How to copy Oracle Home from one host to other

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How to copy Oracle Home from one host to other.  

Source oracle home:

Tar source oracle home by using below:

tar -cvf home_11g.tar <ORACLE_HOME>

Move tar file to target database server.

Target Home:

Untar copied tar file using below.

tar -xvf home_11g.tar -C <ORACLE_HOME>

Once untar completes invoke runInstaller as mentioned below.

$ORACLE_HOME/oui/bin/runInstaller -clone ORACLE_BASE="/11g/app/ormsm6p1/oracle/" ORACLE_HOME="/11g/app/ormsm6p1/oracle/product/11.2.0.3" ORACLE_HOME_NAME="ormsm6p1_home"

Note : ORACLE_HOME and ORACLE_BASE are for the new database server.