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oracle.exe still holding file handles after move datafile

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We had to move some datafile to another volume. After complting the operation oracle.exe still holds filehandles to the old datafile. Deletion of the old dtafile was therefor aborted.

Fri Mar 24 15:27:08 2023

alter database move datafile 'K:\oracle\<SID>\sapdata2\sr3750x_4\SR3750X.DATA4' to 'M:\oracle\<SID>\sapdata2\sr3750x_4\SR3750X.DATA4'

Fri Mar 24 15:27:08 2023

Moving datafile K:\ORACLE\<SID>\SAPDATA2\SR3750X_4\SR3750X.DATA4 (649) to M:\ORACLE\<SID>\SAPDATA2\SR3750X_4\SR3750X.DATA4

...

Fri Mar 24 15:33:19 2023

Move operation committed for file M:\ORACLE\<SID>\SAPDATA2\SR3750X_4\SR3750X.DATA4

WARNING: Cannot delete old file K:\ORACLE\<SID>\SAPDATA2\SR3750X_4\SR3750X.DATA4 left after datafile move

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