To complete the transportable tablespaces operation, import the tablespace set.

1. Run the Data Pump import utility as a user with DATAPUMP_IMP_FULL_DATABASE role and import the tablespace metadata.

   impdp user_name dumpfile=expdat.dmp directory=data_pump_dir
      transport_datafiles=
      'c:\app\orauser\oradata\orawin\sales_101.dbf',
      'c:\app\orauser\oradata\orawin\sales_201.dbf'
      remap_schema=sales1:crm1  remap_schema=sales2:crm2
      logfile=tts_import.log
   
   Password: password
   

   This example specifies the following Data Pump parameters:

   • The DUMPFILE parameter specifies the exported file containing the metadata for the tablespaces to be imported.

   • The DIRECTORY parameter specifies the directory object that identifies the location of the export dump file. You must create the DIRECTORY object before running Data Pump, and you must grant the READ and WRITE object privileges on the directory to the user running the Import utility. See Oracle Database SQL Language Reference for information on the CREATE DIRECTORY command.

     In a non-CDB, the database creates the directory object DATA_PUMP_DIR automatically. Read and write access to this directory is automatically granted to the DBA role, and thus to users SYS and SYSTEM.

     However, the database does not create the directory object DATA_PUMP_DIR automatically in a PDB. Therefore, when importing into a PDB, create a directory object in the PDB and specify the directory object when you run Data Pump.

     See Also:

     • Oracle Database Utilities for information about the default directory when the DIRECTORY parameter is omitted

     • Oracle Multitenant Administrator's Guide for more information about PDBs

   • The TRANSPORT_DATAFILES parameter identifies all of the data files containing the tablespaces to be imported.

     You can specify the TRANSPORT_DATAFILES parameter multiple times in a parameter file specified with the PARFILE parameter if there are many data files.

   • The REMAP_SCHEMA parameter changes the ownership of database objects. If you do not specify REMAP_SCHEMA, then all database objects (such as tables and indexes) are created in the same user schema as in the source database, and those users must already exist in the target database. If they do not exist, then the import utility returns an error. In this example, objects in the tablespace set owned by sales1 in the source database will be owned by crm1 in the target database after the tablespace set is imported. Similarly, objects owned by sales2 in the source database will be owned by crm2 in the target database. In this case, the target database is not required to have users sales1 and sales2, but must have users crm1 and crm2.

     Starting with Oracle Database 12c Release 2 (12.2), the Recovery Manager (RMAN) RECOVER command can move tables to a different schema while remapping a table. See Oracle Database Backup and Recovery User’s Guide for more information.

   • The LOGFILE parameter specifies the file name of the log file to be written by the import utility. In this example, the log file is written to the directory from which the dump file is read, but it can be written to a different location.

   After this statement runs successfully, all tablespaces in the set being copied remain in read-only mode. Check the import log file to ensure that no error has occurred.

   When dealing with a large number of data files, specifying the list of data file names in the statement line can be a laborious process as the data file list can even exceed the statement line limit. In this situation, you can use an import parameter file. For example, you can run the Data Pump import utility as follows:

   impdp user_name parfile='par.f'
   

   The par.f parameter file contains the following:

   DUMPFILE=expdat.dmp 
   DIRECTORY=data_pump_dir
   TRANSPORT_DATAFILES=
   'C:\app\orauser\oradata\orawin\sales_101.dbf',
   'C:\app\orauser\oradata\orawin\sales_201.dbf'
   REMAP_SCHEMA=sales1:crm1  REMAP_SCHEMA=sales2:crm2
   LOGFILE=tts_import.log

   See Also:

   Oracle Database Utilities for information about using the import utility

2. If required, put the tablespaces into read/write mode on the target database.