I am getting ready to upgrade some small instances of 10.2.0.3.0 to 11.1.0.6.0 on a new server. My plan is to copy cold backups from the old server to the new one where I have already installed 11g. The instructions for using DBUA assume that you are upgrading an existing server where the Windows services for the instances already exist which will not be the case for the approach that I am taking. How do I get DBUA to recognize my copied databases? Thanks, Peter Schauss -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l