对于可传输表空间有一个重要概念：自包含（Self-Contained）。
在表空间传输的中，要求表空间集为自包含的，自包含表示用于传输的内部表空间集没有引用指向外部表空间集。自包含分为两种：一般自包含表空间集和完全（严格）自包含表空间集。
常见的以下情况是违反自包含原则的：
? 索引在内部表空间集，而表在外部表空间集（相反地，如果表在内部表空间集，而索引在外部表空间集，则不违反自包含原则）。
? 分区表一部分区在内部表空间集，一部分在外部表空间集（对于分区表，要么全部包含在内部表空间集中，要么全不包含）。
? 如果在传输表空间时同时传输约束，则对于引用完整性约束，约束指向的表在外部表空间集，则违反自包含约束；如果不传输约束，则与约束指向无关。
? 表在内部表空间集，而lob列在外部表空间集，则违反自包含约束。
通常可以通过系统包DBMS_TTS来检查表空间是否自包含，验证可以以两种方式执行：非严格方式和严格方式。
以下是一个简单的验证过程，假定在eygle表空间存在一个表eygle，其上存在索引存储在USERS表空间：
SQL> create table eygle as select rownum id ,username from dba_users;
Table created.
SQL> create index ind_id on eygle(id) tablespace users;
Index created.
以SYS用户执行非严格自包含检查（full_check=false）：
SQL> connect / as sysdba
Connected.
SQL> exec dbms_tts.transport_set_check('EYGLE', TRUE);
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> SELECT * FROM TRANSPORT_SET_VIOLATIONS;
no rows selected
执行严格自包含检查（full_check=true）：
SQL> exec dbms_tts.transport_set_check('EYGLE', TRUE, True);
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> SELECT * FROM TRANSPORT_SET_VIOLATIONS;
VIOLATIONS
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Index EYGLE.IND_ID in tablespace USERS points to table EYGLE.EYGLE in tablespace EYGLE
反过来对于USERS表空间来说，非严格检查也是无法通过的：
SQL> exec dbms_tts.transport_set_check('USERS', TRUE);
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> SELECT * FROM TRANSPORT_SET_VIOLATIONS;
VIOLATIONS
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Index EYGLE.IND_ID in tablespace USERS points to table EYGLE.EYGLE in tablespace EYGLE
但是可以对多个表空间同时传输，则一些自包含问题就可以得到解决：
SQL> exec dbms_tts.transport_set_check('USERS,EYGLE', TRUE, True);
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> SELECT * FROM TRANSPORT_SET_VIOLATIONS;
no rows selected
官方解释如下：
There may be logical or physical dependencies between objects in the transportable set and those outside of the set. You can only transport a set of tablespaces that is self-contained. In this context "self-contained" means that there are no references from inside the set of tablespaces pointing outside of the tablespaces. Some examples of self contained tablespace violations are:
An index inside the set of tablespaces is for a table outside of the set of tablespaces.
Note:
It is not a violation if a corresponding index for a table is outside of the set of tablespaces.A partitioned table is partially contained in the set of tablespaces.
The tablespace set you want to copy must contain either all partitions of a partitioned table, or none of the partitions of a partitioned table. If you want to transport a subset of a partition table, you must exchange the partitions into tables.
A referential integrity constraint points to a table across a set boundary.
When transporting a set of tablespaces, you can choose to include referential integrity constraints. However, doing so can affect whether or not a set of tablespaces is self-contained. If you decide not to transport constraints, then the constraints are not considered as pointers.
A table inside the set of tablespaces contains a LOB column that points to LOBs outside the set of tablespaces.
An XML DB schema (*.xsd) that was registered by user A imports a global schema that was registered by user B, and the following is true: the default tablespace for user A is tablespace A, t