Before entering our topic, I assumed that you have already know how to clone a PDB to another CDB.
In this post, I will show how to clone a PDB from a Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) enabled database.
1. Make sure the wallet is open in the target CDB.
SQL> select con_id, wallet_type, status from v$encryption_wallet;
CON_ID WALLET_TYPE STATUS
---------- -------------------- --------------------
1 AUTOLOGIN OPEN
2 AUTOLOGIN OPEN
3 AUTOLOGIN OPEN
If the wallet is not open, you will see error ORA-28365: wallet is not open.
If the target CDB didn't have TDE, you should configure and enable the wallet for the database.
2. Enable ONE_STEP_PLUGIN_FOR_PDB_WITH_TDE
For reducing manual intervention during cloning, we can enable ONE_STEP_PLUGIN_FOR_PDB_WITH_TDE whitin both scope.
SQL> alter system set one_step_plugin_for_pdb_with_tde=TRUE scope=both sid='*';
System altered.
SQL> show parameter one_step_plugin_for_pdb_with_tde;
NAME TYPE VALUE
------------------------------------ ----------- ------------------------------
one_step_plugin_for_pdb_with_tde boolean TRUE
3. Specify KEYSTORE clause in the statement.
You have to provide the credential of the wallet in order to copy data files from one to another.
Remote Clone
SQL> create pluggable database finance_pdb from finanpdb@link_to_test1
file_name_convert=('FINANPDB','FINANCE_PDB') keystore identified by "welcome1" parallel 8;
Pluggable database created.
For cloning remotely, if the patch level of the target container is higher than the source container, you should perform a datapatch to make the cloned PDB align with the container.
Local Clone
For local PDB cloning, both source and target PDB are in the same container, we don't have to use any database link.
SQL> create pluggable database finance_pdb from finanpdb
file_name_convert=('FINANPDB','FINANCE_PDB') keystore identified by "welcome1" parallel 8;
Pluggable database created.