You connect to the root container of a multitenant container database (CDB) with SYSDBA privileges by using SQL*Plus. The CDB has several pluggable databases (PDBs) open in read/write mode. There…

SHUTDOWN TRANSACTIONAL is a valid command regardless of PDB state and does not raise an error due to open PDBs.

SHUTDOWN TRANSACTIONAL connected to the root only considers root container transactions; waiting for all PDB transactions is the behavior that would apply if issued from within each individual PDB.

When issued from the CDB root, SHUTDOWN TRANSACTIONAL waits for all active transactions in the current container - the root - to commit or roll back before proceeding. The scope of 'transactional' shutdown is limited to the container the session is connected to, so PDB transactions do not block it.

Immediate or abort modes proceed without waiting for transactions; TRANSACTIONAL specifically waits for the current container's active transactions to finish.