The documentation offers a well hidden feature for migrating a database into the universe of Oracle Single-/Multitenant:
Remote Cloning with the NON$CDB option.
If you’ll read the documentation it doesn’t say much about this option, neither the requirements nor the exact syntax or an example:
http://docs.oracle.com/database/121/SQLRF/statements_6010.htm#SQLRF55686
Scroll down to the FROM clause:
… FROM NON$CDB@dblink … this option will be able to plugin a stand-alone database and make it a pluggable database. Sounds interesting, let’s try it.
Test 1 – Try to plugin an Oracle 11.2.0.4 database
Well, the documentation doesn’t say anywhere anything about source release limitans. So …
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