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• vCenter 5.5 - error Grub hot-cloning Ubuntu 12.04

  Hi All-

  I'm having a pretty hot-cloning time of a Ubuntu 12.04 VM from virtual server to another virtual server.

  Two virtual servers are running ESXi 5.0.0 build 623860.  I use VMWare vCenter Converter Standalone Client 5.5 build-1362012.  The virtual machine in question is under Ubuntu 12.04.2.  The virtual machine is using LVM, I read may have an impact.

  When you run the converter, I get to 97-99% done, then get the following error:

  an error occurred during conversion: grubinstaller::installgrub: /usr/lib/vmware-converter/installgrub.sh failed with return code: 126 and message: chroot: cannot run ' / vmware - updategrub.sh': exec format error

  vmware runtime error - updategrub.sh through chroot into/mnt/p2v-src-root

  /usr/lib/VMware-Converter/installgrub.sh: line 143: / mnt/p2v-src-root: is a directory

  I looked all over trying to find someone who has got this exact error message, but can't.  I tried these steps but were unsuccessful.

  http://KB.VMware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US & cmd = displayKC & externalId = 2052628

  If someone has all understand why this error occurs, how to fix, etc, it would be greatly appreciated!

  Well... Finally, I've advanced and rebuilt the server vCenter Converter Standalone was running on.  I then did a new install of the converter and revived the task and all is well.  I think it could be a matter of the wrong version *.iso being mounted as the aid of the converter.  I had to keep manually mount the iso on the new VM and start before he would go actually through, and sometimes I could get invited to "converter" identifiers.

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• Error in the creation of the database of hot RMAN backup

  Hello
  
  I created the database at the time of the installation of Oracle software. Name AAA
  Now I took hot RMAN backup of database and after the fall of database.
  
  Now I want to restore the database again, but I am facing a problem.
  
  as: if I want to connect RMAN, $rman target / it gives error
  
  Recovery Manager: Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on Tue may 24 15:29:17 2011
  
  Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
  
  RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
  RMAN-00569: = ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS =.
  RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
  RMAN-00554: initialization of the package manager internal collection failed
  RMAN-04005: target database error:
  ORA-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error
  
  Please help to get me out of this problem.
  
  
  Regs,
  Brij

  See this topic and say if this can help

  http://forums.Oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=2190328&TSTART=90

• EBS cloning using hot RMAN backup

  Hi hussein/helios,
  
  EBS R12.0.6
  Oracle 10g DB
  
  I was cloning EBS using cold backup, which means that I stop the database and copy it.
  Today, as I face a problem of cloning because I am not allowed to stop the database. This is my first time at this meeting.
  I want to clone a PROD EBS customer, but he's working on a service 24 x 7, which means that I can not close easily.
  I have a RMAN backup, full of Sundays and archive newspapers every day.
  Can you give me the metalink notes where I can clone using a hot RMAN backup?
  
  Thank you very much
  
  MsK

  Salvation;

  Now I'm here;

  Let me share my experience with you

  1. copy your ORACLE_HOME from source to the target
  2 give her permission
  3. restore your Db on your target with RMAN
  4. use the ORACLE_HOME which are copied from the source to target
  5. you must activate the automatic configuration on the new database, follow below

  * With the help of automatic configuration to manage system Configurations in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 [ID 387859.1] *.
  Section 3: Patch 3.2 AutoConfig. Enabling AutoConfig on a new Oracle home

  Respect of
  HELIOS

• Hot cloning

  This could be linked to that thread. All these steps are linked to hot cloning of EBS R12 12.0.4 under layer of Db RHEL 4. I'm still stuck so could not proceed to the appstier.
  
  I am in the process of hot cloning here is not real I have taken depending on the circumstances.
  
  1 - run adpreclone apps and dbtier machine "PROD".
  2. down the two apps and machine dbtier "PROD".
  3 - Copy the apps and files "PROD" machine-to-machine targeted dbtier 'UAT '.
  4 - perl adcfgclone.pl dbTechStack targetd ganglion 'UAT '.
  5. in the course of adaptation tech_st copied was completely node successfully, while apps_st was in the process and got cut network and targeted.
  6 - could not come down until next weekend. I changed the intent of hot clone while I tech_st copied to the target node 'UAT' successfully of the machine "PROD".
  7-taking machine hot "PROD" via RMAN data base and controlfile backup.
  Contorlfile 8-cree in format control.txt using alter database backup controlfile to trace.
  9 - startup nomount targeted node with the parameter file where I defined db_name in this parameter file "PROD".
  10-restore controlfile from rman to the target node 'UAT' using rman backuppiece which i made in step 7.
  11-mount node targeted 'UAT '.
  12 - restore database.
  13-stop database node 'UAT '.
  Contorolfile 14-deleted that I restored it in step 10.
  15-recree controlfile of control.txt which I created in step 8 by setting.
  Create controlfile set database 'UAT' resetlogs noarchivelog.
  16 startup mount with new controlfile created in step 15, after setting the new controlfile in initUAT.ora.
  17-restore sql database using backup controlfile
  restore database using backup controlfile until Cancel.
  18-open database resetlogs.
  19 - run successfully by sqlplus "/ as sysdba" @aduplib.sql so
  20. at this stage I have failed.
  CD /orahome/PROD/db/tech_st/10.2.0/appsutil/clone/bin
  Perl adcfgclone.pl /orahome/PROD/db/tech_st/10.2.0/appsutil/UAT_uat.xml dbconfig
  
  Log file for execution at step 20 are
  
  One thing is that why it's recreate the controlfile when I did step 15, another issue is that "PROD" suite a_txn_ind24.dbf of index file which gives the error in the following log file is in slot/orahome/PROD/db/apps_st directory, it is not as/orahome/PROD/db/apps_st/data, after restoring from backup using rman backuppiece i taken in step 7 and restore this backup to node targeted "UAT" to step 12 restores the file exactly under/orahome/PROD/db/apps_st.
  
  One thing during step 4, I gave data on 1 and its path/orahome/PROD/db/apps_st/data, it is for this reason or miss me something, please see the following file log of the last stage 20.
  
  

  adcrdb.sh started at Sun Nov 27 22:55:51 PKT 2011
   
  The environment settings are as follows ...
   
         ORACLE_HOME : /orahome/PROD/db/tech_st/10.2.0
          ORACLE_SID : UAT
            TWO_TASK : 
                PATH : /orahome/PROD/db/tech_st/10.2.0/perl/bin:/orahome/PROD/db/tech_st/10.2.0/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/orahome/PROD/db/tech_st/10.2.0/appsutil/jre/bin:/usr/ccs/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/local/bin:/orahome/PROD/db/tech_st/10.2.0/appsutil/clone/bin/../jre/bin:/orahome/PROD/db/tech_st/10.2.0/appsutil/clone/bin/../jre/bin:/usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/home/orauat/bin
     LD_LIBRARY_PATH : /orahome/PROD/db/tech_st/10.2.0/lib:/usr/X11R6/lib:/usr/openwin/lib:/orahome/PROD/db/tech_st/10.2.0/lib:/usr/dt/lib:/orahome/PROD/db/tech_st/10.2.0/ctx/lib
   
  Executable : /orahome/PROD/db/tech_st/10.2.0/bin/sqlplus
   
  The log information will be written to
       /orahome/PROD/db/tech_st/10.2.0/appsutil/log/UAT_uat/adcrdb_UAT.txt
   
   
  Creating the control file for UAT_uat database ...
   
   
  SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.2.0 - Production on Sun Nov 27 22:55:51 2011
   
  Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle.  All Rights Reserved.
   
  Connected.
  ORACLE instance shut down.
  Connected to an idle instance.
  ORACLE instance started.
   
  Total System Global Area 1073741824 bytes
  Fixed Size              1264892 bytes
  Variable Size            427819780 bytes
  Database Buffers       633339904 bytes
  Redo Buffers             11317248 bytes
  CREATE CONTROLFILE REUSE SET DATABASE "UAT"
  *
  ERROR at line 1:
  ORA-01503: CREATE CONTROLFILE failed
  ORA-01565: error in identifying file
  '/orahome/PROD/db/apps_st/data/a_txn_ind24.dbf'
  ORA-27037: unable to obtain file status
  Linux Error: 2: No such file or directory
  Additional information: 3
   
   
  alter database open resetlogs
  *
  ERROR at line 1:
  ORA-01507: database not mounted
   
   
  alter tablespace TEMP2 add tempfile '/orahome/PROD/db/apps_st/data/TEMP2' REUSE
  *
  ERROR at line 1:
  ORA-01109: database not open
   
   
  alter tablespace TEMP2 add tempfile '/orahome/PROD/db/apps_st/data/TEMP3' REUSE
  *
  ERROR at line 1:
  ORA-01109: database not open
   
   
  alter tablespace TEMP2 add tempfile '/orahome/PROD/db/apps_st/data/TEMP4' REUSE
  *
  ERROR at line 1:
  ORA-01109: database not open
   
   
  alter tablespace TEMP2 add tempfile '/orahome/PROD/db/apps_st/data/TEMP5' REUSE
  *
  ERROR at line 1:
  ORA-01109: database not open
   
   
  ALTER DATABASE RENAME GLOBAL_NAME TO "UAT.parazelsus.pk"
                                       *
  ERROR at line 1:
  ORA-01109: database not open
   
   
  ORA-01507: database not mounted
   
   
  ORACLE instance shut down.
  Connected to an idle instance.
  ORACLE instance started.
   
  Total System Global Area 1073741824 bytes
  Fixed Size              1264892 bytes
  Variable Size            427819780 bytes
  Database Buffers       633339904 bytes
  Redo Buffers             11317248 bytes
  Database mounted.
   
  PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
   
  ORACLE instance shut down.
  Connected to an idle instance.
  ORACLE instance started.
   
  Total System Global Area 1073741824 bytes
  Fixed Size              1264892 bytes
  Variable Size            427819780 bytes
  Database Buffers       633339904 bytes
  Redo Buffers             11317248 bytes
  CREATE CONTROLFILE REUSE SET DATABASE "UAT"
  *
  ERROR at line 1:
  ORA-01503: CREATE CONTROLFILE failed
  ORA-01565: error in identifying file
  '/orahome/PROD/db/apps_st/data/a_txn_ind24.dbf'
  ORA-27037: unable to obtain file status
  Linux Error: 2: No such file or directory
  Additional information: 3
   
   
  alter database open resetlogs
  *
  ERROR at line 1:
  ORA-01507: database not mounted
   
   
  alter tablespace TEMP2 add tempfile '/orahome/PROD/db/apps_st/data/TEMP2' REUSE
  *
  ERROR at line 1:
  ORA-01109: database not open
   
   
  alter tablespace TEMP2 add tempfile '/orahome/PROD/db/apps_st/data/TEMP3' REUSE
  *
  ERROR at line 1:
  ORA-01109: database not open
   
   
  alter tablespace TEMP2 add tempfile '/orahome/PROD/db/apps_st/data/TEMP4' REUSE
  *
  ERROR at line 1:
  ORA-01109: database not open
   
   
  alter tablespace TEMP2 add tempfile '/orahome/PROD/db/apps_st/data/TEMP5' REUSE
  *
  ERROR at line 1:
  ORA-01109: database not open
   
   
  ALTER DATABASE RENAME GLOBAL_NAME TO "UAT.parazelsus.pk"
                                       *
  ERROR at line 1:
  ORA-01109: database not open
   
   
  Error Running create/replace library with adupdlib.sql
  ORA-01109: database not open
   
  PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
   
   
  File created.
   
  Disconnected from Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.2.0 - Production
  With the Partitioning, OLAP and Data Mining options
  exit_code=0
   
  Checking for errors ...
   
  The database has not been successfully created. Shutting down the instance ...
   
  SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.2.0 - Production on Sun Nov 27 22:56:12 2011
   
  Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle.  All Rights Reserved.
   
  Connected.
  ORACLE instance shut down.
  Disconnected from Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.2.0 - Production
  With the Partitioning, OLAP and Data Mining options
   
  .end std out.
   
  .end err out.
   
   
  ---------------------------------------------------------------
                     ADX Database Utility                        
  ---------------------------------------------------------------
   
  getConnectionUsingAppsJDBCConnector() -->
      APPS_JDBC_URL='null'
      Trying to get connection using SID based connect descriptor
  getConnection() -->
      sDbHost    : uat
      sDbDomain  : parazelsus.pk
      sDbPort    : 1522
      sDbSid     : UAT
      sDbUser    : APPS
      Trying to connect using SID...
  getConnectionUsingSID() -->
      JDBC URL: jdbc:oracle:thin:@uat.parazelsus.pk:1522:UAT
      Exception occurred: java.sql.SQLException: Io exception: The Network Adapter could not establish the connection
      Trying to connect using SID as ServiceName
  getConnectionUsingServiceName() -->
      JDBC URL: jdbc:oracle:thin:@(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=uat.parazelsus.pk)(PORT=1522))(CONNECT_DATA=(SERVICE_NAME=UAT)))
      Exception occurred: java.sql.SQLException: Io exception: The Network Adapter could not establish the connection
      Trying to connect using SID as ServiceName.DomainName
  getConnectionUsingServiceName() -->
      JDBC URL: jdbc:oracle:thin:@(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=uat.parazelsus.pk)(PORT=1522))(CONNECT_DATA=(SERVICE_NAME=UAT.parazelsus.pk)))
      Exception occurred: java.sql.SQLException: Io exception: The Network Adapter could not establish the connection
      Connection could not be obtained; returning null
   
  -------------------ADX Database Utility Finished---------------
   
  RC-00118: Error occurred during creation of database
  Raised by oracle.apps.ad.clone.ApplyDatabase

  Khurram
  
  Published by: orawarebyte on November 28, 2011 11:29

  One question can I run run for dbtechst after adpreclone dbtechst tar command while the database is in place, so is it safe to run tar of appstier apps_st and tech_st while application and the database is running using the user to RHEL?

  Yes.

  Thank you
  Hussein

• Error during the full backup of the system Vista "Media is not UDF.

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• Get error when trying to backup on USB: the willing backup of a file system drive corrupted. Fix it using the verification tool disk errors, or choose another backup location. (0 x 81000008)

  Original title: what is the disk error checking tool

  I am creating a backup on a USB key, I bought recently. But when I do an error apears that the backup was not successful, and then this error appears "the backup target K:\ device failed with the following error:"

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  The backup disk has a corrupted file system. Fix it using the verification tool disk errors, or choose another backup location. (0x81000008)"

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  Hello

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• 0x8100000A error message when the backup fails.

  When my system tries to make a regular scheduled backup, I get the following error message:

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  I use Windows Vista Home Premium on an HP computer. Thank you.

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• Application Manager - error recover the status of the component

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• 4.1 Data Migration tool - "error: failure of the backup of the configuration of the vCenter Orchestrator.

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• RECOVER, DATABASE using backup controlfile until the

  Hello
  in 10g R2, may this work:
  

  RECOVER DATABASE using backup controlfile until '2009-05-21:12:47:30';

  Thank you.

  GregX wrote:
  In fact, it should say something like this:

  until time ' to_date (May 19, 2009 10:30 "," dd-mm-yyyy hh24:mi:ss') ";

  No, you needn't.
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  "+ If recovery up to one hour, the time is always specified using the following format, delimited by single quotes: 'YYYY-MM-' DD:HH24:MI:SS. '. + »

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• ORA-19502: write error on file ' / db01/backup/df_680613030_3_1 ', blockno 131

  No matter what work-around to the level of rman?
  
  
  RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
  RMAN-00569: = ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS =.
  RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
  RMAN-03009: failure of the backup command on the channel ORA_DISK_1 at 2009-03-04 11:11:07
  ORA-19502: write error on file ' / db01/backup/df_680613030_3_1 ', blockno 131201 (blocksize = 8192)
  ORA-27063: number of bytes read or written is incorrect
  IBM AIX RISC System/6000 error: 27: file too large
  Additional information:-1
  Additional information: 1048576
  ORA-19502: write error on file ' / db01/backup/df_680613030_3_1 ', blockno 131073 (blocksize = 8192)
  ORA-27063: number of bytes read or written is incorrect
  IBM AIX RISC System/6000 error: 27: file too large

  Apparently, your file/db01/oradata system supports large files - that's how you happen to have a big current data files. But/db01/backup is a system of different files NOT created and mounted with largefile support.

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• Need help with RMAN archive destination error during hot backup

  Hello
  
  Oracle 8.0.6, Win 2000 Server.
  
  We take the cold daily backup as our backup strategy. We wanted to implement the backup hot. If one day, I turned on the log mode archive and set the directory to archive in F:\drive to store all archived generated. I took the backup and put the database in noarchive log mode. We continued with offline backup.
  
  After a few days, I wanted to test the hot backup again. I created the directory of the archive in E:\archive\ instead of F:\archive\. When I started the hot backup, all files have been copied except the archives.
  
  The error was:
  
  RMAN-03022: compilation command: sql
  RMAN-06162: SQL statement: alter system archive log current
  RMAN-03023: executing command: sql
  
  RMAN-03022: compilation command: backup
  RMAN-03026: recovery error release of channel resources
  RMAN-08031: output channel: c1
  RMAN-08031: output channel: c2
  RMAN-00569: = error message stack follows =.
  RMAN-03002: failure during the compilation of command
  RMAN-03013: type command: backup
  RMAN-06089: journal archived F:\ARCHIVE\ARCH1_0000327116.ARC not found or at odds with catalog
  
  Complete recovery manager.
  
  RMAN is looking for the destination of the journal archive old i.e. 'f:\archive\ '. I don't have the backup of the old archives of destination. I put the new destination to archive E:\archive\ in the initorcl.ora file, rman is always looking for destination F:\archive\.
  
  Please suggest what to do. How can I remove old information from archive of controlfile and say rman, look in the new archives destination i.e. E:\archive\

  Hello
  WOW 8.0.6.
  Maybe you can run a cross?

  change archivelog than any overlap;

  Update
  Found some docs online for 8.0
  http://download.Oracle.com/docs/CD/A58617_01/server.804/a58396/TOC.htm
  She does not mention the overlap.
  With the change command, you should be able to do the cleaning as well.
  If you have moved the archivelogs to the new location, you can use catalog according to the doc.
  Kind regards
  Tycho

  Edited by: tychos on mrt-27-2011 08:26

• Backup error: "error 0x810000ED while doing Backup, error:"backup could not verify your backup settings.

  I recently did a system restore and now my scheduled backups fail. the error that says that "0x810000ED error while doing Backup, error:"Backup could not verify your backup settings"also my backups are scheduled for backup on the DVD edrive.» When I tried to change that there is no choice of road. Vista premium is the opsys. I think that the backups fail because there is no disk in the drive. I think that she previously saved to my second partition on the hard drive. I think bad?

  Hello

  backups must be stored on an external hard drive or DVD

  There is no backup point on another partition in case of disk failure hard as everything will be lost

  see if this information helps you

  How to make a backup of your data

  http://www.vista4beginners.com/how-to-backup-your-data

  How to restore your files

  http://www.vista4beginners.com/how-to-restore-files

  the 1st link below is how do the backup complete pc

  http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial145.html

  and that is how do to recover the backup complete pc

  http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial144.html

  and here is the information of microsoft in restoring a system image backup

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/restore-your-computer-from-a-system-image-backup

  If you have problems, it's in here is a forum for microsoft specifically for backup issues

  http://social.technet.Microsoft.com/forums/en-us/WindowsBackup/threads