLE user. a. Copy the application tier file system Log on to the source system application tier nodes as the APPLMGR user. Shut down the application tier server processes Copy the following application tier directories from the source node to the target application tier node:
<APPL_TOP> <OA_HTML> <OA_JAVA> <OA_JRE_TOP> <COMMON_TOP>/util <COMMON_TOP>/clone <COMMON_TOP>/_pages <806 ORACLE_HOME> <iAS ORACLE_HOME>

(when this directory exists)

b. Copy the database tier file system Log on to the source system database node as the ORACLE user. Perform a normal shutdown of the source system database Copy the database (DBF) files from the source to the target system Copy the source database ORACLE_HOME to the target system Start up the source Applications system database and application tier processes 3. Configure the Target System Execute the following commands to configure the target system. You will be prompted for the target system specific values (SID, Paths, Ports, etc) a. Configure the target system database server Log on to the target system as the ORACLE user and type the following commands to configure and start the database:
cd <RDBMS ORACLE_HOME>/appsutil/clone/bin perl adcfgclone.pl dbTier

b. Configure the target system application tier server nodes Log on to the target system as the APPLMGR user and type the following commands:
cd <COMMON_TOP>/clone/bin perl adcfgclone.pl appsTier

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Finishing Tasks
This section lists tasks that may be necessary depending on your implementation and the intended use of the cloned system.

1. Update profile options Rapid Clone updates only site level profile options. If any other profile options are set to instance specific values, you must update them manually. 2. Update printer settings If the new cloned system needs to utilize different printers, update the target system with the new printer settings now. 3. Update workflow configuration settings Cloning an Oracle Applications instance will not update the host and instance specific information used by Oracle Workflow. Review the following tables and columns to verify there is no instance specific data in the Workflow configuration on the target system. Table Name Column Name Column Value Details

WF_NOTIFICATION_ATTRIBUTES TEXT_VALUE WF_ITEM_ATTRIBUTE_VALUES

WF_SYSTEMS

WF_SYSTEMS WF_AGENTS FND_FORM_FUNCTIONS FND_FORM_FUNCTIONS FND_CONCURRENT_REQUESTS FND_CONCURRENT_REQUESTS

Value starts with http://<old web host> : Update to new web host Value starts with "http://<old web TEXT_VALUE host> : Update to new web host Create a new system defined as the new global database name GUID using the Workflow Administrator Web Applications responsibility. Value needs to be replaced with NAME the database global name Update database link with the ADDRESS new database global name. Update with the new web host WEB_HOST_NAME name Update to point at the new WEB_AGENT_NAME PLSQL listener name Update with the correct path to LOGFILE_NAME the logfile directory Update with the new directory OUTFILE_NAME path on the target system

4. Verify the APPLCSF variable setting Source the APPS environment and review that the variable APPLCSF (identifying the top-level directory for concurrent manager log and output files) points to an acceptable directory. To modify it, change the value of s_applcsf in the contextfile and run AutoConfig.

Author A.Kishore http://appsdba.info 5. Update the SESSION_COOKIE_DOMAIN value in ICX_PARAMETERS If the target system is in a different domain name than the source system and SESSION_COOKIE_DOMAIN was not null in the source system, update that value to reflect the new domain name.

Author A.Kishore http://appsdba.info Profile Option Name Changes at Site Level after Cloning BIS: Environment Type -> PROD, Change it to DEMO CZ: Publication Lookup Mode-> PROD, Change it to TEST ICX: Forms Launcher-> http://prod.com:8000/forms/frmservlet (PROD) Change it to http://test.com:8050/forms/frmservlet (TEST) ICX: Oracle Payment Server URL-> http://prod.com:8000/OA_HTML/ibyecapp (PROD) Change it to http://test.com:8050/OA_HTML/ibyecapp (TEST) ICX: Report Cache-> http://prod.com:8000/CACHE (PROD) Change it to http://test.com:8050/CACHE (TEST) ICX: Report Images-> http://prod.com:8000/OA_MEDIA (PROD) Change it to http://test.com:8050/OA_MEDIA (TEST) ICX: Report Launcher-> http://prod.com:8000/dev60cgi/rwcgi60 (PROD) Change it to http://test.com:8050/dev60cgi/rwcgi60 (TEST) ICX: Report Link-> http://prod.com:8000/pls/PROD/ (PROD) Change it to http://test.com:8050/pls/DEV2/ (TEST) ICX: Report Server-> PROD_APPS (PROD), Change it to DEV2_APPS (TEST) Site Name-> PROD, Change it to <the name you wanted> I gave DEV2 Cloned From Prod on <DATE> so that from Core Apps we can know from the display as to when this is cloned from PROD.

Author A.Kishore http://appsdba.info Issues and solutions while cloning in Solaris Environment for R12 environment

DEV2 CLONE from PROD

Here is RMAN is used for cloning the Database DEV2 Database Duplication using RMAN with NO CATALOG was started and completed successfully the next day morning. Database was up and running after the archive logs were applied at the end of the Duplication Process. Made the LOG File Switch and opened the database. Added a TEMP DataFile to the Temporary tablespace. Since it is a Test Instance, made the database to NO Archive Log Mode. Now that the Database is up and running fine, the APPLICATION Cloning was kicked off. Deleted the APPS file system and copied the Production File System to the corresponding location. Once done, followed the Metalink DOC : Cloning Oracle Applications Release 12 with Rapid Clone -- Note:406982.1. Started off with the adcfgclone.pl from $COMMON_TOP/clone/bin dir. There are couple of errors which came in the following order : 1) [AutoConfig Error Report] The following report lists errors AutoConfig encountered during each phase of its execution. Errors are grouped by directory and phase. The report format is: <filename> <phase> <return code where appropriate> [PROFILE PHASE] AutoConfig could not successfully execute the following scripts: Directory: /ORCLL1/oracle/dev2/inst/apps/DEV2_stride01s-prod/admin/install afcpctx.sh INSTE8_PRF 137 The afcpctx.sh failed because of missing lib files in 10.1.2 OH/lib and 10.1.2 OH/lib32 directories. Also due to the wrong path pointed by these variables (like ldflags pointing to the Prod instance). Once these are taken care of, run adcfgclone.pl again. Some times following errors might come in spite of the adcfgclone.pl ran successfully. This results in the apps services not getting started. Like the OPMN process do not start and end with status 2 (error). This happens due to the missing file in the 10.1.2 OH/bin32 directory. The error is:

Author A.Kishore http://appsdba.info libopmnoraclenls.so: unable to load \377\277\245V\377\277\245Y\377\277\245\ main: NLS initialization failed!! libopmnoraclenls.so: unable to load \377\277\245(\377\277\245^ main: NLS initialization failed!! libopmnoraclenls.so: unable to \377\277\245^X\377\277\245N\377\277\245Q\377\277\245T main: NLS initialization failed!! opmnctl: opmn start failed.
This issue is due to the libclntsh.so.10.1 library not being present under the lib32 folder. Setting the oracle home to 10.1.3 then running that ./bin/genclntsh helps: If you run with the -32 option it updates the ./lib32 version of libclntsh.so.10.1 if you run without the -32 option it updates the ./lib version of libclntsh.so.10.1 ( and similarly if it was set to 10.1.2,libclntsh.so.10.1 will be created in 10.1.2/lib ) So it is very important to set the Oracle Home to 10.1.3. 03/02/08-01:17:36 :: adopmnctl.sh: exiting with status 2 So, Simply copy the file libclntsh.so.10.1 environment to non-working environment into the lib32 directory. But, this is applicable only to the OR You can generate libclntsh.so.10.1 by executing the following command $10.1.3_OH/bin/genclntsh -32 Setting the correct oracle home to 10.1.3 then running If you run with the -32 option it updates the ./lib32 If you run without the -32 option it updates the ./lib ( and similarly if it was set to 10.1.2, libclntsh.so.10.1 will So it is very important to set OH to 10.1.3. Reference : 413109.1 that ./bin/genclntsh helps: version of libclntsh.so.10.1 version of libclntsh.so.10.1 be created in 10.1.2/lib ) file from a working

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Now, The services started and running fine. Some time, if we observe the ICM is not started at all and hence the concurrent processing is not run on the the node. For this, it is a common problem for single node to single node cloning because there is a bug. There is indeed a work around for this to make the ICM to come up. Shut down the services and make sure that no FND processes are running.

Author A.Kishore http://appsdba.info And follow the note: 434613.1 Make FNDSM trigger and clean FND_NODES table and run autoconfig in apps tier. This should take care of the ICM problem. Now, if we observe the following error is observed in the log file of adcfgclone. To overcome this run AutoConfig on DB tier and then on Apps tier. This should take care of this problem. This happens because we did not run autoconfig on DB tier after the RMAN Duplication.

SCRIPT RETURNED: ######################################################################## ## Generate Tns Names ######################################################################## ## Logfile: /ORCLL1/oracle/dev2/inst/apps/DEV2_stride01sprod/admin/log/NetServiceHandler.log Classpath : /ORCLL1/oracle/dev2/apps/apps_st/comn/java/lib/appsborg2.zip:/ORCLL1/oracle/dev2/ apps/apps_st/comn/java/classes Updating s_tnsmode to 'generateTNS' UpdateContext exited with status: 0 AC-50480: Internal error occurred: java.lang.Exception: Error while generating listener.ora. Error generating tnsnames.ora from the database, temporary tnsnames.ora will be generated using templates Instantiating Tools tnsnames.ora Tools tnsnames.ora instantiated Web tnsnames.ora instantiated adgentns.pl exiting with status 512 ERRORCODE = 512 ERRORCODE_END .end std out. .end err out. Result : FAILED

Now, all seem to be fine and the all running at APPS Tier and DB Tier. With this, the single node cloning comes to an end successfully.

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