ExaCM : How to disable Oracle archivelog automatic deletion (Doc ID 2512155.1)

Last updated on NOVEMBER 04, 2019

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Goal

In Exadata Cloud at customer environment, some customers report the Oracle archive logs are automatically deleted but they have not configured in RMAN.

From crontab in VM, archivelog backup is scheduled as below:

This archivelog maintenance job may bring some confusions or problems when the customers need to backup from ECC to their tape device.

In this document, we will introduce how to disable Oracle archivelog automatic deletion function in ECC.

Solution

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