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Cloning is the process of copying an existing environment to the same directory on a target system, while keeping its state (for example, topologies, configurations, application deployments, and so on) unchanged. Cloning simplifies the process of building identical environments on different hosts by copying all middleware components and their patches. It also provides an effective way for distributing BAM domain configurations among different environments.
The prerequisites for cloning Oracle BAM are as follows:
oraInst.loc file exists in the /etc directory. If it is located in another directory, use the -invPtrLoc option with the pasteBinary script to specify the location. If the target host does not contain the file oraInst.loc, you must create the file that includes the inventory_loc and inst_group properties. For example, a sample of the oraInst.loc file looks as follows:inventory_loc=/u01/app/oraInventory inst_group=oinstall