Hi Brian, I'd say make sure you have a cold backup of the 10g database just in case. I thought the same and I ended up having to go to the backup. I was glad I had it I can tell you. Ronan Ronan On 25 Jun 2014 17:35, "Zelli, Brian" <Brian.Zelli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > We installed 11g on our 10g production server. We are now running 11g. > Can I just delete the physical files from the 10g database? > > Would there be any reason to fire up 10g and drop it? Especially since we > won’t ever fire it up again? > > > > Brian > > > > This email message may contain legally privileged and/or confidential > information. If you are not the intended recipient(s), or the employee or > agent responsible for the delivery of this message to the intended > recipient(s), you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, > distribution, or use of this email message is prohibited. If you have > received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by > e-mail and delete this email message from your computer. Thank you.