adcfgclone.pl failed while performing clone of EBS 12.2 instance. This occurred while ohsT2PApply is in progress.
Below are the errors found in logfiles.
/tmp/CLONINGCLIENT-1008723463327980977/clone_asinstance_start_process-1337948214.log
2015-12-02T3:10:04-06:00] [opmn] [ERROR:1] [] [internal] lxlinit - NLS boot file not found or invalid
opmnctl ping: error parsing /d12/tech_st/fs1/FMW_Home/webtier/instances/EBS_web_EBDV2_OHS1/config/OPMN/opmn/opmn.xml
[2015-12-02T3:10:04-06:00] [opmn] [ERROR:1] [105] [internal] XML parser init: character set initialization failed.
$INST_TOP/admin/log/clone/run/ohsT2PApply/CLONE2016-02-02_13-10-02_599255196.error:
2015-12-02T3:10:04-06:00] [opmn] [ERROR:1] [] [internal]...
2015-12-02T13:10:04-06:00] [opmn] [ERROR:1] [] [internal] lxlinit - NLS boot file not found or invalid
opmnctl ping: error parsing /d12/tech_st/fs1/FMW_Home/webtier/instances/EBS_web_EBDV2_OHS1/config/OPMN/opmn/opmn.xml
[2015-12-02T3:10:04-06:00] [opmn] [ERROR:1] [105] [internal] XML parser init: character set initialization failed.
SEVERE : Dec 2, 2016 03:10:04 - ERROR - CLONE-20218 Cloning is not successful.
SEVERE : Dec 2, 2016 03:10:04 - CAUSE - CLONE-20218 An internal operation failed.
SEVERE : Dec 2, 2016 03:10:04 - ACTION - CLONE-20218 Provide the clone log and error file for investigation.
oracle.as.clone.cloner.exception.ApplyCloneException: Instance "Create & Start" step failed.
at oracle.as.clone.util.ASInstanceUtil.createStartAndregisterASInstance(ASInstanceUtil.java:333)
at oracle.as.clone.util.ASInstanceUtil.createStartInstance(ASInstanceUtil.java:282)
at oracle.as.clone.cloner.component.ComponentApplyCloner.createStartInstance(ComponentApplyCloner.java:272)
at oracle.as.clone.cloner.component.ComponentApplyCloner.doClone(ComponentApplyCloner.java:134)
at oracle.as.clone.cloner.Cloner.doFinalClone(Cloner.java:63)
at oracle.as.clone.request.ApplyCloneRequest.applyArchive(ApplyCloneRequest.java:188)
at oracle.as.clone.request.ApplyCloneRequest._clone(ApplyCloneRequest.java:69)
at oracle.as.clone.process.CloningExecutionProcess.execute(CloningExecutionProcess.java:131)
at oracle.as.clone.process.CloningExecutionProcess.execute(CloningExecutionProcess.java:114)
at oracle.as.clone.client.CloningClient.executeT2PCommand(CloningClient.java:257)
at oracle.as.clone.client.CloningClient.main(CloningClient.java:119)
Caused by: java.lang.Exception: Unable to start opmnserver of the instance /u01/app/EBSDEV2/tech_st/fs1/FMW_Home/webtier/instances/EBS_web_EBSDEV2_OHS1
at oracle.as.clone.provisioning.implementations.ASInstanceProvImpl.startInstance(ASInstanceProvImpl.java:449)
at oracle.as.clone.provisioning.implementations.ASInstanceProvImpl.createInstanceAndStart(ASInstanceProvImpl.java:198)
at oracle.as.clone.util.ASInstanceUtil.createStartAndregisterASInstance(ASInstanceUtil.java:327)
... 10 more
SEVERE : Instance "Create & Start" step failed.
Solution:
Unset the following environment
ORA_NLS10
TNS_ADMIN
ORACLE_HOME
Also, before running adcfgclone.pl make sure no EBS related environment is configured.