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    removing arch files from standby DB

    Currently, I am using RMAN to bacup my standby DB's. With in RMAN,once the DB and arch logs are backedup I remove the arch logs.

    I am considering not backing up my standby DB's since the are basically a copy of my primary DB's there the cleaning up of the arch files will not happen.

    Is there a query I can run that can figure out the arch files that were applied to the standby DB. Once applied I want to remove those arch files from disk.

    thanks to all who answer this post

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    V$archived_log

    Try:
    Code:
    SELECT SEQUENCE#, THREAD#, APPLIED FROM V$ARCHIVED_LOG ORDER BY SEQUENCE#, THREAD#;


    PS: You can save cpu's & storage in primary if you do your backups from standby only.
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    And this will give you the name of the archive file or do I have to write some code to parse the seq number from the archive file based on the output of the query.

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    Talking Seq#

    If you are smart, you would have configured the archive log format (name) to contain the SEQUENCE# and THREAD#, kinda like this:

    Code:
    log_archive_format='orcl_%t_%s_%r.dbf'
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    I did have the foresight to include the seq number as part of my arch name. I can certainly parse the name and get the right answer but I was hoping there was some table that stored the name of the whole arhive file so I can use that data instead of parsing every name.

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    Talking desc?

    Quote Originally Posted by PaulH View Post
    I did have the foresight to include the seq number as part of my arch name. I can certainly parse the name and get the right answer but I was hoping there was some table that stored the name of the whole arhive file so I can use that data instead of parsing every name.
    Did you try desc v$archived_log?
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    I will check out that table and see if it has what I need.

    Thanks for your help

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    Let me try this again. I want to be able to run a script to removed all applied
    archive files that are part of my stand by database.

    When I query the V$ARCHIVED_LOG, the colums where APPLIED='YES' no
    longer have the archive file path associated with them. The name becomes
    is changed to my database name.

    Example:

    NAME APP
    stdby YES

    Those files, which have not been applied still have the valid path name (see
    below)

    NAME APP
    /t4data/oracle_data/pri/arch/arch_1347_1_684356798.arc NO

    Does anybody know how I can generate a script to remove arc files from
    disk that have been applied ONLY!!!

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    Hi

    Have you tried this

    in standby do
    CONFIGURE ARCHIVELOG DELETION POLICY TO APPLIED ON STANDBY
    and then

    from RMAN at the standby database
    DELETE ARCHIVELOG ALL BACKED UP 2 TIMES TO SBT COMPLETED BEFORE ‘SYSDATE-7’


    if you go down the route currently you are on you still dont need the archivelog names just use

    RMAN>delete archivelog until squence#

    or
    RMAN>delete archivelog until squence# noprompt


    regards
    Hrishy

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