Short background:
After a failed attempt to clone an Oracle 12c installation, using Oracle's perl script clone.pl, like this:
oracle@myserver:[DBSID]# cd /u01/oracle/product/12102/clone/bin
oracle@myserver:[DBSID]# perl clone.pl ORACLE_HOME=/u01/oracle/product/12102 ORACLE_HOME_NAME=12102 ORACLE_BASE=/u01/oracle OSDBA_GROUP=dba
the following error was thrown:
OUI-10197:Unable to create a new Oracle Home at /u01/oracle/product/12102. Oracle Home already exists at this location. Select another location.
SEVERE:OUI-10197:Unable to create a new Oracle Home at /u01/oracle/product/12102. Oracle Home already exists at this location. Select another location.
The solution is to detach the Oracle Home from the Inventory:
oracle@myserver:[DBSID]# ./runInstaller -detachHome ORACLE_HOME=/u01/oracle/product/12102 invPtrLoc=/u01/oracle/product/12102/oraInst.loc
Starting Oracle Universal Installer...
Checking swap space: must be greater than 500 MB. Actual 7814 MB Passed
The inventory pointer is located at /etc/oraInst.loc
'DetachHome' was successful.
You can now rerun clone.pl.
Note that
you do not need to physically remove files from disk and unzip new ones, since your Inventory is now unaware of the previously failed installation attempt.
Simply run your clone again. Log output below.
Starting Oracle Universal Installer...
Checking Temp space: must be greater than 500 MB. Actual 1810 MB Passed
Checking swap space: must be greater than 500 MB. Actual 7814 MB Passed
Preparing to launch Oracle Universal Installer from /tmp/OraInstall2017-09-07_09-28-15AM. Please wait ...You can find the log of this install session at:
/home/oracle/oraInventory/logs/cloneActions2017-09-07_09-28-15AM.log
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Copy files in progress.
Copy files successful.
Link binaries in progress.
Link binaries successful.
Setup files in progress.
Setup files successful.
Setup Inventory in progress.
Setup Inventory successful.
Finish Setup successful.
The cloning of 12102 was successful.
Please check '/home/oracle/oraInventory/logs/cloneActions2017-09-07_09-28-15AM.log' for more details.
Setup Oracle Base in progress.
Setup Oracle Base successful.
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As a root user, execute the following script(s):
1. /u01/oracle/product/12102/root.sh
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