Re: Delete all files in user_dump_dest

ericlaiys wrote:
> i'm running out of space on my current hard disk. can i delete all the
> user dump process which resides in the user_dump_dest ? Will i give the
> problem / error later on?
>
> Or what other alternative way of free hard disk space for Oracle
> running in Red Hat?
>

I typically remove the older dump files from the BDUMP, CDUMP, and UDUMP directories on a regular basis. How "old" must they be? That depends on how much disk space I have. On some systems, I remove them if they are more than 7 days old. On others, I remove them if they are more than a month old.

You won't run into any problems from an operational standpoint. But you may run into problems from a troubleshooting standpoint if you simply remove all of them.

HTH,
Brian

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