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Does removing net share after Grid installation adversely affect the operation of Windows environment? (Doc ID 3069627.1)

Last updated on FEBRUARY 01, 2025

Applies to:

Gen 1 Exadata Cloud at Customer (Oracle Exadata Database Cloud Machine) - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database - Standard Edition - Version 19.3.0.0.0 and later
Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 19.3.0.0.0 and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Exadata Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Gen 2 Exadata Cloud at Customer - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Goal

Does removing net share after Grid installation adversely affect the operation of Windows environment?

Also, do you recommend that you continue to enable net share after installing Grid?

[Reference manual]

Release 19
Installation and Upgrade Guide for Microsoft Windows
3.3 Verifying Privileges for Copying Files in the Cluster
https://docs.oracle.com/en/database/oracle/oracle-database/19/cwwin/verify-privileges-for-copying-files-in-the-cluster.html

2. After installation, if your system does not use the net share shown in the above example, then you can remove the unused net share using the following command:
net use \\nodename\C$ /delete

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