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RMAN-8137 at Physical Standby while trying to Delete Archivelogs Generated By Snapshot DB (Doc ID 1942792.1)

Last updated on MARCH 14, 2019

Applies to:

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
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Cloud Exadata Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

While trying to Delete the Archive logs at the Physical Standby, getting Errors

 RMAN-8137: WARNING: archived log not deleted, needed for standby or upstream capture process
 
Getting this RMAN-8137 while trying to delete the Archive logs which was generated  when the Physical Standby DB role was set to Snapshot Standby

 

Steps Done:

- Create physical Standby with DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST
- Convert to Snapshot
SQL> alter database convert to snapshot standby;
- Restart and preform log switches
- Convert it back to the Physical Standby
SQL> alter database convert to physical standby;

- Run RMAN> backup archivelog all delete input;
-> This will delete the archives which are applied on the physical but will report an RMAN-8137 on the archives related to the Snapshot

 

 

Changes

 

Cause

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