Re: Oracle archive mode and hot backups

> On Aug 6, 8:05 pm, Palooka <nob..._at_nowhere.com> wrote:
>
> snip
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> > > If you are not really in production on this system ... ditching
> > > the archive logs can be done as needed probably.
> >
> > > Maybe the archive log files are being put into different locations
> > > simultaneously ( multiple copies ) so that copy that was getting
> > > ditched really is un-necessary.
> >
> > > Best advice is to ask the relevant DBA a couple more questions
> > > and get them to explain exactly what is going on.
> >
> > What a load of bollocks. Sybrand is entirely right. What on earth
> > is the
>
> Best advice is to ask the relevant DBA a couple more questions and get
> them to explain exactly what is going on.

Exactly that. Jeff didn't say this script would delete /all/ the archive logs (it might leave whatever's necessary to recover between backups), nor if these are the only copies, not if it's a full backup every night etc etc. Nobody has enough information to say whether this is bad or not, but of course that won't stop the usual suspects shouting 'hang him!'.

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Preston