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Xtts V4 Migration Phase 2 - Prepare Phase Step 2.3 Fails During restore with RMAN-05169: cannot use format specifier when connected to a pluggable database (Doc ID 2953429.1)

Last updated on JULY 17, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 19.19.0.0.0 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

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Any similarity to actual environments, actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental and not intended in any manner.
For the purposes of this document, the following fictitious environment is used as an example to describe the procedure:

Source db name is ORCL
Backups are located under /u01/ORCL/ (defined by parameter dest_scratch_location in xtts_properties file)

Destination db is CLONEDB
FRA path on destination is  /u02/CLONEDB/CLONEDB/

In xtts_properties  file on destination db  :- dest_datafile_location= u02/CLONEDB/CLONEDB/ (Path where files will get restored)

 

Changes

 

Cause

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