Re: Managing large ASM trace files

Hi Doug,

At OS level, you can truncate the file using:

echo > filename.trc

or just

> filename.trc

Apparently there's a truncate command in Linux as well (but I've never used it).

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On Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 12:00 PM DOUG KUSHNER <dougk5_at_cox.net> wrote:



> Is there a way to manage the size of 12.2 ASM trace files?  Several trace


> files for gmon, lmhg, gen0 and mmon processes appear to keep the same PID

> for the instance lifetime, resulting in very large trace files.  Setting

> MAX_DUMP_FILE_SIZE will prevent the trace file from growing beyond the max

> size, but does this by not logging new events to the files.

>

> I'm looking for a way to trim or otherwise manage the size of these files,

> which have open file handles so it is not as simple as deleting or

> archiving them.

>

> Thanks,

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> Doug

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