Error during 'pasteConfig.sh' (instance) - OBIEE T2P Cloning

Question

Hi -

I am following OBIEE 11g Test-to-Production (T2P) / Clone Procedures Guide (Doc ID 1625533.1). I am nearly finished with the steps, but have hit an error on the target. Here is the step, taken from the MOS note:

Here is the output from the command line:

INFO : Jul 19, 2017 11:26:46 - CLONE-21276  
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               T2P Summary Begin
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Error Message  :1
  Jul 19, 2017 11:26:46 - ERROR - CLONE-20312   Oracle instance name is invalid.
  Jul 19, 2017 11:26:46 - CAUSE - CLONE-20312   The instance name is already registered with domain.
  Jul 19, 2017 11:26:46 - ACTION - CLONE-20312   Provide an instance name which is not registered with domain.
Error Message  :2
  Jul 19, 2017 11:26:46 - ERROR - CLONE-20222   Parameters validation has failed.
  Jul 19, 2017 11:26:46 - CAUSE - CLONE-20222  Primary parameters validation for "pasteConfig" failed.
  Jul 19, 2017 11:26:46 - ACTION - CLONE-20222   Check the clone log and error file and provide correct value.
Error Message  :3
  Jul 19, 2017 11:26:46 - ERROR - CLONE-20237   Restoring the sourceid "asinstance@obiprd" has failed.
  Jul 19, 2017 11:26:46 - CAUSE - CLONE-20237   An internal operation failed.
  Jul 19, 2017 11:26:46 - ACTION - CLONE-20237   Check the clone log for more details.

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               T2P Summary End
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SEVERE : Jul 19, 2017 11:26:46 - ERROR - CLONE-20218   Cloning is not successful.
SEVERE : Jul 19, 2017 11:26:46 - CAUSE - CLONE-20218   An internal operation failed.
SEVERE : Jul 19, 2017 11:26:46 - ACTION - CLONE-20218   Provide the clone log and error file for investigation.

Here is the actual command I ran (full path is substitued with '{path}'):

./pasteConfig.sh -javaHome {path}/jdk/jre -archiveLoc {path}/inst_config.jar -targetInstanceHomeLoc {path}/obiprd -targetInstanceName obiprd

-targetOracleHomeLoc {path}/Oracle_BI1 -domainHostName {source_hotsname_domain} -domainPortNum 7001 -domainAdminUserName weblogic

-domainAdminPasswordFile {path}/clone_obiadmin.txt -logDirLoc {path}/clonetemp -movePlanLoc {path}/moveplan.xml

My understanding, based on the product documentation, is that the instance name should be the same for target and source.

https://docs.oracle.com/middleware/11119/core/ASADM/testprod.htm#BABGJGCF

Any ideas why this is happening?

OBIEE 11.1.1.9.x

Regards,

Charles

Charles M · Answer

I think I may have figured this out. In my original post, it shows this:

The above snippet was taken directly from the MOS note. But, I believe that the 'domainHostName' parameter should not contain the source host information. After changing this to the target host information, the instance pasteconfig completed successfully.

I looked through the product documentation on this, and found that it does not call out the source host like the MOS note:

https://docs.oracle.com/middleware/11119/core/ASADM/testprod.htm#BABGJGCF

https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E28280_01/core.1111/e10105/testprod.htm#ASADM339

Regards,

Charles

Charles M · Answer

Hi -

Thank for the update. I did perform that step - I renamed that directory to 'instance_old'.

ls -l

total 8

drwxr-x--T 6 applmgr applmgr 4096 May 31 11:31 instance_old

Regards,

Charles

FTisiot · Answer

The same Doc you mention has a step under

"Steps to perfom on the 'target' environment you are cloning to:"

which says

"Move / rename the instances directory to old_instance.  The prior scrips created the instance directory, but it is nothing other than a placeholder / shell.  If you do not rename it, then next script will fail if it detects the directory is there."

have you done it?