On source system (as 'root')...

export ORACLE_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/product/121020

cd $ORACLE_HOME

gtar -czvf /u01/out/OraHomeClone.tgz .

Transfer zip file to target system (/u01/in).

On target system (as 'root')...

export ORACLE_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/product/121020

mkdir -p $ORACLE_HOME

cd $ORACLE_HOME

gtar -xzvf /u01/in/OraHomeClone.tgz

On target system as 'oracle'...

export ORACLE_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/product/121020

export ORACLE_BASE=/u01/app/oracle

export ORACLE_HOME_NAME=OraDB12Home

cd $ORACLE_HOME/oui/bin

./runInstaller -clone -silent -ignorePrereq \

  ORACLE_HOME=$ORACLE_HOME \

  ORACLE_HOME_NAME=$ORACLE_HOME_NAME \

  ORACLE_BASE=$ORACLE_BASE

On target system (as 'root')... Run root.sh as prompted.

Update entries in these directories to reflect the new server...

$ORACLE_HOME/network/admin

$ORACLE_HOME/mgw/admin

$ORACLE_HOME/dbs

To Same Server

As 'oracle'...

export ORACLE_HOME_ORIG=/u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0.2

export ORACLE_HOME_CLONE=/u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0.2CLONE

mkdir $ORACLE_HOME_CLONE

cd $ORACLE_HOME_ORIG

tar cvfp - . -exclude=*.log -exclude=*.trc | ( cd $ORACLE_HOME_CLONE; tar xvf - )

$ORACLE_HOME_ORIG/oui/bin/runInstaller -clone -silent -noconfig -defaultHomeName \

  ORACLE_BASE=$ORACLE_BASE \

  ORACLE_HOME=$ORACLE_HOME_CLONE \

  oracle_install_OSDBA=dba \

  oracle_install_OSOPER=oper

As 'root'...

export ORACLE_HOME_CLONE=/u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0.2CLONE

$ORACLE_HOME_CLONE/root.sh

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