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DBCS: VMBM - DCS-12200:Failed to create PDB <NAME> from <SOURCE> [[FATAL] [DBT-15003] PDB with name (<NAME>) already exists in the container database. (Doc ID 3010106.1)

Last updated on MARCH 12, 2024

Applies to:

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Linux x86-64 on Oracle Public Cloud

Symptoms

Cloning a pdb fails with below error

DCS-12200:Failed to create PDB <NAME> from <SOURCE> [[FATAL] [DBT-15003] PDB with name (<NAME>) already exists in the container database.

 

 

SQL> show pdbs


CON_ID          CON_NAME                      OPEN MODE       RESTRICTED
----------         ----------------------------- ----------           ---------
2                    PDB$SEED                       READ ONLY        NO
3                    <NAME>                         READ WRITE     NO <<--------

 

# dbcli list-pdbs -i <DB_ID>

 

ID                                                 PDB Name             CDB Name           Status

---------------------------------------- -------------------- -------------------- --------------------

xxxxxxx-xxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxx      <NAME>               CDB                     Configured   <<----------

xxxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxx      <SOURCE>            CDB                     Configured

 

 

 

Cause

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