CREATE DATABASE atomic_database ON CLUSTER cluster_name ENGINE = Atomic

CREATE DATABASE ordinary_database ON CLUSTER cluster_name ENGINE = Ordinary

CREATE TABLE ordinary_database.t ON CLUSTER cluster_name
...
ENGINE = ReplicatedMergeTree(...)
...

CREATE TABLE ordinary_database.distributed_table ON CLUSTER cluster_name AS ordinary_database.t 
ENGINE = Distributed(cluster_name, ordinary_database, t)

RENAME TABLE ordinary_database.distributed_table TO atomic_database.distributed_table

Query id: 7bd2101e-f78a-4584-8374-6e44a0bbf23f


0 rows in set. Elapsed: 0.011 sec.

Received exception from server (version 21.5.6):
Code: 1000. DB::Exception: Received from clickhouse-server:9000. DB::Exception: File not found: /var/lib/clickhouse/data/ordinary_database/distributed_table.

ls -lh /var/lib/clickhouse/data/ordinary_database
total 0
drwxr-x---  2 ...  staff    64B Jun  4 18:19 distributed_table
drwxr-x---  4 ...  staff   128B Jun  4 18:18 t