This topic describes how to attach or detach a PDB using the command-line interface.

PDB CLI attach

  1. Ensure the new source environment has been fully discovered by the Delphix Engine, including CDB discovery.

  2. Log in to the engine via SSH with a Delphix admin account.

  3. Select the PDB dSource database to be attached.

    delphix> database
    delphix database> select "R268PDB1"delphix database 'R268PDB1'>
  4. Attach the PDB dSource to the correct source PDB in the new environment using the attachSource command; you will need to specify the environment user and login credentials for the PDB dSource.

    delphix database 'R268PDB1'> attachSource
    delphix database 'R268PDB1' attachSource *> set attachData.type=OraclePDBAttachData
    delphix database 'R268PDB1' attachSource *> set attachData.config=R268PDB1
    delphix database 'R268PDB1' attachSource *> set attachData.environmentUser=ora12201
    delphix database 'R268PDB1' attachSource *> commit
        R268PDB1
        Dispatched job JOB-46
        DB_ATTACH_SOURCE job started for "Untitled/R268PDB1".
        Starting validation of attach parameters for database "Untitled/R268PDB1".
        Validation finished for database "Untitled/R268PDB1"    Obtaining information from source database "Untitled/R268PDB1".
        The dSource "R268PDB1" was successfully linked from source database "Untitled/R268PDB1".
        DB_ATTACH_SOURCE job for "Untitled/R268PDB1" completed successfully.

PDB CLI detach

  1. Log in to the engine via SSH with a Delphix admin account.

  2. Select the PDB dSource database to be detached.

    delphix> database
    delphix database> select "R268PDB1"delphix database 'R268PDB1'>
  3. Detach the PDB dSource using the detachSource command:

    delphix database 'R268PDB1'> detachSource
    delphix database 'R268PDB1' detachSource *> set source=R268PDB1
    delphix database 'R268PDB1' detachSource *> commit
        Dispatched job JOB-45
        DB_DETACH_SOURCE job started for "Untitled/R268PDB1".
        DB_DETACH_SOURCE job for "Untitled/R268PDB1" completed successfully.
Last updated
Oct 9, 2026