adgentns.pl exiting with status 2 after Clone

This article is very useful for those who encountered issue while cloning EBS adgentns.pl exiting with status ****.

On application Release 12 When attempting to run autoconfig on APPS Tier, the following error occurs:

[CVM Error Report]

The following report lists errors encountered during CVM Phase
     
/u01/oracle/apps/apps_st/appl/ad/12.0.0/bin/adgentns.pl  2

No of scripts failed in CVM phase: 1


AutoConfig is exiting with status 1

AutoConfig execution completed on Mon Aug 26 03:26:41 2019


adgentns.pl exiting with status 2 after Clone/Refresh

Autoconfig Error: adgentns.pl exiting with status 2 after Clone/Refresh


Error:-

[CVM Error Report]
            The following report lists errors encountered during CVM Phase
            /u01/oracle/apps/apps_st/appl/ad/12.0.0/bin/adgentns.pl  2
            No of scripts failed in CVM phase: 1
            AutoConfig is exiting with status 1


Solution:-

Open a new shell and source the APPS Environment. 

($APPL_TOP/APPS_.env)

$sqlplus apps/apps

SQL> exec fnd_conc_clone.setup_clean;

SQL>commit;


Open a new terminal or shell and source the DB Tier Environment.

Execute Autoconfig on the DB Tier. 

($ORACLE_HOME/appsutil/bin/adconfig.sh)
 
Switch back to the APPS environment or start a new shell and source the


APPS Tier:-

Execute Autoconfig at the Apps Tier. ($AD_TOP/bin/adconfig.sh)
 
Check the Autoconfig log for any errors and ensure that the services start correctly.

$sh adstrtal.sh