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Re: How to turn off RMAN tracing?

From: Sybrand Bakker <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl>
Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 23:27:12 +0200
Message-ID: <ui1it6ietrci9d@corp.supernews.com>

"Sean Fitzgerald" <sfitzgerald_at_centurytel.net> wrote in message news:605a2fd5.0207011304.864c450_at_posting.google.com...
> Sybrand Bakker <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl> wrote in message
news:<un21iu09ipasik2i43kishaobva00qifme_at_4ax.com>...
> > On 1 Jul 2002 07:27:40 -0700, rees_chris_at_hotmail.com (chris) wrote:
> >
> > >Hi all,
> > >
> > >Basically a while ago one of our DBAs turned tracing on for one of our
> > >Oracle 8 databases to help resolve issues we were having with RMAN
> > >backups. This tracing is producing large, circa 50Mb .trc files in
> > >the $user_dump_dest directory. Unfortunately this DBA has now left
> > >and none of the remaining DBAs know how to turn this tracing off.
> > >
> > >Being a none DBA person myself I don't know where to look. Can anyone
> > >tell me where the RMAN tracing level is set or indeed how to turn RMAN
> > >tracing off all together. It must be somewhere specific to the SID
> > >because the other databases on the same server do not produce such
> > >large trace files.
> > >
> > >Server is running AIX 4.3.3.
> > >
> > >Let me know if you require more info to help sort this out
> > >
> > >TIA
> > >
> > >Chris
> >
> >
> > There is NO RMAN specific tracing. RMAN traces only occur when RMAN
> > experiences errors.
> > That said the affected instance must have the sql_trace init.ora
> > parameter set to true.
> >
> > Hth
> >
> >
> > Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA
> >
> > To reply remove -verwijderdit from my e-mail address
>
>
> There are 2 command line options that make rman produce log files.
> One is "msglog" (a high level log file that reports backup sets and
> timings among other things). The other is "debug" which is a lower
> level log file to be used only when necessary.

I am *QUITE* aware of that. *BOTH* DON"T end up in the user_dump_dest directory by default.

Regards

--
Sybrand Bakker
Senior Oracle DBA

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Received on Mon Jul 01 2002 - 16:27:12 CDT

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