Yes you have to move them to tape and either compress or delete them once you have backed up the logs and datafiles.... Check out the Backup and Recovery Handbook by Velpuri, there are some pretty good examples there.
If you don't clean out the archive directory on occasion, the database will hang when that filesystem is filled. you won't get a message that it's hung but it will hang. --- "Farnsworth, Dave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I finally get to put our 8.1.7 on NT databases into archivelog mode. > We have a third party app vendor that would not support us if I did > this but I finally convinced them that is the way to go and it should > not effect the app. Anyway, I am reading chapter 7 from the > Administrators Guide, Managing Archived Redo Logs. I know I have to > set the parameters in the init.ora to achieve automatic archiving; > > log_archive_start=true > log_archive_dest_1 = "location=my\disk\drive" > log_archive_format=%%ORACLE_SID%%T%T%S.ARC -or somthing like that > > One thing I don't see in TFM is, do these archived redo logs just > keep accumulating in the destination directory set in the > log_archive_dest_1 parameter? Do I need to create a process to get > them to tape and then once on tape, delete these old archive redo > logs through my process? > I'm just excited to be able to finally go to archivelog mode. Once I > get the basics down then I want to investigate using RMAN. > > Thanks, > > Dave > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > -- > Author: Farnsworth, Dave > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Rachel Carmichael INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
