Re: dbca won't work after cloning Oracle Home

We do this all the time and I don't ever see this. Some things to check.

1. Does dbca work in the original home :)
2. Did the zip command also include the various symlinks?

> Oracle EE 12.1.0.2
> RHEL 7
>
> A DBA who is no longer with the company cloned a RAC home, disabled RAC
> since we don't want it on this new server, and ran the clone.pl per a doc
> she said she found on MOS. All seemed to go well except dbca will not
> work. It doesn't throw an error, just closes the linux session. Suffice
> to say her documentation, or lack thereof, of her steps and any errors is
> less than adequate. I'm attempting to replicate on a test server and have
> done the following:
>
>
> 1. Zipped the OHome (RAC was already disabled here)
> 2. Copied the zip file to the new server and unzipped it
> 3. Ran the clone.pl script, which said all linking, setup, etc. was
> successful.
> 4. Tried to start dbca, but it just closed my linux session
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> I've also been attempting to download new non-RAC binaries, but I don't
> have enough disk space in my downloads directory. I'll need to jump
> through hoops and get managers involved to get more space and I don't seem
> to have another directory that I can use with sufficient space. Is there
> another way to get these files? I would prefer a clean install for the
> next non-RAC server.
>
> --
> Sandy B.
>
>

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