diff --git a/mmv1/products/oracledatabase/CloudExadataInfrastructure.yaml b/mmv1/products/oracledatabase/CloudExadataInfrastructure.yaml
index 981e026aa0f7..97b5f8702707 100644
--- a/mmv1/products/oracledatabase/CloudExadataInfrastructure.yaml
+++ b/mmv1/products/oracledatabase/CloudExadataInfrastructure.yaml
@@ -48,23 +48,39 @@ async:
     path: 'error'
     message: 'message'
 custom_code:
+  pre_delete: 'templates/terraform/pre_delete/oracledatabase_cloud_exadata_infrastructure.go.tmpl'
 examples:
   - name: 'oracledatabase_cloud_exadata_infrastructure_basic'
     primary_resource_id: 'my-cloud-exadata'
     vars:
       project: 'my-project'
       cloud_exadata_infrastructure_id: 'my-instance'
+      deletion_protection: 'true'
+    ignore_read_extra:
+      - 'deletion_protection'
     test_vars_overrides:
       'project': '"oci-terraform-testing"'
+      'deletion_protection': 'false'
       'cloud_exadata_infrastructure_id': '"ofake-exadata-basic"'
   - name: 'oracledatabase_cloud_exadata_infrastructure_full'
     primary_resource_id: 'my-cloud-exadata'
     vars:
       project: 'my-project'
       cloud_exadata_infrastructure_id: 'my-instance'
+      deletion_protection: 'true'
+    ignore_read_extra:
+      - 'deletion_protection'
     test_vars_overrides:
       'project': '"oci-terraform-testing"'
+      'deletion_protection': 'false'
       'cloud_exadata_infrastructure_id': '"ofake-exadata-full"'
+virtual_fields:
+  - name: 'deletion_protection'
+    type: Boolean
+    default_value: true
+    description: 'Whether or not to allow Terraform to destroy the instance.
+    Unless this field is set to false in Terraform state, a terraform destroy
+    or terraform apply that would delete the instance will fail.'
 parameters:
   - name: 'location'
     type: String
diff --git a/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/oracledatabase_cloud_exadata_infrastructure_basic.tf.tmpl b/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/oracledatabase_cloud_exadata_infrastructure_basic.tf.tmpl
index 69cddcfac019..5ff65d2362e4 100644
--- a/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/oracledatabase_cloud_exadata_infrastructure_basic.tf.tmpl
+++ b/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/oracledatabase_cloud_exadata_infrastructure_basic.tf.tmpl
@@ -8,4 +8,6 @@ resource "google_oracle_database_cloud_exadata_infrastructure" "{{$.PrimaryResou
     compute_count= "2"
     storage_count= "3"
   }
+
+  deletion_protection = "{{index $.Vars "deletion_protection"}}"
 }
diff --git a/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/oracledatabase_cloud_exadata_infrastructure_full.tf.tmpl b/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/oracledatabase_cloud_exadata_infrastructure_full.tf.tmpl
index d10f81f7f7ff..7de73ffeb800 100644
--- a/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/oracledatabase_cloud_exadata_infrastructure_full.tf.tmpl
+++ b/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/oracledatabase_cloud_exadata_infrastructure_full.tf.tmpl
@@ -27,4 +27,6 @@ resource "google_oracle_database_cloud_exadata_infrastructure" "{{$.PrimaryResou
   labels = {
     "label-one" = "value-one"
   }
+
+  deletion_protection = "{{index $.Vars "deletion_protection"}}"
 }
diff --git a/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/oracledatabase_cloud_vmcluster_basic.tf.tmpl b/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/oracledatabase_cloud_vmcluster_basic.tf.tmpl
index 7ac2edfa9301..a4a7e12f69c5 100644
--- a/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/oracledatabase_cloud_vmcluster_basic.tf.tmpl
+++ b/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/oracledatabase_cloud_vmcluster_basic.tf.tmpl
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ resource "google_oracle_database_cloud_exadata_infrastructure" "cloudExadataInfr
     compute_count= "2"
     storage_count= "3"
   }
+
+  deletion_protection = "{{index $.Vars "deletion_protection"}}"
 }
 
 data "google_compute_network" "default" {
diff --git a/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/oracledatabase_cloud_vmcluster_full.tf.tmpl b/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/oracledatabase_cloud_vmcluster_full.tf.tmpl
index 3cfe225f6454..7547e02bfc70 100644
--- a/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/oracledatabase_cloud_vmcluster_full.tf.tmpl
+++ b/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/oracledatabase_cloud_vmcluster_full.tf.tmpl
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ resource "google_oracle_database_cloud_exadata_infrastructure" "cloudExadataInfr
     compute_count= "2"
     storage_count= "3"
   }
+
+  deletion_protection = "{{index $.Vars "deletion_protection"}}"
 }
 
 data "google_compute_network" "default" {
diff --git a/mmv1/templates/terraform/pre_delete/oracledatabase_cloud_exadata_infrastructure.go.tmpl b/mmv1/templates/terraform/pre_delete/oracledatabase_cloud_exadata_infrastructure.go.tmpl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3fe310fd1a2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mmv1/templates/terraform/pre_delete/oracledatabase_cloud_exadata_infrastructure.go.tmpl
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+if d.Get("deletion_protection").(bool) {
+	return fmt.Errorf("cannot destroy google_oracle_database_cloud_exadata_infrastructure resource with id : %q without setting deletion_protection=false and running `terraform apply`", d.Id())
+}