ORA-65179: cannot keep datafiles for a pluggable database that is not unplugged
Cause:
First dump the PDB details into XML files
kIsH@Xhydra<>drop pluggable database ZXPDB5;
drop pluggable database ZXPDB5
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ERROR at line 1:
ORA-65179: cannot keep datafiles for a pluggable database that is not unplugged
Action:
Unplug the PDB first into XML file and try a drop
kIsH@Xhydra<>alter pluggable database ZXPDB5 unplug into '/tmp/to_drop.xml';
Pluggable database altered.
kIsH@Xhydra<>drop pluggable database ZXPDB5;
Pluggable database dropped.