12c MultiTenant Posts -- 2 : Backup individual PDB

In the 12c MultiTenant architecture, you can backup (and restore) individual PDBs.  However, you must also backup the CDB (Root) !  You cannot restore a PDB as a "standalone" database --- it has to be restored back to the CDB.

SQL> startup mount;
ORACLE instance started.

Total System Global Area  838860800 bytes
Fixed Size      8798312 bytes
Variable Size    343936920 bytes
Database Buffers   478150656 bytes
Redo Buffers      7974912 bytes
Database mounted.
SQL> alter database archivelog;

Database altered.

SQL> alter database open;

Database altered.

SQL> alter pluggable database newpdb open;

Pluggable database altered.

SQL> exit
Disconnected from Oracle Database 12c Enterprise Edition Release 12.2.0.1.0 - 64bit Production
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$rman target /

Recovery Manager: Release 12.2.0.1.0 - Production on Mon Jun 5 06:10:17 2017

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connected to target database: ORCL12C (DBID=768045447)

RMAN> backup database root;

Starting backup at 05-JUN-17
using target database control file instead of recovery catalog
allocated channel: ORA_DISK_1
channel ORA_DISK_1: SID=270 device type=DISK
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting full datafile backup set
channel ORA_DISK_1: specifying datafile(s) in backup set
input datafile file number=00001 name=/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl12c/system01.dbf
input datafile file number=00003 name=/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl12c/sysaux01.dbf
input datafile file number=00015 name=/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl12c/undotbs2.dbf
input datafile file number=00007 name=/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl12c/users01.dbf
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting piece 1 at 05-JUN-17
channel ORA_DISK_1: finished piece 1 at 05-JUN-17
piece handle=/u01/app/oracle/fast_recovery_area/orcl12c/ORCL12C/backupset/2017_06_05/o1_mf_nnndf_TAG20170605T061033_dmbcjttq_.bkp tag=TAG20170605T061033 comment=NONE
channel ORA_DISK_1: backup set complete, elapsed time: 00:00:45
Finished backup at 05-JUN-17

Starting Control File and SPFILE Autobackup at 05-JUN-17
piece handle=/u01/app/oracle/fast_recovery_area/orcl12c/ORCL12C/autobackup/2017_06_05/o1_mf_s_945843079_dmbcl8fm_.bkp comment=NONE
Finished Control File and SPFILE Autobackup at 05-JUN-17

RMAN> 
RMAN> backup pluggable database newpdb;

Starting backup at 05-JUN-17
using channel ORA_DISK_1
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting full datafile backup set
channel ORA_DISK_1: specifying datafile(s) in backup set
input datafile file number=00017 name=/u02/oradata/ORCL12C/4F793A6D323D1344E0530100007FABC7/datafile/o1_mf_sysaux_dkj7f8hf_.dbf
input datafile file number=00016 name=/u02/oradata/ORCL12C/4F793A6D323D1344E0530100007FABC7/datafile/o1_mf_system_dkj7f8go_.dbf
input datafile file number=00018 name=/u02/oradata/ORCL12C/4F793A6D323D1344E0530100007FABC7/datafile/o1_mf_undotbs1_dkj7f8hg_.dbf
input datafile file number=00019 name=/u02/oradata/ORCL12C/4F793A6D323D1344E0530100007FABC7/datafile/o1_mf_mydata_dmbcp0wz_.dbf
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting piece 1 at 05-JUN-17
channel ORA_DISK_1: finished piece 1 at 05-JUN-17
piece handle=/u01/app/oracle/fast_recovery_area/orcl12c/ORCL12C/4F793A6D323D1344E0530100007FABC7/backupset/2017_06_05/o1_mf_nnndf_TAG20170605T061347_dmbcpvjr_.bkp tag=TAG20170605T061347 comment=NONE
channel ORA_DISK_1: backup set complete, elapsed time: 00:00:25
Finished backup at 05-JUN-17

Starting Control File and SPFILE Autobackup at 05-JUN-17
piece handle=/u01/app/oracle/fast_recovery_area/orcl12c/ORCL12C/autobackup/2017_06_05/o1_mf_s_945843252_dmbcqo6t_.bkp comment=NONE
Finished Control File and SPFILE Autobackup at 05-JUN-17

RMAN> 
RMAN> backup archivelog all delete input;

Starting backup at 05-JUN-17
current log archived
using channel ORA_DISK_1
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting archived log backup set
channel ORA_DISK_1: specifying archived log(s) in backup set
input archived log thread=1 sequence=15 RECID=1 STAMP=945843278
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting piece 1 at 05-JUN-17
channel ORA_DISK_1: finished piece 1 at 05-JUN-17
piece handle=/u01/app/oracle/fast_recovery_area/orcl12c/ORCL12C/backupset/2017_06_05/o1_mf_annnn_TAG20170605T061438_dmbcrgml_.bkp tag=TAG20170605T061438 comment=NONE
channel ORA_DISK_1: backup set complete, elapsed time: 00:00:01
channel ORA_DISK_1: deleting archived log(s)
archived log file name=/u01/app/oracle/fast_recovery_area/orcl12c/ORCL12C/archivelog/2017_06_05/o1_mf_1_15_dmbcrfq1_.arc RECID=1 STAMP=945843278
Finished backup at 05-JUN-17

Starting Control File and SPFILE Autobackup at 05-JUN-17
piece handle=/u01/app/oracle/fast_recovery_area/orcl12c/ORCL12C/autobackup/2017_06_05/o1_mf_s_945843280_dmbcrjdg_.bkp comment=NONE
Finished Control File and SPFILE Autobackup at 05-JUN-17

RMAN> 

Thus, a PDB in a MultiTenant environment can be backed-up but the Root must always be backed up.
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