In Oracle 12c, a new architecture has been introduced called Multitenant Architecture. One Container Database (CDB) consisting of many Pluggable Databases (PDBs). So these Pluggable Databases can be unplugged from and plugged in to any other Container Database (CDB). Let us see how this can be done.
UnPlug and Plug in the PDB Database
To Unplug and Plug in the Pluggable Database database (PDB) from One Container Database (CDB)to another Container Database (CDB), the primary thing is we should be connected to the root CDB and to the PDB.
There are also some considerations to be taken care of when Unplugging and Plugging the PDB from one CDB to another CDB.
- The Endianness of the CDB should be same.
- The Options of the CDB installed should be same.
- The source CDB and the target CDB must have compatible character sets and national character sets.
So let us see below steps which guides you to Unplug and Plug in the PDB to a Container Database.,
The below are the list of PDBs I have in my Container Database CDB.,
CON_ID CON_NAME OPEN MODE RESTRICTED
———- —————————— ——————– ——————–
2 PDB$SEED READ ONLY NO
3 PDB1 READ WRITE NO
4 PDB2 READ WRITE NO
Now here we are going to unplug and plugin the Pluggable Database PDB1.
So for that the first step is to Close the Pluggable Database PDB1.
Pluggable database altered.
Run the ALTER PLUGGABLE DATABASE command with the UNPLUG INTO clause and specify the PDB to unplug. You should also enter the Name and Location of the PDB’s XML Metadata file. The XML file contains all the required information (metadata) to create the pluggable database PDB1 on a target CDB.
Pluggable database altered.
List the Current PDBs. You could see the Pluggable Database PDB1 is in the status MOUNTED.
CON_ID CON_NAME OPEN MODE RESTRICTED
———- —————————— ——————– ——————–
2 PDB$SEED READ ONLY NO
3 PDB1 MOUNTED NO
4 PDB2 READ WRITE NO
Drop Pluggable Database PDB1 by preserving the datafiles of that respective PDB1. This is required for plugging in the PDB again to the CDB.
Pluggable database dropped.
keep datafiles – These keywords are used to retain or preserve the datafiles of the Pluggable Database PDB1. Later used when plug in the PDB1.
List the current PDBs and check if the Pluggable Database PDB1 has been unplugged or not.,
CON_ID CON_NAME OPEN MODE RESTRICTED
———- —————————— ——————– ——————–
2 PDB$SEED READ ONLY NO
4 PDB2 READ WRITE NO
So from the output, we can clearly see that the Pluggable Database PDB1 has been unplugged from the Container Database CDB1.
Now let us Plugin the PDB1 to the Container Database.
Firstly, Run the DBMS_PDB.CHECK_PLUG_COMPATIBILITY function to determine whether the unplugged PDB is compatible with the CDB. Here the procedure should return the value ‘YES’.
DECLARE
compatible CONSTANT VARCHAR2(3) :=
CASE DBMS_PDB.CHECK_PLUG_COMPATIBILITY(
pdb_descr_file => ‘/vol2/pdb1.xml’)
WHEN TRUE THEN ‘YES’
ELSE ‘NO’
END;
BEGIN
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(compatible);
END;
/SQL> 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
YES
Plugin the Pluggable Database PDB1 using the Metadata file (xml file) which we created during the Unplug of the same PDB1.
Pluggable database created.
List the PDBs and check if the PDB1 is created or not
CON_ID CON_NAME OPEN MODE RESTRICTED
———- —————————— ——————– ——————–
2 PDB$SEED READ ONLY NO
3 PDB1 MOUNTED NO
4 PDB2 READ WRITE NO
So from the above output we can see that the Pluggable Database PDB1 has been Plugged in to the Container Database CDB1. The PDB will be created and it will be in the MOUNTED status.
Now open the PDB by issuing the below command,
Pluggable database altered.
You could see the Pluggable Database PDB1 is in READ WRITE mode.
CON_ID CON_NAME OPEN MODE RESTRICTED
———- —————————— ——————– ——————–
2 PDB$SEED READ ONLY NO
3 PDB1 READ WRITE NO
4 PDB2 READ WRITE NO
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Its osmmm n very helpful,
BUt i have a ques …what is the nocopy n copy method during plugging a PDB into CDB?
Thanks very useful information