Use pdb On 18 Dec 2014 01:51, "Michael Cunningham" <napacunningham@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello list, > > We have 16 similar instances that we want to merge into a single > instance. I'm looking for input on the best method. Below is all I could > think of to help. > > Oracle 12.1.0.1 on Linux > All instances exist on the same server. > ASM is being used. Currently one diskgroup for all instances. > No tables have the same name. > The tablespaces that matter do not have the same name between databases > (one db is TBS0, another is TBS1, and so on). > Each is around 500GB (5.5TB total). > We do not have golden gate license. > > Any thoughts? > > I'm thinking of transportable tablespaces, but I'm looking for other > input. I need to minimize downtime. > > > -- > Michael Cunningham >