Re: Archive ERROR ????

From: Charles Jardine <cj10_at_cam.ac.uk>
Date: 1997/03/20
Message-ID: <33311AE6.3C06@cam.ac.uk>#1/1

Steve Phelan wrote:
>
> > ******* initDEMO.ora ********
> > log_archive_dest = /oracle/archlog
> >
> > ********* ERROR *********
> > SVRMGR> connect internal
> > Connected to an idle instance.
> > SVRMGR> startup
> > ORA-00256: error occurred in translating archive text string
> > '/oracle/archlog'
> > ORA-07287: soagdi: unsupported device for log archiving.
> > SVRMGR>
>
> Does /oracle/archlog directory actually exist? Does Oracle have write
> access to it? Is it a regular file system (i.e. non-raw)?

Also, try
log_archive_dest = /oracle/archlog/
Oracle does not supply the '/' itself. Received on Thu Mar 20 1997 - 00:00:00 CST