Re: archivlog destination, ORA 00256 + ORA 07287

Fadila Mumbasic wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm running ORACLE 7.2 on HP-UX 10.01 and have the following problem.
>
> I want to start the instance with archivlog on. So, I defined in
> init.ora:
> log_archive_start=true
> log_archive_dest=/oracle/archivlog
>
> /oracle/archivlog is a journaled file system (vxfs) with no files on
> it.
>
> If I try to start the instnace I get the following errors:
>
> ORA 00256: error occured in translating archive text string
> '/oracle/archivlog'

  You should include the filename in the log_archive_dest. For instance, if you want the name of the archive log is arch%s. Then,

log_archive_format = %s
log_archive_dest = /oracle/archivelog/arch

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