Objective
Rename a pluggable database (PDB) from PDBWFM to PDBWFM01.
$ sqlplus / as sysdba
SQL*Plus: Release 12.1.0.2.0 Production on Tue May 5 12:22:30 2020 Copyright (c) 1982, 2014, Oracle. All rights reserved. Connected to: Oracle Database 12c Enterprise Edition Release 12.1.0.2.0 - 64bit Production With the Partitioning, Real Application Clusters, Automatic Storage Management, OLAP, Advanced Analytics and Real Application Testing options SQL> show pdbs CON_ID CON_NAME OPEN MODE RESTRICTED ---------- ------------------------------ ---------- ---------- 2 PDB$SEED READ ONLY NO 3 PDBWFM READ WRITE NO
For rename operation a PDB must be in RESTRICTED mode:
SQL> alter pluggable database PDBWFM close immediate; Pluggable database altered. SQL> alter pluggable database PDBWFM open restricted; Pluggable database altered. SQL> select name, open_mode from v$pdbs; NAME OPEN_MODE RESTRICTED ------------------------------ ---------- ---------- PDB$SEED READ ONLY NO PDBWFM READ WRITE YES
Perform the rename and restart (CLOSE / OPEN) a PDB:
SQL> alter session set container = PDBWFM; Session altered. SQL> alter pluggable database PDBWFM rename global_name to PDBWFM01; Pluggable database altered. SQL> alter pluggable database PDBWFM01 close immediate; Pluggable database altered. SQL> alter pluggable database PDBWFM01 open; Pluggable database altered. SQL> show pdbs CON_ID CON_NAME OPEN MODE RESTRICTED ---------- ------------------------------ ---------- ---------- 2 PDB$SEED READ ONLY NO 3 PDBWFM01 READ WRITE NO
The directories corresponding to the PDB are do not get renamed. If you want to move the datafiles to a new directory use the “Online Move Datafile” feature in Oracle 12c.
To rename Oracle Managed-Files (OMF) consult the documentation available in the reference of this article [1].
References
[1] How to rename Oracle-Managed Files (OMFs) (Doc ID 191574.1). Available at: https://support.oracle.com/knowledge/Oracle%20Database%20Products/191574_1.html