Re: Setup archived log unsuccessful.

From: Sybrand Bakker <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl>
Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2001 13:49:31 +0100
Message-ID: <tuq8v79d62b4f@corp.supernews.com>

"hkchan" <hkchan_at_singnet.com.sg> wrote in message news:9sj22o$bkp$1_at_coco.singnet.com.sg...
> Greetings,
>
> I am running Oracle 8i 8.1.6 Standard Edition on Solaris 8 with raid-1
> configured system.
>
> I tried to configure the server to archived log enabled, so in
> initlivedb.ora
> log_archive_start = true
> log_archive_dest = "location=/ora8/m01/app/oracle/admin/livedb/arch"
> log_archive_format = arch_%t_%s.arc
>
> But, I just could not start the service,
>
> SVRMGR> connect internal
> Connected
> SVRMGR> startup mount
> ORA-16032: parameter LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST destination string cannot be
> translated
> ORA-07286: sksagdi: cannot obtain device information.
> SVR4 Error: 2: No such file or directory
>
> Please help and advice
>
> Many thanks in advance.
>
> Gerald
>
>

You are running standard edition. This doesn't support the location= syntax, and multiple archive destinations.
You need to remove location=

Hth

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Sybrand Bakker
Senior Oracle DBA

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Received on Sat Nov 10 2001 - 06:49:31 CST