UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Environment:
ServerA - IBM AIX 5.2
ServerB - IBM AIX 5.2

I want to clone one of my oracle installation. The easiest way is to ZIP(possibly use gzip) the installed folder from the ServerA (Here Oracle is installed and working fine) , FTP to the ServerB(Here I want to have the installation cloned) and UNZIP (possible use the gunzip).

The folder I want to ZIP from ServerA has several sub folder inside it, so I would like to maintain that structure and the permissions to when I unzip at ServerB.

I want to know what would be zip(gzip) command syntax....

Please suggest

Afaik zip won't compress directories to a single archive. You are better off tar'ing it 1st, then compress it with gzip.
Don't forget to catch the /etc/oratab and idk if there are some more scattered files around, which are not in the oracle-Home.

You can also copy recursively with scp -rp. Sometimes I had problems with keeping permissions and ownership though, using scp.

Anyways good luck

EDIT: Also don't forget to stop the DBs before you do that - else you will transfer rubbish onto the other server.

Thanks, Can you give syntax for the TAR command, please

No, you can find it easy with

Code:

man tar

Heartless zaxxon...

Code:

tar cvf mynewarchive.tar andheremyinputfilesdirsetc

You're lucky I am bored. Best is to lookup the very easy stuff yourself before asking^^ Might make you feel like having achieved something (at least it does for me).