Fs_Clone Fails With "ERRORMSG: File instantiation failed"

 Fs_Clone Fails With "ERRORMSG: File instantiation failed"

FS CLONE FAILES WITH THE FOLLOWING ERROR

Fs_clone fails with the following error:

Completed FSCloneStage...
Wed Jan 3 14:51:37 2018
shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: No such file or directory
Error occurred during initialization of VM
java.lang.Error: Properties init: Could not determine current working directory.
  at java.lang.System.initProperties(Native Method)
  at java.lang.System.initializeSystemClass(System.java:1119)

*******FATAL ERROR*******
PROGRAM : (<DIR>/oracle/fs1/EBSapps/appl/ad/12.0.0/patch/115/bin/txkADOPPreparePhaseSynchronize.pl)
TIME : Wed Jan 3 14:57:29 2018
FUNCTION: main::instantiateFile [ Level 1 ]
ERRORMSG: File instantiation failed

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 found that fs_clone fails when verifying ports:

Filename: adop.log
 [ERROR]     adop phase=fs_clone failed or is incomplete on Admin node: <HOST1>
 [ERROR]     Unable to continue processing on other available nodes: <HOST2>,<HOST3>
 [UNEXPECTED]Error running "adop phase=fs_clone" on node(s): house201.

Filename: txkCloneAcquirePort.log
 Attempting to close socket on port 6101
 Attempting to close socket on port 6201
 Attempting to close socket on port 10000

To solve the issue please do the following:

1. Make sure no services or processes are running from the PATCH file system

2. Ensure the Weblogic Admin Server and Node Manager are running on the Run File system. You can run the following commands to check the status:

    $ adadminsrvctl.sh status
    $ adnodemgrctl.sh status

3. Run these in order:

    $ adop phase=cleanup cleanup_mode=full
      $ adop phase=fs_clone force=yes

fs_clone completed without any issues.