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RE: Database Cloning

From: Goulet, Dick <DGoulet_at_vicr.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 12:24:26 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.005CFF5C.20030915122426@fatcity.com>


Ron,

        I believe it was a misinterpretation of Oracle's documentation. I regret to say that I've been there, done that only to learn better later. The problem is that we confuse the relationship between the Oracle SID and the DB_NAME. It is totally possible to start an instance with a SID of DEVL where the DB_NAME in the init.ora file is "PROD' on the same server. I agree with you that you want to change the DB_NAME as quickly as possible before letting everyone in, but it does work. All of the OS processes are related to each other by the SID and the db_files by the DB_NAME.

Dick Goulet
Senior Oracle DBA
Oracle Certified 8i DBA

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Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 4:14 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

Whenever we clone a database on the same server we have always had the understanding that the original database must be down until the new database is renamed by running the control file script.

I am going through the Oracle Recovery 101 book in an effort to understand RMAN and one chapters in the book is cloning a database on the same server. I just went through the steps to create a clone of a hot database. I created the new database on the same server with a new name while the original database was up and running. I had no problems. Was our belief that the original database had to be down, incorrect, or was this just a restriction of older version like 7.3.4?

Thanks!
Ron Smith
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