Re: Archive Files

From: Eugen Nyffeler <eugen.nyffeler_at_ubs.com>
Date: 1998/02/17
Message-ID: <34E9C855.5F8D6AC@ubs.com>#1/1

Ian wrote:
>
> A client has an Oracle server which has only 2mb space free on the HDD.
>
> There are archive files (ORANT\RDBMS71\ARCHIVE\......) that run back from
> December 97, can they be deleted?
>
> Can i delete all of these archive files without it causing problems on the
> database?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Ian

The question is how long do you keep your backups ? If you keep your backups only one week and start then to overwrite the old backups, there's
no reason to keep the arch-files longer, cause they can only be used together with
an offline(or online)-backup. So if you have 3 generations of backup you should have the
arch-files with the same age (either on disc or on tape).

rgds
eugen Received on Tue Feb 17 1998 - 00:00:00 CST