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Any serious consequence of rm -rf <old DBHome>?

edited Mar 23, 2021 9:56PM in Database Install/Upgrade/Opatch (MOSC) 4 commentsAnswered ✓

I upgraded my 18c RAC database to 19c. I'm sure the recommended way to remove my old 18c DBHome software is to run $18cDBHome/deinstall/deinstall or its runInstaller equivalent. Right? But is there any consequence of just doing "rm -rf $18cDBHome", other than leaving an "orphaned" record in the inventory? I don't mind having such an extra record if it doesn't interfere with future patching, upgrade or installation.

The deinstall utility seems to have some risks according to mikedietrichde.com/2018/06/19/deinstalling-oracle-database-12-2-0-1/ (I omitted http:// to stop web preview) where he had to enter a dot in response to a critical question to preserve datafiles, and also according to "Oracle Deinstall Utility Drops Database While Deinstalling the ORACLE_HOME - Workaround for How to Keep the Database intact ? (

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