Re: Deleting Archive Logs after backup

woodsyj_at_my-deja.com wrote:
>
> I have read that once you backup a database, you can delete the archive
> logs from the disk. How do you cooridinate this with Oracle. Here is
> an example of what we have done. We have moved from a 3 disk
> configuration to a 6 disk configuration. When we did this, we moved
> our archive log destination to another disk. We also moved all
> existing arhived logs. When I tried to do a backup, Oracle was still
> looking for the files to exist in their original location. Shouldn't I
> be able to just get rid of the older archives? How do I tell Oracle
> that they have moved or that they no longer exist on disk? Any help on
> the subject would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
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as per the other post, but I also like to ensure that every archive log is at least on TWO tapes before I delete them - it is virtually impossible to recover past a 'gap' in archive logs...

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