Re: archive log curr v. switch logfile

From: Charlie Mengler <charliem_at_mwh.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 09:48:27 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.00436BED.20020329094827@fatcity.com>

SQL> alter system archive log current;
alter system archive log current
*
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00258: manual archiving in NOARCHIVELOG mode must identify log

  1* alter system archive log current to '/tmp/dummy.log' SQL> /
alter system archive log current to '/tmp/dummy.log' *
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00258: manual archiving in NOARCHIVELOG mode must identify log

SQL> !oerr ora 258
00258, 00000, "manual archiving in NOARCHIVELOG mode must identify log"

// *Cause: The database is in NOARCHIVELOG mode and a command to manually
//          archive a log did not specify the log explicitly by sequence
//          number, group number or filename.
// *Action: Specify log by filename, by group number or by thread and
//          sequence number.

SQL> select * from v$log;
#:-)

    GROUP# THREAD# SEQUENCE# BYTES MEMBERS ARC STATUS

---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- --- ----------------

FIRST_CHANGE# FIRST_TIM
------------- ---------

         4 1 9006 67108864 1 NO CURRENT    1262712302 29-MAR-02          5 1 9004 67108864 1 YES INACTIVE    1262692183 29-MAR-02          6 1 9005 67108864 1 YES INACTIVE    1262692291 29-MAR-02 SQL> alter system archive log group 4 to '/tmp/dummy.log'; alter system archive log group 4 to '/tmp/dummy.log' *
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00259: log 4 of open thread 1 is the current log, cannot archive ORA-00312: online log 4 thread 1: '/db02/oracle/oradata/CCC/redo04.log'

SQL> alter system archive log group 5 to '/tmp/dummy.log';  alter system archive log group 5 to '/tmp/dummy.log' *
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-16013: log 5 sequence# 9004 does not need archiving ORA-00312: online log 5 thread 1: '/db02/oracle/oradata/CCC/redo05.log'

Igor Neyman wrote:
>
> Will "alter system archive log current" work, if the database is not in
> "archive" mode?
>
> Igor Neyman, OCP DBA
> ineyman_at_perceptron.com
>
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> >
> >
> > Can anyone tell me the difference between
> > alter system archive log current
> > and
> > alter system switch logfile
> >
> > (Seems they both perform checkpoint and both switch a log file).
> > Is one preferred over the other for purposes of switching log files prior
> to
> > applying to a standby database?
> >
> > Thanks for any insights.
> >
> > Barb
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