Description of the illustration admin108.eps

This illustration shows a non-CDB and a CDB. The CDB has a CDB$ROOT container, a PDB$SEED container plugged into the root, and several PDBs plugged into the root. The CDB has one new PDB. The illustration shows a database link going from the CDB to the non-CDB. The illustration shows the files of the non-CDB. The illustration shows the non-CDB files copied to a new location. The copied files are the files of the new PDB. The illustration shows the copied files associated with the new PDB. A CREATE PLUGGABLE DATABASE ... FROM statement uses these copied files to create the new PDB.