This illustration shows a CDB with a CDB$ROOT
container, a PDB$SEED
container plugged into the root, and several PDBs plugged into the root. One PDB is being unplugged from the CDB. The illustration shows the database files and the XML metadata file of the unplugged PDB. An ALTER
PLUGGABLE
DATABASE
...
UNPLUG
INTO
statement unplugs the PDB.