Re: Archive Log

Essam Elsherif wrote:
>
> I'm running an ORACLE 8.04 database on NT Server n Archive Log mode. I
> frequenly get the message
>
> "Instance xxxx - Can not allocate log, archival required". It's a warning
> message, but I do not understand why ORACLE can not allocate the archive
> log? There is enough space in the archive log destination disk. How to get
> ride of this message?
>

When I first saw this message I too was a bit taken aback by it. However, if you add a redo log file you might clear up the problem. 8.0.4 on NT by default only creates 2 log files. You can get this message during a log switch while the database is loading on an import. Check to make sure you have more then 2 redo log files.

Hope this helps.

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