From JTESTA@longaberger.com Thu, 13 Sep 2001 10:11:08 -0700 From: "JOE TESTA" Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 10:11:08 -0700 Subject: Re: What happens if you lose the alert log? Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Bill, its been a mixed bag recently as to the best, unix i've blown it away, rm or cat /dev/null > alertSID.log with no problems whatso ever, windoze now thats another story someone else can take on.   joe >>> wcarle@att.com 09/13/01 10:50AM >>>!! Please do not post Off Topic to this List !!Hi,    I had a situation yesterday where a rogue process wrote millions oferror messages into the alert log. I was able to get rid of the process,then delete the error messages out. But it would have been quicker to justblow it away and create a new, empty one. I was concerned as to the effectthat would have on Oracle. Would it bring Oracle down? What is the best wayto handle this?Bill CarleAT&TDatabase Administrator816-995-3922wcarle@att.com-- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com-- Author: Carle, William T (Bill), NLCIO  INET: wcarle@att.comFat City Network Services    -- (858) 538-5051  FAX: (858) 538-5051San Diego, California        -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists--------------------------------------------------------------------To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail messageto: ListGuru@fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and inthe message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L(or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from).  You mayalso send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).