Re: Removing Older version of Oracle on NT Machine

I will gladly post such a thing to my web site.

Considering that I will soon be herding Oracle on NT, rounding up a few NT pointers is not a bad idea.

We *do* have a goal of consolidating databases to Sun.

This NT stuff should be good for a few war stories,

Jared

On Monday 11 June 2001 16:11, Deshpande, Kirti wrote:
> Hi All,
> This question pops up once in a while. I did not pay much attention to
> replies before (not much of an NT person), but I think I will now, since I
> am also running into similar situation and it's always good to learn a few
> new things.
>
> If anyone has a step-by-step procedure to do this right the first time,
> please post it. All NT users will thank you :)
>
> If not, add on to (or correct as appropriate) the following check list:
> 1) Shutdown the database (assuming only one is running)
> 2) Stop the database service (via MS gui or otherwise)
> 3) Stop the listener service (via MS gui or otherwise)
> 4) Manually remove all database files (optional?)
> 5) Remove the above services ( a sample command syntax please ... )
> 6) Use Oracle Installer to remove stuff (shall we say 'yes' to all those
> silly questions about shared programs, ddl etc. ?)
> 7) Back up registry (exactly how?)
> 8) Edit registry to remove Oracle under (blah blah.... please provide the
> dirs/subdirs names.)
> 9) Check and clean up Environment variables, if set for Oracle
> 10) Reboot server (I would, since Registry was fiddled with)
> 11) Check for any if leftovers.. (if found, what to do?)
> 12) ...anything else?
>
> Once we have a 'proven' checklist, any volunteer's to post it on their web
> site? I don't have one (yet).. Jared/Chris? Others?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Regards,
>
> - Kirti Deshpande
> Verizon Information Services
> http://www.superpages.com
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Post, Ethan [SMTP:epost_at_kcc.com]
> > Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 5:26 PM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > Subject: RE: Removing Older version of Oracle on NT Machine
> >
> > My solution is to uninstall everything you can with O-installer, then
> > delete
> > oracle home and the oracle subdirectory under HKEY_LOCK_MACHINE/SOFTWARE
> > in
> > the registry. Perhaps there are some other things you should do but this
> > has always worked for me in the past. Make sure you get rid of all
> > databases and services first also.
> >
> > - Ethan
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 2:56 PM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Is there any white papers for removing one version of Oracle from an NT
> > machine? I have 8.0 and 8i and would like to fully remove all of 8.0
> > including registry entries etc.
> >
> > I attempted to use Universal Installer, but it won't let me select any of
> > the 8.0 components to remove them. I'm gonna keep working it and see
> > where I
> > get.
> >
> >
> >
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