I believe that you are referring to the alert log. This most certainly
records log switches, but It also records items of somewhat greater
importance as well, like internal errors etc. It should be checked at least
once a day. It siits in the directory specified by the background_dump_dest
parameter
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Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
Audit Commission UK
"Calvin Crumrine" <Calvin_Crumrine_at_dced.state.ak.us> wrote in message
news:3A931011.27448F88_at_dced.state.ak.us...
> Some time back I found/generated a file that recorded log file switches.
> Now that I want to check it again I can no longer find it. Any ideas?
>
> What I'm trying to do is determine how often log switches occur. We
> aren't currently archiving our logs but we want to start. (More
> accurately, I've convinced management we should start.) I need to figure
> out how many log files are generated daily. As a side issue this will
> also tell me whether or not our log files are sized properly. I've heard
> that a log switch should occur every 15-30 minutes during the day.
>
Received on Wed Feb 21 2001 - 03:55:04 CST
