Backup and Recovery

Backup
RMAN connection to root container...
Normal Backup will capture full instance
For just Root Container

     BACKUP DATABASE ROOT

For Pluggable Databases

     BACKUP PLUGGABLE DATABASE <pdb1,pdb2,pdb3>

RMAN connection to pluggable database will only work on that pdb

Restore
Connect to root container. Normal restore is full instance. For pdb...

RUN {ALTER PLUGGABLE DATABASE <pdb> CLOSE;

     

     SET UNTIL TIME "<timeset value>";

     

     RESTORE PLUGGABLE DATABASE <pdb>;

     

     RECOVER PLUGGABLE DATABASE <pdb>;

     

     ALTER PLUGGABLE DATABASE <pdb>OPEN; }