Re: dbca won't work after cloning Oracle Home

Tried to attach the log, but it failed saying the file was too large. Is there something specific I can share from the log?

On Mon, Jun 17, 2019 at 8:28 AM Sandra Becker <sbecker6925_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> 1. dbca did work in the original home
> 2. Zip command: zip -r dbhome1.zip /dg/local/cots/oracle/product/
> 12.1.0.2
> 3. Attaching clone.pl log
> 4. Looking up how to run strace
> 5. Believe I have found a workaround to my download space issue
>
> All great suggestions and I'm working through them. Thanks for your help.
>
>
>
> On Sat, Jun 15, 2019 at 12:46 AM <niall.litchfield_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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?
>>
>> failing that I think we'd need to see both the zip command and the
>> clone.pl log (you should also log an SR). .
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 14, 2019 at 10:11 PM Sandra Becker <sbecker6925_at_gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> --
>> Niall Litchfield
>> Oracle DBA
>> http://www.orawin.info
>>
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> Sandy B.
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