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Oracle Clusterware logs and RDBMS logs rotation policy (Doc ID 1368695.1)

Last updated on MAY 14, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle Database Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 11.2.0.1 and later
Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Gen 1 Exadata Cloud at Customer (Oracle Exadata Database Cloud Machine) - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Goal

This document is for understanding the log rotation and retention policy for the all the CRS and database logs in 11GR2 on-wards.It also covers the logs which are managed by CRS/Oracle by itself and the logs which needs to be managed by DBA.

From 12c on-wards the logs location changed and the rotation policy as well, please refer:12.1.0.2 Oracle Clusterware Diagnostic and Alert Log Moved to ADR (Doc ID 1915729.1)

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