# Functionalities & Features

* Standardized way to create duplicates/clones of Oracle databases
* Easy to use
* Script based database duplicates/clones.
* No need to know the oracle rman syntax for database duplication and no need to have any experience in database clones. DMK\_DBDUPLICATE will do it easily for you.
* Clones/Duplicates can be either:
  * From Active Database (Oracle 11g and higher)
  * From Backup (Oracle 10g)
  * From disk or from tape