Re: How long should the archive log file be kept?

From: andrew_webby at hotmail <spam_at_no.thanks.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 12:28:49 +0100
Message-ID: <987506966.26557.0.nnrp-12.c30bdde2@news.demon.co.uk>

You should *only* delete archive log files *after* a successful full cold backup. Otherwise your backup is useless.

"David Yeung" <dyeung_at_ust.hk> wrote in message news:3ADA819E.EF2B212E_at_ust.hk...
> We are running Oracle8i in archive mode. After each tablespace is backed
up
> with steps:
>
> alter tablespace begin backup
> .. copy the datafiles to tapes ...
> alter tablespace end backup
>
> Can we discard the older archive log files which were created before the
> backup?
>
> Usually, how long should the archive log file be kept after a full hot
backup?
>
> Thanks
>
> david
Received on Tue Apr 17 2001 - 06:28:49 CDT