How to clone Oracle Software (11g/12c/18c) fast and easy on Linux and AIX

For AIX there is an extra step. When I ran the clone.pl on AIX, I got the following message: [oracle@PROD software]$ $ORACLE_HOME/perl/bin/perl $ORACLE_HOME/clone/bin/clone.pl ORACLE_BASE=/app/oracle ORACLE_HOME=/app/oracle/product/18.0.0.0/db ORACLE_HOME_NAME=OH_18000 Your platform requires the root user to perform certain pre-clone OS preparation. The root user should run the shell script ‘rootpre.sh’ before you proceed with cloning. rootpre.sh can be…

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Time to upgrade the OPatch

As the title suggest, it’s time to upgrade the OPatch. This is what I got when I wanted to apply a patch (namely 20760982) to a 11.2.0.4 database (linux): [oracle@server 20760982]$ $ORACLE_HOME/OPatch/opatch apply Oracle Interim Patch Installer version 11.2.0.3.4 Copyright (c) 2012, Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved. Oracle Home : /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.4 Central Inventory : /u01/app/oracle/oraInv from…

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