Dear apps dba, I need to clone my apps and as far as I remember when you run the per adprecfg.pl to prepare the source (PROD) it will change some profile options, so I would like to know how to privent that form happening how can I prepare my source system (PROD) without losing any thing. What are the changes that the perclone do. Your help is appreciated and it an urgent issue for me. Thanks Fadi "This email is intended for the above named adressee (s) only and may contain confidential and/or privilege information and should not be used by anyone who is not the original intended recipient(s). Any review, print, copy, reliance or distribution by others or forwarding without express permission is strictly prohibited If you have received this email in error, kindly notify the sender immediately by reply email and delete this email and any attachments from your mailbox or any other storage mechanism. Thank you. Email transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secured or error free, as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, received late or incomplete, or could contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any error or omission in the contents of this message, which arises as a result of email transmission. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of Umniah Mobile Company and is not its responsibility shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by the organization."