Introduction

Every so often, we get a request to duplicate a database for one of our customers using an Oracle Database Appliance (ODA). The process for doing that is relatively straightforward, but there are a couple of nuances along the way so I thought I’d write it up as a blog post in case it’s of use to others. Obviously, I have obfuscated any customer-specific information to protect their identity.

Configuration

The first nuance is to understand what database is being used as the source for the clone. Generally, a request for cloning will be something like this:

“We are creating a new environment which needs a new database to be set up. Please copy P1_SRV_T and restore as P1_SRV_F”.