OEM 13c: Additional OMS Installation failed while Clone OMS Failed With ERROR - CLONE-20420 Invalid path (Doc ID 2891460.1)

Last updated on DECEMBER 10, 2022

Applies to:

Symptoms

<gc_inst/sysman/log/clone/CLONE<latest time stamp>.log

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INFO : Aug 15, 2022 12:04:03 PM - CLONE-21281 Ignoring the argument -invPtrLoc for this operation
SEVERE : Aug 15, 2022 12:04:03 PM - ERROR - CLONE-20420 Invalid path.
SEVERE : Aug 15, 2022 12:04:03 PM - CAUSE - CLONE-20420 The value provided for argument "-archiveLoc" was "/swlib/software_library/stage/ADD_MANAGEMENT_SERVICE_2022081509433598/oms_clone.jar". There are four possible causes:
 1. The path was not an absolute path.
 2. The path was already existing.
 3. The parent directory did not have write permission.
 4. If environment is UNIX, there was no executable permission on the existing directory.
SEVERE : Aug 15, 2022 12:04:03 PM - ACTION - CLONE-20420 Provide absolute path and make sure that it does not exist and its parent directory is writable.
 Execute "-help" command using T2P script to know exact help message.
The exit status of the cloning command 255
Cloning of the source home is not successful
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Cause

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