Issue - DBMS_DATAPUMP - EXPORT, TRANSPORTABLE

Question

Hello everyone,
OS: RHL 64
Database:10.2.0.4
For two days I am struggling with my problem.
The issue is that I am trying to do export trasportable using DBMS_DATAPUMP.
When I am using DBMS_DATAPUMP in my log I see
Starting "DBA_GRP"."EXP_JOB11":
Processing object type TRANSPORTABLE_EXPORT/POST_INSTANCE/PLUGTS_BLK
Master table "DBA_GRP"."EXP_JOB11" successfully loaded/unloaded
When I am using
expdp dba_grp/pasw_grp@TST DUMPFILE=tablespacename200812_alex.dmp DIRECTORY=trans_dir TRANSPORT_TABLESPACES=tablespacename200812
in the log file I see
Processing object type TRANSPORTABLE_EXPORT/PLUGTS_BLK
Processing object type TRANSPORTABLE_EXPORT/TABLE
Processing object type TRANSPORTABLE_EXPORT/POST_INSTANCE/PLUGTS_BLK
Because DBMS_DATAPUMP misses
Processing object type TRANSPORTABLE_EXPORT/PLUGTS_BLK and
Processing object type TRANSPORTABLE_EXPORT/TABLE
I am not able to import the transportabe tablespace back to the database.
I have googled, in ask tom, oracle forum and many other web-sites, but was not able to resolve my problem.
Could you please have a look my code?
I believe the issue is in steps: STEP 4 or STEP 4-1 but I am not sure. I may missing another parameter or so.
Thank you very much for your help in advance!
BEGIN
v_dp_num := DBMS_DATAPUMP.OPEN('EXPORT', 'TRANSPORTABLE',NULL,'EXP_JOB11');
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('STEP 1 done: job handle no is ' || v_dp_num);
DBMS_DATAPUMP.add_file(handle => v_dp_num,
filename => rec.tablespace_name || '.metadata.log',
DIRECTORY => 'TAB_PART_ARCH',
filetype => DBMS_DATAPUMP.ku$_file_type_log_file
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('STEP 2 done');
DBMS_DATAPUMP.add_file(handle => v_dp_num,
filename => rec.tablespace_name || '.metadata.dmp',
DIRECTORY => 'TAB_PART_ARCH',
filetype => DBMS_DATAPUMP.ku$_file_type_dump_file
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('STEP 3 done');
DBMS_DATAPUMP.set_parameter(handle => v_dp_num,
name=>'TTS_FULL_CHECK',
value=>1
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('STEP 4 done');
DBMS_DATAPUMP.metadata_filter(Handle => v_dp_num,
Name => 'TABLESPACE_EXPR',
value => 'IN (''%tablespacename200812%'')'
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('STEP 4-1 done');
DBMS_DATAPUMP.metadata_filter(Handle => v_dp_num,
Name => 'TABLESPACE_LIST',
value => '''tablespacename200812'''
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('STEP 5 done');
DBMS_DATAPUMP.start_job(v_dp_num);
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS
THEN
v_sqlerrm := SQLERRM;
sp_log('METADATA FILE CREATION FAILED FOR ' || rec.tablespace_name || ' reason: ' || v_sqlerrm);
DBMS_DATAPUMP.stop_job(v_dp_num);
END;

Answer 1

Hi,
That line
Processing object type TRANSPORTABLE_EXPORT/TABLE
is missing when the datapump can't find any tables in the specified tablespace. You could check it by using this query:
select table_name from dba_tables where tablespace_name in 'YOUR_TABLESPACE_NAME';
I'm going to guess that you won't get any rows back.
Here is an updated .sql script that works fine. In the beginning I drop and then create a tablespace and table. If you have a tablespace or table called that and you run this script, it will drop these 2 exiting objects.
---test_api.sql
set echo on
drop tablespace test including contents;
create tablespace test datafile 'test.f' size 10m reuse;
create table scott.test_table (a number) tablespace test;
insert into scott.test_table values (1);
commit;
alter tablespace test read only;
declare
v_dp_num number;
v_sqlerrm VARCHAR2(4000);
BEGIN
v_dp_num := DBMS_DATAPUMP.OPEN('EXPORT', 'TRANSPORTABLE',NULL,'EXP_JOB25');
DBMS_DATAPUMP.add_file(handle => v_dp_num,
filename => 'metadata.log',
DIRECTORY => 'DPUMP_DIR',
filetype => DBMS_DATAPUMP.ku$_file_type_log_file
DBMS_DATAPUMP.add_file(handle => v_dp_num,
filename => 'metadata.dmp',
DIRECTORY => 'DPUMP_DIR',
filetype => DBMS_DATAPUMP.ku$_file_type_dump_file
DBMS_DATAPUMP.set_parameter(handle => v_dp_num,
name=>'TTS_FULL_CHECK',
value=>1
DBMS_DATAPUMP.metadata_filter(Handle => v_dp_num,
Name => 'TABLESPACE_EXPR',
value => 'IN (''TEST'')'
DBMS_DATAPUMP.start_job(v_dp_num);
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS
THEN
v_sqlerrm := SQLERRM;
DBMS_DATAPUMP.stop_job(v_dp_num);
END;
------ metadata.log output
Starting "SYS"."EXP_JOB25":
Processing object type TRANSPORTABLE_EXPORT/PLUGTS_BLK
Processing object type TRANSPORTABLE_EXPORT/TABLE
Processing object type TRANSPORTABLE_EXPORT/POST_INSTANCE/PLUGTS_BLK
Master table "SYS"."EXP_JOB25" successfully loaded/unloaded
Dump file set for SYS.EXP_JOB25 is:
/ade/dgagne_l6/oracle/work/metadata.dmp
Datafiles required for transportable tablespace TEST:
/ade/dgagne_l6/oracle/dbs/test.f
Job "SYS"."EXP_JOB25" successfully completed at 16:35:10
Please let me know if you have success in getting your tables in the dumpfile.
Processing object type TRANSPORTABLE_EXPORT/TABLE
Thanks
Dean