RMAN new features and enhancements

Now we can continue and take a fast and closer look at some of the new features and enhancements introduced in this database version for RMAN.

Container and pluggable database backup and restore

As we saw earlier, the introduction of Oracle 12c and the new pluggable database concept made it possible to easily centralize multiple databases maintaining the individuality of each one when using a single instance. The introduction of this new concept also forced Oracle to introduce some new enhancements to the already existent BACKUP, RESTORE, and RECOVERY commands to enable us to be able to make an efficient backup or restore of the complete CDB. This includes all PDBs or just one of more PDBs, or if you want to be more specific, you can also just backup or restore one or more tablespaces from a PDB.

Some examples of how to use the RMAN commands when performing a backup on Oracle 12c are:

RMAN> BACKUP DATABASE; (To backup the CBD + all PDBs)
RMAN> BACKUP...