Whats new in Oracle database Home binary Cloning in 19c

 There are  2 main  feature been  introduced in 19c with regards to   home binary cloning 

1)  Taking "Gold Copy "  instead of  TAR  backup form source 

2) clone.pl is depreciated 

Gold Image : 

Instead  of taking traditional tar backup , Oracle now suggest taking gold image . Below is example . Zip file will be created in target  location . 

$ORACLE_HOME/runInstaller -createGoldImage -destinationLocation /refresh/home/app/oracle/product/ -silent 

Clone.pl depreciated : 

If we use  "clone.pl"  or   "runInstaller -clone"  now  from 19c , we will get below exception .

[INFO] [INS-32183] Use of clone.pl is deprecated in this release. Clone operation is equivalent to performing a Software Only installation from the image.

You must use /refresh/home/app/oracle/product/19.3_clone/runInstaller script available to perform the Software Only install. For more details on image based installation, refer to help documentation.

To  avoid  above  , we used runInstaller  as below ,    just like  we  for fresh installation  . 

ORACLE_BASE=/u01/app/oracle

NODE2_HOSTNAME=node2

ORACLE_HOSTNAME=node1

NODE1_HOSTNAME=node1

ORA_INVENTORY=/u01/app/oraInventory

ORACLE_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/product/19.3.0.0/dbhome_2

[oracle@node1 ~]$ cd $ORACLE_HOME

[oracle@node1 dbhome_2]$ ${ORACLE_HOME}/runInstaller -ignorePrereq -waitforcompletion -silent \

> -responseFile ${ORACLE_HOME}/install/response/db_install.rsp \

> oracle.install.option=INSTALL_DB_SWONLY \

> ORACLE_HOSTNAME=${ORACLE_HOSTNAME} \

> UNIX_GROUP_NAME=oinstall \

> INVENTORY_LOCATION=${ORA_INVENTORY} \

> SELECTED_LANGUAGES=en \

> ORACLE_HOME=${ORACLE_HOME} \

> ORACLE_BASE=${ORACLE_BASE} \

> oracle.install.db.InstallEdition=EE \

> oracle.install.db.OSDBA_GROUP=dba \

> oracle.install.db.OSOPER_GROUP=dba \

> oracle.install.db.OSBACKUPDBA_GROUP=dba \

> oracle.install.db.OSDGDBA_GROUP=dba \

> oracle.install.db.OSKMDBA_GROUP=dba \

> oracle.install.db.OSRACDBA_GROUP=dba \

> oracle.install.db.CLUSTER_NODES=${NODE1_HOSTNAME},${NODE2_HOSTNAME} \

> oracle.install.db.isRACOneInstall=false \

> oracle.install.db.rac.serverpoolCardinality=0 \

> oracle.install.db.config.starterdb.type=GENERAL_PURPOSE \

> oracle.install.db.ConfigureAsContainerDB=false \

> SECURITY_UPDATES_VIA_MYORACLESUPPORT=false \

> DECLINE_SECURITY_UPDATES=true

Reference : 

19.x:Clone.pl script is deprecated and how to clone using gold-image (Doc ID 2565006.1)