There are various methods and different tools for creating a pluggable database within a container database (CDB). The methods and tools to create a pluggable database (PDB) are as follows.

Pluggable Database Create Methods

• Create PDB using Seed database.
• Creating a PDB from a non-container database: With the DBMS_PDB package, an unplugged database can be created from a non-container database, and then this unplugged database can be plugged into any CDB.
• Clone an existing PDB or a non-CDB database.
• Plug an unplugged PDB into a different CDB.
• Relocate a PDB to a different CDB: With this method, files of a PDB are copied to a different location.
• Creating a PDB as a proxy PDB: Create a proxy PDB that represents the PDB on the same CDB or on a different CDB with the database link.

PDB creation tools

• SQL * Plus
• SQL Developer
• Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
• Database Configuration Assistant (DBCA): From the seed database or with the unplug/plug method.
• Enterprise Manager Database Express 12c