RE: What happens if you lose the alert log?

From: Farnsworth, Dave <DFarnsworth_at_Ashleyfurniture.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 08:50:48 -0700
Message-ID: <F001.0038D723.20010913085026@fatcity.com>

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You can rename or delete the <SIS>Alrt.log on the fly. I do this on all my databases which is versions 7.3.4, 8.0.5, and 8.1.7. The next time that Oracle has to write to the log it will just create another log.

Dave

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Hi,

    I had a situation yesterday where a rogue process wrote millions of error messages into the alert log. I was able to get rid of the process, then delete the error messages out. But it would have been quicker to just blow it away and create a new, empty one. I was concerned as to the effect that would have on Oracle. Would it bring Oracle down? What is the best way to handle this?

Bill Carle
AT&T
Database Administrator
816-995-3922
wcarle_at_att.com

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