$ sqlplus ‘/as sysdba‘

SQL*Plus: Release 12.2.0.1.0 Production on Tue Apr 18 11:05:00 2017

Copyright (c) 1982, 2016, Oracle.  All rights reserved.


Connected to:
Oracle Database 12c Enterprise Edition Release 12.2.0.1.0 - 64bit Production

SQL> create user c##backup_admin identified by backup_admin default tablespace users;
create user c##backup_admin identified by backup_admin default tablespace users
*
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-65048: error encountered when processing the current DDL statement in
pluggable database PLUG_TEST
ORA-65048: tablespace ‘USERS‘ does not exist


SQL> show con_name

CON_NAME
------------------------------
CDB$ROOT

SQL> alter session set container=plug_test;

Session altered.

SQL> select tablespace_name,status,contents from user_tablespaces;  

TABLESPACE_NAME                STATUS    CONTENTS
------------------------------ --------- ---------------------
SYSTEM                         ONLINE    PERMANENT
SYSAUX                         ONLINE    PERMANENT
UNDOTBS1                       ONLINE    UNDO
TEMP                           ONLINE    TEMPORARY
UNDO_2                         ONLINE    UNDO

SQL> 

While creating a common user, any default tablespace, temporary tablespace, or profile specified using the following clauses must exist in all the containers belonging to the CDB:

DEFAULT TABLESPACE
TEMPORARY TABLESPACE
QUOTA
PROFILE

SQL> alter session set container=plug_test;

Session altered.

SQL> create tablespace users datefile ‘+da‘ size 133m autoextend on next 640k maxsize unlimited;

SQL> alter session set container=cdb$root;

Session altered.

SQL>  create user c##backup_admin identified by backup_admin default tablespace users;

User created.

SQL>