Message-Id: <25929.337832@fatcity.com> From: "Adams, Matthew (GECP, MABG, 088130)" Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 11:29:34 -0400 Subject: RE: failed to archive This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------=_NextPartTM-000-f71af5f8-b5b7-4f19-8f71-dcbf06845c27 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C34AE5.E5224D24" ------_=_NextPart_001_01C34AE5.E5224D24 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" It's due to Oracle using multiple archivers. For every one that fails, you will find an another ARCX process that was already working on it. Using sequence number 87568 from below as an example, grep for that number in the alert log and see for yourself. Matt ---- Matt Adams - GE Appliances - matt.adams@appl.ge.com "Doing linear scans over an associative array is like trying to club someone to death with a loaded Uzi." - Larry Wall (creator of Perl) -----Original Message----- From: AK [mailto:oramagic@hotmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 11:45 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: failed to archive I see a lot of "failed to archive " messages in alert.log . But finally the log gets archived . Is it due overloaded archiver ? this is from alert log..... ARC0: Beginning to archive log# 3 seq# 87568 ARC0: Failed to archive log# 3 seq# 87568 ARC0: Beginning to archive log# 2 seq# 87569 Mon Jul 14 11:36:23 2003 ARC4: Completed archiving log# 3 seq# 87568 -ak ocp dba 8i ------_=_NextPart_001_01C34AE5.E5224D24 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"

It's due to Oracle using multiple archivers.

For every one that fails, you will find an

another ARCX process that was already working

on it.

Using sequence number 87568 from below as an

example, grep for that number in the alert log and see

for yourself.

Matt

----
Matt Adams - GE Appliances - matt.adams@appl.ge.com
"Doing linear scans over an associative array is like
trying to club someone to death with a loaded Uzi."
- Larry Wall (creator of Perl)

-----Original Message-----
From: AK [mailto:oramagic@hotmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 11:45 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Subject: failed to archive

I see a lot of "failed to archive " messages in alert.log . But finally the log gets archived . Is it due overloaded archiver ?

this is from alert log.....

ARC0: Beginning to archive log# 3 seq# 87568
ARC0: Failed to archive log# 3 seq# 87568
ARC0: Beginning to archive log# 2 seq# 87569
Mon Jul 14 11:36:23 2003
ARC4: Completed archiving log# 3 seq# 87568

-ak

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