Cloning a Database Instance

This is the Home page of DbClone. The operations such as Cloning/Refresh/Migrating are performed by selecting the corresponding node in the tree shown on the left panel of the console. Expand each node to select the desired operation.

For example  to clone a database as shown in the console picture  "NEWCLONE’ under oracle home /opt/d09/ORA816/app/oracle/8.1.6 on server “missun2”, navigate the tree starting with “Clone Oracle Instance” node until the source database is located.

Click on the source database “NEWCLONE” to start the cloning process. You will be asked   to select the target oracle home into which you want to clone the database, enter the target database SID, select the cloning method (online/offline) and cloning level (directory/file). Click on Proceed button to go the next step.

The second step displays information about the source and target database. If the information displayed is correct, click on Proceed button to continue or Cancel button         to modify/abort the process.

This step shows the location of source data files, suggested location of target data files, required disk space and available disk space on target host. Location of target data files can be changed, if required. Click on Approve to continue or click on cancel button to go back.

Fourth step of Cloning process displays the parameters of target database’s initialization file (init.ora). By default the parameters are same as the source database’s parameters. Parameters can be changed if required. Click on Proceed button to start the actual     cloning process. At this stage you can start the cloning right away or you can schedule the cloning for later time.

The last step shows the status of Cloning process in a progress bar and the steps  performed sequentially. If there is any error it shows in a table at the bottom of the screen.

When the cloning is completed, it shows the clone report. Click on the exit button to        see the newly cloned database in the tree.