All, We are planning to install oracle 10g Release2(10.2.0.1.0) on windows 2003 Advanced server,and we are planning to clone the exisiting oracle binaries from server windows XP Professional with SP2,32 bit edition and use the same in windows 2003 Advanced server.can anyone please post a document on the Database clone side methodology or step by step instruction guide or note id. Please let us know whether any specific issues during 10G clone(similar to building repository or any known issues) which needs to be looked in. with regards vijay