Database & Apps 11i Cloning and Multi Node to Single Node Cloning

Database & Apps 11i Cloning and Multi Node to Single Node Cloning

Copy AutoConfig to the RDBMS ORACLE_HOME
Update the RDBMS ORACLE_HOME file system with the AutoConfig files by performing the following steps:

On the Application Tier (as the APPLMGR user):

Log in to the APPL_TOP environment (source the environment file)
Create appsutil.zip file
perl /bin/admkappsutil.pl
This will create appsutil.zip in $APPL_TOP/admin/out.

On the Database Tier (as the ORACLE user):

Copy or FTP the appsutil.zip file to the
cd
unzip -o appsutil.zip

Generate your Database Context File
If your Applications system was created with the Release 11.5.9 Rapid Install or later, go to Task 3 in this section.
If your Applications system was created with the Release 11.5.8 Rapid Install or earlier, execute the following commands to create your Database Context File:

On UNIX
cd
. .env
cd /appsutil/bin
perl adbldxml.pl tier=db appsuser= appspasswd=


On Windows
Source the cmd Window using \.cmd
cd /d \appsutil\bin
perl adbldxml.pl tier=db appsuser= appspasswd=

Generate and Apply AutoConfig Configuration files

Attention: This step performs the conversion to AutoConfig. Once completed, the previous configuration will not be available.

Attention: The database server and the database listener must remain available during the AutoConfig run. All the other database tier services should be shut down.
Execute the following commands:
On UNIX
cd /appsutil/bin
adconfig.sh contextfile= appspass=

On Windows
cd /d \appsutil\bin
adconfig.cmd contextfile= appspass=

Warning: Running AutoConfig on the database node will update the RDBMS network listener file. Be sure to review the configuration changes from step 3. The new AutoConfig network listener file supports the use of IFILE to allow for values to be customized or added as needed.

Note: Running AutoConfig on the database tier will NOT overwrite any existing init.ora file. If no init.ora file exists in your instance, AutoConfig will generate an init.ora file for you.

Prepare the source system database tier for cloning
Log on to the source system as the ORACLE user and run the following commands:
cd /appsutil/scripts/
perl adpreclone.pl dbTier

APPLICATION TIER CLONING

Find or generate your Oracle Applications Context File
Look for the following file in the APPL_TOP:

/admin/.xml

On UNIX
cd /bin
perl adbldxml.pl tier=apps appsuser= appspasswd=

On Windows
cd /d \bin
perl adbldxml.pl tier=apps appsuser= appspasswd=

Generate and Apply AutoConfig Configuration files

Execute the following command:
On UNIX
/bin/adconfig.sh contextfile= appspass=

On Windows
\bin\adconfig.cmd contextfile= appspass=

Prepare the source system application tier for cloning

Log on to the source system as the APPLMGR user and run the following commands on each node that contains an APPL_TOP:
cd /admin/scripts/
perl adpreclone.pl appsTier

Copy the application tier file system
Log on to the source system application tier nodes as the APPLMGR user.
Shut down the application tier server processes
Copy the following application tier directories from the source node to the target application tier node:





/util
/clone
/_pages (when this directory exists)
<806>


Copy the database tier file system
Log on to the source system database node as the ORACLE user.
Perform a normal shutdown of the source system database
Copy the database (DBF) files from the source to the target system
Copy the source database ORACLE_HOME to the target system
Start up the source Applications system database and application tier processes

POST CLONING

Configure the target system database server
Log on to the target system as the ORACLE user and type the following commands to configure and start the database:

cd /appsutil/clone/bin
perl adcfgclone.pl dbTier

Configure the target system application tier server nodes
Log on to the target system as the APPLMGR user and type the following commands:

cd /clone/bin
perl adcfgclone.pl appsTier

Multi Node to Single Node Cloning

With Oracle Applications 11.5.10 the ability to clone from a multi node to a single node system using rapid clone has now been certified.

This is accomplished by the Shared APPL_TOP and Merging APPL_TOP features.

In this post i am listing out the steps to perform a multi note to a single node cloning from scratch. The information mentioned here is the steps which i have used and found them to be successful for a more elaborate explanation you might want to refer to the metalink note Sharing the Application Tier File System in Oracle E-Business Suite 11i (233428.1).

Source System here refers to the multi node system to be cloned
Target System refers to the newly to be created single node system
Applications Version 11.5.10
Operating System Linux ES 4

The following Steps are required to be performed on the source system
1. Apply application tier patches using adpatch

Apply patch 4038964Apply patch 4175764
Both the above patches are include in the consolidated update 2 or CU2 so in case you are on 11.5.10.2 or later you can ignore this step.

2. Maintain snapshot information

Log in as the applications user on each application tier node and run 'Maintain Snapshot Information' by using adadmin.

3. Merge existing APPL_TOPs

Log in to the primary node of your application tier as the application user user and run:
$ cd [COMMON_TOP]/admin/scripts/[CONTEXT_NAME]$ perl adpreclone.pl appsTier merge
This will prompt you with option to merge secondary nodes
Now log in as the applications user to each of the secondary application tier nodes being merged and run:
$ cd [COMMON_TOP]/admin/scripts/[CONTEXT_NAME]$ perl adpreclone.pl appltop merge

4. Prepare the source system database tier.
Log on to the database tier of the source system as the oracle user and run the following commands:
$ cd [RDBMS ORACLE_HOME]/appsutil/scripts/[CONTEXT_NAME]$ perl adpreclone.pl dbTier
With this all the pre clone tasks on the source system have been completed.
The next set of tasks are required to be carried out on the target system that is the system on which you wish to place the merged single node instance.

1. Create OS user accounts

Create a OS user account for your applications
$ useradd -g dba -d [home_directory] -p password username
Similarly create a OS user account for your database

2. Modify the orainventory to reflect the new location

$ vi /etc/oraInst.loc

3. Copy the following application tier directories

Copy the following application tier directories from the primary node of your source system to the target application tier node, retaining the original directory structure:
– [APPL_TOP]– [OA_HTML]– [OA_JAVA]– [COMMON_TOP/util]– [COMMON_TOP/clone>– [806 ORACLE_HOME]– [iAS ORACLE_HOME]

4. Copy the required files for merging

Log in as the applications user to each of the secondary source nodes and recursively copy:
directory [COMMON_TOP]/clone/appl- to -directory [COMMMON_TOP]/clone/appl on the target system node
Before proceeding with the next steps you must shutdown your oracle applications services and the database on the source system

5. Copy the database tier file system

Log on to the source system as the database user
Copy the database (DBF) files from the source to the target systemCopy the source database ORACLE_HOME to the target system
After this you can now startup the database and applications services on your source system and release it for use.

6. Configure the target system database server

Log on to the target system as the database user and type the following commands to configure and start the database:
$ cd [RDBMS ORACLE_HOME]/appsutil/clone/bin$ perl adcfgclone.pl dbTier
This will prompt for new ORACLE_SID,ORACLE_HOME,Port Pool,JAVA_TOP and DATA_TOP give the appropriate values matching your target system
Once successful this should start your database and listener

7. Configure the application tier server nodes

The database and its listener should remain up before executing the next set of commands.Log in to the merged APPL_TOP node as the applications user and execute the following commands:
$ cd [COMMON_TOP]/clone/bin$ perl adcfgclone.pl appsTier
This will prompt you new port pool for applictaion tier services as well as new APPLTOP,COMMON_TOP,ORACLE_HOME and IAS_TOP
Successful completion of this task will bring up your application tier services on the target or the cloned node.

8. Post Clone Tasks

Log in to the target system application tier node as the APPLMGR user.Run the following tasks in adadmin for all products:o generate JAR fileso generate message fileso relink executableso copy files to destination

9. Clean up of the target system

Remove the temporary directory [COMMON_TOP]/clone/appl to reduce disk space usage.
Note: The version of Oracle Applications used is 11.5.10 and the operating system is Linux ES 4