1) Shut down the non CDB database and startup in read only mode
SQL> shutdown immediate
Database closed.
Database dismounted.
ORACLE instance shut down.
SQL> STARTUP OPEN READ ONLY;
ORACLE instance started.
Total System Global Area 1073741824 bytes
Fixed Size 2932632 bytes
Variable Size 905969768 bytes
Database Buffers 155189248 bytes
Redo Buffers 9650176 bytes
Database mounted.
Database opened.
2) Describe the Non-CDB using the DBMS_PDB.DESCRIBE procedure. This procedure creates an XML file in the same way that the unplug operation does for a PDB.
SQL> BEGIN
DBMS_PDB.DESCRIBE(
pdb_descr_file => ‘/apps/oracle/home/TEST12c.xml’);
END;
/ 2 3 4 5
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
3) Shutdown the non-CDB database
SHUTDOWN IMMEDIATE;SQL>
Database closed.
Database dismounted.
ORACLE instance shut down.
4) Need to check the compatibility of Non-CDB to be converted to Pluggable DB So, connect to the container DB (CDB) and run the following
SQL>
SET SERVEROUTPUT ON
SQL> SQL> DECLARE
2 compatible CONSTANT VARCHAR2(3) := CASE DBMS_PDB.CHECK_PLUG_COMPATIBILITY(
3 pdb_descr_file => ‘/apps/oracle/home/TEST12c.xml’,
4 pdb_name => ‘TESTPDB2’)
5 WHEN TRUE THEN ‘YES’
6 ELSE ‘NO’
END;
7 8 BEGIN
9 DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(compatible);
10 END;
/ 11
YES
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
5) Create Pluggable database from the XML file, here we are using the same datafiles that were there earlier for the Non CDB DB.
SQL> CREATE PLUGGABLE DATABASE TESTPDB2 using ‘/apps/oracle/home/TEST12c.xml’ nocopy tempfile reuse;
Pluggable database created.
6) Check the status of the created PDB
SQL> select CON_ID, NAME, OPEN_MODE from V$PDBS;
CON_ID NAME OPEN_MODE
———- —————————— ———-
2 PDB$SEED READ ONLY
3 TESTPDB READ WRITE
4 TESTPDB2 MOUNTED
SQL> select PDB_NAME, DBID , CON_ID, STATUS from CDB_PDBS;
PDB_NAME DBID CON_ID STATUS
——————– ———- ———- ———
TESTPDB 977767011 3 NORMAL
PDB$SEED 4077181153 2 NORMAL
TESTPDB2 2198019070 4 NEW
SQL> alter session set container=TESTPDB2;
Session altered.
SQL> show con_name;
CON_NAME
——————————
TESTPDB2
7) Execute the script to update metadata
SQL> !echo $ORACLE_HOME
/apps/oracle/product/12.1.0
SQL> @?/rdbms/admin/noncdb_to_pdb.sql
SQL>
SQL>
SQL> WHENEVER SQLERROR CONTINUE;
8) Open the new PDB database
SQL> alter session set container=TESTPDB2;
Session altered.
SQL> ALTER PLUGGABLE DATABASE OPEN;
Pluggable database altered.
SQL> alter session SET CONTAINER =CDB$ROOT;
Session altered.
SQL> SELECT name, open_mode FROM v$pdbs;
NAME OPEN_MODE
—————————— ———-
PDB$SEED READ ONLY
TESTPDB READ WRITE
TESTPDB2 READ WRITE
3 rows selected.
SQL> select PDB_NAME, DBID , CON_ID, STATUS from CDB_PDBS;
PDB_NAME DBID CON_ID STATUS
——————– ———- ———- ———
TESTPDB 977767011 3 NORMAL
PDB$SEED 4077181153 2 NORMAL
TESTPDB2 2198019070 4 NORMAL
3 rows selected.
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