"Checkpoint not complete" message in alert.log file

From: Ken Nichols <knichols_at_mcsilo.ilo.dec.com>
Date: 1997/09/22
Message-ID: <34264870.667F@mcsilo.ilo.dec.com>#1/1

Hi everyone,

I see this message from time to time in alert_RCM.log (our database name is 'RCM'). Does the "Checkpoint not complete" message mean that anything is wrong? I have not been able to find a reference to this message anywhere in the docs.

Thanks,

Ken Nichols

log excerpt ------------

Fri Sep 19 11:57:43 1997
Thread 1 advanced to log sequence 1234
  Current log# 1 seq# 1234 mem# 0: /oracle/oradata/RCM/redoRCM01.log Thread 1 advanced to log sequence 1235
  Current log# 2 seq# 1235 mem# 0: /oracle/oradata/RCM/redoRCM02.log Thread 1 advanced to log sequence 1236
  Current log# 3 seq# 1236 mem# 0: /oracle/oradata/RCM/redoRCM03.log Thread 1 cannot allocate new log, sequence 1237 Checkpoint not complete
  Current log# 3 seq# 1236 mem# 0: /oracle/oradata/RCM/redoRCM03.log Thread 1 advanced to log sequence 1237
  Current log# 1 seq# 1237 mem# 0: /oracle/oradata/RCM/redoRCM01.log Thread 1 advanced to log sequence 1238
  Current log# 2 seq# 1238 mem# 0: /oracle/oradata/RCM/redoRCM02.log Received on Mon Sep 22 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT