Duplicate Oracle Database from .BKP files - getting "multitenant container database not set up properly"

Question

I have a regular Oracle 12c database already created, named ECLS. I've been given a pile of .BKP files, not from this database, and have been told to replace everything in ECLS with the contents of these files.

With the files, I was also told to use this command to do it:

RMAN> duplicate database to ECLS backup location '/u01/dumpfilesgohere';

No other directions were provided.

I found that my database needs to be an auxiliary with nothing mounted. So I did the following:

$ sqlplus / as sysdba
SQL> shutdown immediate;
SQL> startup nomount;
SQL> exit
$ rman auxiliary /
RMAN> duplicate database to ECLS backup location '/u01/dumpfilesgohere';

This looks like it's working properly for the first few seconds... it says that it's able to restore the control files from the BKP files. But then it ends up failing. Here's the last few lines before the failure:

contents of Memory Script:
{
   sql clone "alter system set  db_name =
 ''ECLS'' comment=
 ''Reset to original value by RMAN'' scope=spfile";
   sql clone "alter system reset  db_unique_name scope=spfile";
   shutdown clone immediate;
}
executing Memory Script

sql statement: alter system set  db_name =  ''ECLS'' comment= ''Reset to original value by RMAN'' scope=spfile

sql statement: alter system reset  db_unique_name scope=spfile

Oracle instance shut down
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-03002: failure of Duplicate Db command at 01/30/2017 14:59:06
RMAN-05501: aborting duplication of target database
RMAN-03015: error occurred in stored script Memory Script
RMAN-06136: ORACLE error from auxiliary database: ORA-65093: multitenant container database not set up properly

What am I doing wrong? What files do I need to change to get this error message to stop occurring?

Alternatively... if my whole database install isn't going to work, can someone tell me what I need to do differently when reinstalling the database?

Answer 1

65093, 00000, "multitenant container database not set up properly"

Cause: An attempt was made to open a multitenant container database without the correct parameter set for a multitenant container database in the initialization parameter file.

Action: Set the 'enable_pluggable_database=true' parameter for the multitenant container database in the initialization parameter file and restart the database.

By default ENABLE_PLUGGABLE_DATABASE is set to FALSE. We need to set this parameter to TRUE before creating CDB.

RAMN>duplicate database to ECLS
    SPFILE
    set enable_pluggable_database=true
 backup location '/u01/dumpfilesgohere';