ALL, Thanks for the input but we are not going to clone using OUI or OEMGC we prefer a manual clone of DB. Our requirement is 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 DB from server windows XP Professional with SP2,32 bit edition(which is a current exisiting production DB) and use the same in windows 2003 Advanced server. Install fresh 10gR2 in Windows 2003 and do a manual/clone of the exisiting DB,please let us know if any additional tasks needs to be performed during the clone tasks apart from the below listed steps with respect to 10G. The below is the method/steps which planning to implement. 1.Install fresh 10gR2 on top of Windows 2003 server (only the oracle software binaries) 2.copy the DB from windows XP to Windows 2003 server 3. Modify/edit the pfile.ora file with location of the Database file -OR- Copy the pfile from the XP machine and edit accordingly to suite the target machine 4.create the windows service for the copied DB with DB name in the target machine. 5.open the database with regards Vijay On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 4:13 AM, <contact@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > You can clone an existing RDBMS on any certified platform > > See the following notes for assistance the only difference is that instead > of runInstaller, you use setup.exe in one of the steps > > *How To Clone An Existing RDBMS Installation Using EMGC [ID 549268.1]* > *Cloning An Existing Oracle10g Release 2 (10.2.0.x) RDBMS Installation > Using OUI [ID 559304.1]* > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Shastry DBA <shastry17@xxxxxxxxx> > *To:* ora-apps-dba@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > *Cc:* ora-apps-dba <ora-apps-dba@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > *Sent:* Wednesday, January 13, 2010 2:36 AM > *Subject:* Re: Installing and cloning Oracle Database 10g Release 2 in > Windows 2003 server > > Hi > You cannot clone the oracle software binaries on windows like unix, rather > have a fresh installation of oracle software and refresh the database with > the backup of your previous database. > > Sent from my iPod > An:-) > > On 12-Jan-2010, at 2:42 PM, vijay gopi <gopvijay@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > All, > > Adding on to the previous post,the application is not E-business suite and > we use a java based application as front end and the datbase runs in 10G,so > this refresh is for the database alone. > > pls provide your thougts at the earliest. > > with regards > vijay > > On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 12:39 PM, vijay gopi <gopvijay@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> 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 >> > >