The following image shows a typical topology in which Fast Clone runs on the source database server:

Fast Clone components, such as the Fast Clone Console and Fast Clone executable, run on the source database system. From the Fast Clone Console, you can create cloning configuration files and run data unload jobs. Fast Clone unloads data to output files on the source system.

After you copy the output files to the target system, you can run the load script on the target system to load data. Fast Clone uses the target database load utility to load data.

Alternatively, you can install the target database load utility on the source system and run the load script on the source system. If you load data from pipes, install the target load utility on the source system.