Re: Oracle Log File

From: Karsten Farrell <kfarrell_at_belgariad.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 17:15:25 GMT
Message-ID: <NCtD9.2705$ev1.82062475@newssvr14.news.prodigy.com>

Niall Litchfield wrote:
> "Beavis" <sjallad_at_Autosmartcard.com> wrote in message
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>>I have Oracle 8i installed. in \network\log folder I have 2 huge log
>>files: slqnet.log and nim.log. Those 2 files keep growing every day.
>>Is there a way I can setup Oracle to set a maximum size for those
>>files? Can I just delete the 2 files? This is costing the server a lot
>>of space, since both of them are over 4 GB in size.

>
>
> You can certainly delete the sqlnet.log file, and also stop logging of
> sqlnet information by using the net8 assistant and profile and then the
> general section in the drop down list on the right. Alternatively remove any
> of LOG_FILE_CLIENT,LOG_DIRECTORY_CLIENT and LOG_DIRECTORY_SERVER from your
> sqlnet.ora.
>
> I'm afraid I have no idea what nim.log does.
>
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I think the OP meant the NMI.LOG. If so, the following might provide some clues:

http://orafaq.net/cgi-bin/msgboard/view-thr.cgi?board=server&message=13807

You can find other references by typing 'nmi.log' in a Google web search. Received on Fri Nov 22 2002 - 11:15:25 CST