In this recipe, you will disable Database Vault in two ways: Using Enterprise Manager 12c Cloud Control and command line.
Go to Database Vault home page of your database or pluggable database and click on Disable (see Figure 37):
Click on continue in a small pop-up window (see Figure 38)
Or
Connect to the database as Database Vault owner and disable it through command line:
SQL> EXEC DBMS_MACADM.DISABLE_DV;
Connect to your database or pluggable database and restart it:
SQL> connect / as sysdba SQL> alter pluggable database pdb1 close immediate; SQL> alter pluggable database pdb1 open;
Confirm that Database Vault is disabled:
SQL> connect c##dbv_owner@pdb1 SQL> SELECT PARAMETER, VALUE FROM V$OPTION WHERE PARAMETER = 'Oracle Database Vault'; PARAMETER VALUE ---------------------------- -------------- Oracle Database Vault FALSE