Re: deleting archive logs after successful backup with backup exec oracle agent

Brian E Dick wrote:
> You should keep an online copy of the archive log files created since your
> last database backup. This will speed up recovery. Older archive log files
> that have been copied to offline storage may be deleted with a script.

Tape = rust on wheels. I would not trust a single copy on tape of my archived redo logs.

  I use
> the following JScript to delete archive log files older than thirty days.
<snip script>

Meaning you will end with 30 tapes containing the same archived log file. Bound to be a readable copy between one of 'em! I go for 4 copies; 2 uncompressed, 2 compressed in a directory structure: ../arch, ../arch/old, ../arch/older, ../arch/oldest

Frank Received on Tue Jan 14 2003 - 19:50:12 CET