RE: Archival Freeze

Raj, either way you are in deep doo doo until the problem is solved. The error code is ORA-257 - Archiver error. Connect internal only, until freed.
>From metalink:

ORA-00257: archiver error. Connect internal only, until freed. Cause: The archiver process received an error while trying to archive a log. Unless the problem is resolved soon, the database will stop executing transactions.
Action: By far the most likely cause of the error is the archive destination device is out of space. Check archiver trace file for detail description of the problem.

Have you tried it? Watch the timestamps on your redologs and that will probably answer your question.

Lisa Koivu
Oracle Database Tank
Fairfield Resorts, Inc.
954-935-4117

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rajesh.Rao_at_jpmchase.com [SMTP:Rajesh.Rao_at_jpmchase.com]
> Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 5:13 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: Archival Freeze
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>
> Hi Fellow DBAs,
>
> I and a fellow DBA are currently debating about how insufficient space in
> the archive destination freezes up the DB. He claims that as soon as the
> ARCH process is unable to write to the disk, the db freezes. I am of the
> opinion that it does not. It will only report an error (Any idea, what the
> error code is?). It will only freeze when it cycles thru the rest of the
> redolog groups, and then when it tries to switch log to the one which has
> not been archived. That's why the error message is "cannot allocate new
> log".
>
> Whats your say? He's also on this list.
>
> Raj
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