Migrating a vPDB

There may be situations in which you want to migrate a virtual pluggable database (vPDB) to a new container database on the same or a different target environment, for example when upgrading the host on which the vPDB resides, or as part of a general data center migration. This is easily accomplished by first disabling the vPDB, then using the Migrate vPDB feature to select a new container database.

Prerequisites

You should already set up and have Delphix discover a container database in the same environment as the vPDB currently is or from an environment to which the vPDB will be migrated to.
The virtual CDB from/to which vPDB is to be migrated must be already running and open in a read-write mode.
If the Automatic VDB Restart feature is enabled for the vPDB and the target container database is a virtual CDB, before migration, you should ensure that either the Automatic Restart feature is also enabled for the target virtual CDB or the feature is disabled for the vPDB.

Procedure

Login to your Delphix Management application.

Click Manage.
Select Datasets.
Select the vPDB you want to migrate.
From the Actions menu (...) select Disable.
Click Disable to confirm.
From the Actions menu (...) select Migrate.
Select the new container database for the vPDB, the user for that environment, and the database installation where the container database of the vPDB will reside.
Click the Migrate to confirm your selections.
Manually copy the exported keys to the target hosts toolkit directory. When migrating a TDE enabled vPDB, the disable step results in the vPDB keys being exported to the toolkit. Enabling the vPDB in a different target host will result in plugin violations, therefore when migrating to a new host, the user must manually copy the exported keys to the toolkit directory on the target host.
From the Actions menu (...) select Enable.
Click Enable to confirm. Your vPDB will re-start in the new environment, and you can continue to work with it as you would any other vPDB.