3.0 Prepare a parameter file (init<duplicateDB_SID>.

ora)for the DUP database

:
3.0.1 Copy the source DB parameter file as init<duplicateDB_SID>.ora
$ cd $ORACLE_HOME/dbs
$ cp init<sourceDB_SID> init<duplicateDB_SID>
Example:
$ cp initPROD.ora initDUP.ora
3.0.2 Make the following changes in init<duplicateDB_SID>.ora file
DB_NAME=<duplicateDB_SID>
Example:
DB_NAME=DUP
CONTROL_FILES=<location1>, <location2>, ..
Example:
CONTROL_FILES=/oradata/DUP/cotrol01.ctl, /oradata/DUP/control02.ctl
DB_FILE_NAME_CONVERT=old1,new1,old2,new2.
Example:
DB_FILE_NAME_CONVERT=/oradata/PROD/,/oradata/DUP/
LOG_FILE_NAME_CONVERT=old1,new1, old2,new2
Example:
LOG_FILE_NAME_CONVERT=/oradata/log/PROD/, /oradata/log/DUP/
core_dump_dest=<new location>
Example:
core_dump_dest=/app/oracle/admin/cdump
user_dump_dest=<new location>
Example:
user_dump_dest=/app/oracle/admin/udump
background_dump_dest=<new location>
Example:
background_dump_dest=/app/oracle/admin/bdump