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Home -> Community -> Usenet -> c.d.o.server -> Re: Question about archive log mode
Chuck wrote:
>
> I am running in archive log mode on aproduction database that is not
> really in production yet. I have accumilated maybe 50 archive logs to
> date. I will never need to recover this database to a period in time
> covered by these logs. Basically, I want to start anew and blow away
> the existing log files.
>
> Is this the proper procedure:
>
> Place the database out of archive log mode.
> Delete the files.
> Place the database back into archive log mode.
>
> Now I will be able to recover to any point in time since the start of
> the new log files right?
>
> Also another question.
>
> If I lose an archive log in a sequence what is affected? Will I still
> be able to recover to any point in time after the lost log file?
>
> Ex: Suppose I only generate 1 archive log per day.
>
> Day 1: log 1
> Day 2: log 2
> ...
> Day 7: log 7
>
> If I lose log 1, can I still recover the database to the state it was
> in on Day 2?
>
> Thanks,
> Chuck
> Place the database out of archive log mode.
BACK IT UP !
> Delete the files.
> Place the database back into archive log mode.
BACK IT UP !
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"Some days you're the pigeon, and some days you're the statue." Received on Fri Nov 12 1999 - 03:12:45 CST
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