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RMAN-08137 on Primary Database although Archive Destination to Standby is deferred (Doc ID 1380368.1)

Last updated on APRIL 02, 2022

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 10.1.0.2 to 11.2.0.3 [Release 10.1 to 11.2]
Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 12.1.0.2 to 12.1.0.2 [Release 12.1]
Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata 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.

Symptoms

RMAN does not delete ArchiveLogs on Primary Database when the State for the Archive Destination to the Standby Database is set to 'defer'.
When trying to delete ArchiveLogs, this Error is raised:

RMAN-08137: WARNING: archived log not deleted, needed for standby or upstream capture process

Cause

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