Autonomous Database provides cloning where you can choose to create a full clone, create a metadata clone, or create a refreshable clone. You can also move a database to a different compartment.

• About Cloning on Autonomous Database
  When you create a clone for an Autonomous Database instance, you have the option to select the clone type: a full clone, a metadata clone, or a refreshable clone:
• Prerequisites for Cloning
  Describes prerequisites for cloning an Autonomous Database instance.
• Clone an Autonomous Database Instance
  Shows you the steps to clone an Autonomous Database from the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Console.
• Clone an Autonomous Database from a Backup
  Shows the options to select a backup as the clone source for cloning Autonomous Database.
• Cross Tenancy and Cross-Region Cloning
  You can clone an Autonomous Database instance from one tenancy, source tenancy, to a different tenancy (destination tenancy).
• Clone Autonomous Database to Change Workload Type
  When you create an Autonomous Database clone, by default the clone is of the same workload type. Optionally, you can select that the clone is of a different workload type than the source database.
• Notes for Cloning Autonomous Database
  Provides information about the cloning operation and the resulting cloned database.
• Move an Autonomous Database to a Different Compartment
  Shows you the steps to move a database to a different Oracle Cloud Infrastructure compartment.
• Upgrade an Autonomous Database Instance to Oracle Database 23ai
  When you clone an Autonomous Database instance and the source database version is Oracle Database 19c, in regions where Oracle Database 23ai is available, you can choose either Oracle Database 19c or Oracle Database 23ai for the clone.