Not sure how popular gdbclone script has been. Lately I have tried to play with it and seem to find an issue with "gdbclone snap" part. I can use "gDBClone clone" to successfully create clones. But "gDBClone snap" has worked only if the number of datafiles in the master database is less than 30. I have tried this and I can create the snap clone successfully. But when I try to create the snapshot for a db with 30+ data files, the controlfile creation fails with ->
ORA-00059: maximum number of DB_FILES exceeded .
U can see this errror only if u run the script in debug mode. Without debug mode, the screen output seems to convey a wrong message.
Back to the issue, if I manually edit the control file creation script by adding the maxdatafiles parameter, it works and then I am able to run the next few scripts manually and the "SNAP" db is successfully created.
Has anyone encountered this issue with gdbclone ? Any thoughts ?
AU