Data Pump

Attach and Detach

While a Data Pump job is running, you can press [Ctrl]-C (or the equivalent on your client) to "detach" from the job. The messages will stop coming to your client, but it's still running inside the database. Your client will be placed in an interactive mode (with an Export> prompt). To see which jobs are running, type status. To attach to an already running job run:

expdp system/mypassword attach=<JobName>

expdp system/******** attach=xSCOTT

To see what Data Pump jobs are running you can use this:

SELECT j.owner_name, j.job_name, j.job_mode, j.state, s.session_type, s.saddr
FROM dba_datapump_jobs j,dba_datapump_sessions s
WHERE UPPER(j.job_name) = UPPER(s.job_name);

Compression

In Oracle 11g and later you can use the COMPRESSION option. The values are: ALL, (METADATA_ONLY), DATA_ONLY and NONE. There is no difference during import using a compressed or uncompressed dumpfile.

New 12c Option

 COMPRESSION_ALGORITHM [BASIC | LOW | MEDIUM | HIGH]

BASIC

Offers a good combination of compression ratios and speed; the algorithm used is the same as in previous versions of Oracle Data Pump.

LOW

Least impact on export throughput and suited for environments where CPU resources are the limiting factor.

MEDIUM

Recommended for most environments. This option, like the BASIC option, provides a good combination of compression ratios and speed, but it uses a different algorithm than BASIC.

HIGH

Best suited for situations in which dump files will be copied over slower networks where the limiting factor is network speed.

Comparison exporting a 6gb schema. The schema in the test contained significant BLOB data. COMPRESSION=ALL used on test.

Type       Elapse    Filesize
---------  --------  -------- 
NONE        5 min.   1.5 gb
ALL         7 min.   258 kb
gzip (OS)  13 min.   222 kb

DDL

You can get the DDL for most any schema object from a corresponding export file via the SQLFILE and INCLUDE parameters.

• Using SQLFILE causes the DDL creation commands to go to an output file rather than into the database.
• The INCLUDE parameter is used to help define which objects to write to the SQLFILE.

You can use an export of your database as shown here to functionally version control your DDL.

Example .par File:

# impdp system/mypassword PARFILE=getDDL.scott.par
DIRECTORY=datapump
DUMPFILE=scott.dmp
JOB_NAME=getDDL
LOGFILE=getDDL.log

SCHEMAS=scott
SQLFILE=scott.ddl.txt

The above would write all DDL for the given schema to the SQLFILE as an INCLUDE parameter is not used.

INCLUDE Usage

Adding the INCLUDE parameter as the following methods show can filter the SQLFILE to just contain what you need.

INCLUDE object types you can use:

 FUNCTION, PACKAGE, PROCEDURE, SEQUENCE, TRIGGER, TYPE.

You can also use:

 DIRECTORY, INDEX, SYNONYM, TABLE, VIEW.

Method 1: Get All DDL From a Class of Objects

SQLFILE=scott.procedures.sql
INCLUDE=PROCEDURE:"IN (SELECT object_name from dba_procedures where owner = 'SCOTT')"

Method 2: Get Just One Object's DDL

SQLFILE=scott.my_proc.sql
INCLUDE=PROCEDURE:" IN('MY_PROC')"

Your IN clause can also have multiple objects: INCLUDE=PACKAGE:" IN('AAA','BBB','CCC')".

Exclude and Include

The EXCLUDE parameter enables you to filter the metadata that is imported by specifying database objects which you want to exclude from the import job. For the given mode of import, all the objects contained within the source and all their dependent objects are included, except for those specified in an EXCLUDE statement.

• If an object is excluded, then all of its dependent objects are also excluded.
• More than one EXCLUDE statement can be specified in a parameter file.
• If you use an INCLUDE on a schema export then just the objects in the INCLUDE are exported.

To see which objects can be filtered, you can perform queries on the following views: DATABASE_EXPORT_OBJECTS, SCHEMA_EXPORT_OBJECTS, and TABLE_EXPORT_OBJECTS.

EXCLUDE=object_type[:name_clause] [, ...]
INCLUDE=object_type[:name_clause] [, ...]

EXCLUDE=constraint, index,materialized_view, ref_constraint, statistics
EXCLUDE=GRANT
EXCLUDE=SCHEMA:"= 'HR'"
EXCLUDE=INDEX:"='PK_EMPLOYEE'"
EXCLUDE=INDEX:"LIKE 'EMP%' "
EXCLUDE=FUNCTION:"='REFRESH'", EXCLUDE=VIEW:"='EMP_ALL_VIEW'"

INCLUDE=TABLE:"LIKE 'LOOKUP_%'"

Packages, Importing

  -- Drop Packages to Be Imported (if they exist)
  DROP PACKAGE HR.AAA;
  DROP PACKAGE HR.BBB;
  DROP PACKAGE HR.CCC;

  -- Example .par File
  # impdp system/******** PARFILE=impPackages.par
  DIRECTORY=U03
  DUMPFILE=FullExport.dmp
  LOGFILE=impPackages.log
  SCHEMAS=HR
  INCLUDE=PACKAGE:" IN('AAA','BBB','CCC')"

• You can use this script to create an import .par file from your INVALID database packages.
• Importing a package as shown will also import the package bodies.
• TABLE_EXISTS_ACTION=REPLACE does not work for packages so you must DROP them if they already exist.

Flashback

To get a time consistent export use the FLASHBACK_TIME parameter as shown. FLASHBACK_TIME=systimestamp

Log Time

Options: LOGTIME = [NONE | STATUS | LOGFILE | ALL]

• NONE: No timestamp information is displayed (default).
• STATUS: Timestamp on status messages displayed.
• LOGFILE: Same as STATUS, but only displayed for logfile messages.
• ALL: A combination of STATUS and LOGFILE.

Status

Master Job Status

SET lines 200
COL owner_name   FORMAT a10;
COL job_name     FORMAT a20
COL state        FORMAT a12
COL operation    LIKE state
COL job_mode     LIKE state
COL owner.object FORMAT a50
SELECT owner_name, job_name, rtrim(operation) "OPERATION",
       rtrim(job_mode) "JOB_MODE", state, attached_sessions
FROM dba_datapump_jobs
WHERE job_name NOT LIKE 'BIN$%'
ORDER BY 1,2;

Child Jobs

SET lines 140
COL owner_name FORMAT a10;
COL job_name   FORMAT a20
COL state      FORMAT a12 
COL operation  LIKE owner_name
COL job_mode   LIKE owner_name
SELECT owner_name, job_name, operation, job_mode,
       state, attached_sessions
FROM dba_datapump_jobs;

Query

Enables you to filter the data that is exported by specifying a WHERE clause that is applied to all tables in the export job or to a specific table. On Unix systems all special characters need to be 'escaped'.

QUERY = [schema.]<table_name:> query_clause

QUERY="WHERE state='FL' "
QUERY=hr.emp:"WHERE job = 'ENGINEER' OR sal >= 5000"
QUERY=hr.emp:"WHERE name LIKE 'S%'"

Pause & Resume Job

Pause

 ^C--Press CTRL+C keys.
 DataPump> stop_job=immediate
 Are you sure you wish to stop this job ([yes]/no): yes

Alternatively attach from another session. Example: impdp system attach=impSchema

Resume

 impdp system attach=<JobName>
 DataPump> continue_client

As another option you can use: start_job

Improving Performance

Disable Archive Logging

Reduces the logging associated with tables and indexes during import.

• TRANSFORM=disable_archive_logging:Y
• TRANSFORM=disable_archive_logging:Y:tablename
• TRANSFORM=disable_archive_logging:Y:indexname

PARALLEL

If you have the Enterprise edition of Oracle database, then Data Pump performance can be improved by using the PARALLEL parameter. This can be used in conjunction with the "%U" wildcard in the DUMPFILE parameter to allow multiple dump files to be created or read simultaneously.

Example Usage:

DIRECTORY=datapump
DUMPFILE=scott.%U.dmp
FILESIZE=10g
JOB_NAME=ExportSchema
LOGFILE=ExportSchema.scott.log
PARALLEL=4
SCHEMAS=scott

According to Oracle there is no advantage to having a larger degree of parallelism than there are dumpfiles.

If using RAC set this when using PARALLEL:
CLUSTER=N
See RAC, Best Practices with Data Pump.

Parallelism in Running Job

You can change the PARALLEL setting while a job is running.
Example

 expdp system/MyPassword attach=MyJobName
 Export> PARALLEL=16

Change Parallelism from Command-Line (or script)
echo exit|$ORACLE_HOME/bin/impdp system/mypw attach=IMP01 PARALLEL=8

Exclude Statistics

EXCLUDE=STATISTICS

Post Import: Check INVALID Objects and Recompile

In many cases after an import you may need to recompile any INVALID objects.

1. Check Current INVALID Objects
   SELECT count(*) FROM dba_objects WHERE status='INVALID';
2. Compile any INVALID Objects
   @$ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/admin/utlrp.sql
3. Check Current INVALID Objects after compiling.
   SELECT count(*) FROM dba_objects WHERE status='INVALID';
4. Do you need to set Archivelog Mode back on?
5. If you did not include stats on your import you may wish to gather them on required schema.

EXEC DBMS_STATS.GATHER_SCHEMA_STATS(
  ownname => 'SCOTT', 
  degree => 12, 
  cascade => DBMS_STATS.AUTO_CASCADE, 
  method_opt => 'FOR ALL COLUMNS SIZE AUTO', 
  estimate_percent => DBMS_STATS.AUTO_SAMPLE_SIZE); 

RAC Best Practices with Data Pump

If PARALLEL is used Data Pump on RAC processes will be started from all available nodes, which is not ideal!

Why?
It can lead to corruption of the dumpfile as export pieces for the same dumpfile can be written locally to all nodes of the RAC. This can also result in errors reading from the dumpfile during import because pieces of the same dumpfile reside on different nodes of the RAC.

To prevent this from happening add the following parameter to your Data Pump command:
CLUSTER=N

Remap

Remap allows you to import data into another schema or object.

Remap Schema

REMAP_SCHEMA=source_schema:target_schema

expdp SYSTEM/pw DIRECTORY=exports DUMPFILE=hr.dmp SCHEMAS=hr

impdp SYSTEM/pw DIRECTORY=exports DUMPFILE=hr.dmp REMAP_SCHEMA=hr:dev

Remap Tablespace

REMAP_TABLESPACE=source_tablespace:target_tablespace

impdp system/pw DIRECTORY=datapump DUMPFILE=emp.dmp REMAP_TABLESPACE='hr':'dev'

Remap Table

REMAP_TABLE=Existing_Table_Name:New_Table_Name

impdp system/pw DIRECTORY=datapump DUMPFILE=emp.dmp TABLES=hr.emp 
                REMAP_TABLE=hr.employees:employees2

The REMAP_TABLE parameter will not work if the table being remapped has named constraints in the same schema and the constraints need to be created when the table is created. One way around this is to rename the original table before the import (ex: alter table hr.employees rename to hr.employees_orig;).

Resize Operation Messages, Excessive (bug)

If your alert log gets flooded with file resize messages such as the below.

 Resize operation completed for file# 201, old size 127641600K, new size  127644800K

See see Doc ID 1982901.1

Disable Message

 alter system set "_disable_file_resize_logging"=TRUE ;

Reset

 alter system set "_disable_file_resize_logging"=FALSE ;

Create Tablespace Resize Commands for Destination DB

• Run this on the source database to get commands. Then resize the destination database as required.
• It is assumed all the tablespaces on the destination are using BFTS.

SELECT 
 'ALTER TABLESPACE ' || df.tablespace_name || ' RESIZE ' || df.totalspace || 'm;' "Cmd"
FROM
   (select tablespace_name,round(sum(bytes) / 1048576) TotalSpace        
    from dba_data_files group by tablespace_name) df,
   (select round(sum(bytes)/(1024*1024)) totalusedspace, tablespace_name 
    from dba_segments   group by tablespace_name) tu
WHERE df.tablespace_name = tu.tablespace_name
AND df.tablespace_name NOT IN ('SYSTEM','SYSAUX')
AND df.tablespace_name NOT LIKE 'UNDO%'
ORDER BY df.tablespace_name ASC;

Overwrite Export File (11g and later)

REUSE_DUMPFILES=YES

UserName and Password in .par File

You can put the username, password and connection in the .par file using the USERID parameter on the first line.

 userid=scott/tiger@MyDB

Then to use it all you need to do is this:

 expdp parfile=/Path2File/expThis.par

Variables Usage

Available for export operations:

 %d, %D: Day in DD format.
 %m, %M: Month in MM format.
 %y, %Y: Year in YYYY format.
 %t, %T: Date in YYYYMMDD format.

Available for both export and import operations.

 %U: A two digit number incremented from 01-99. Fixed length.
 %l, %L: Starts as a two digit number between 01-99 and increases to 2147483646. 
         The file name will not ultimately be fixed length.

Example using: DUMPFILE=xDB.MyDB.%U.dmp

 Configured as shown above - your dump files are created as so:
 xDB.MyDB.01.dmp
 xDB.MyDB.02.dmp
 xDB.MyDB.03.dmp
 ...

Furthermore, on import you do not have to configure DUMPFILE statically. You can use the %U variable again (DUMPFILE=xDB.MyDB.%U.dmp).

Version

You can export and import between Oracle versions using the VERSION parameter.

Example scenario, if you need to perform an export from an Oracle 12.2 database to an Oracle 12.1 database include this in your export: VERSION=12.1. The import side will not need to use the parameter (it is already 12.1).

If you neglect to do this your import will get errors similar to this:

 ORA-39000: bad dump file specification
 ORA-39142: incompatible version number 5.1 in dump file "/u02/exports/MySchema.dmp"

Windows UNC Path Exports

To export to a remote Windows system via a UNC path requires the following:

Local System

• A dedicated OS account for Oracle. For this example: oradba.
• The oracle user (oradba) is a member of the (local) administrators and ora_dba groups.
• The oracle user (oradba) is used to start both the database service and listener service.

Remote System

• A local account exists with the same name as the local Oracle user (oradba).
• The oracle user (oradba) is a member of the administrators group.

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