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Rman Not Deleting Obsolete Archive Logs And Archive Log Backups (Doc ID 282617.1)

Last updated on OCTOBER 06, 2019

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 9.2.0.4 and later
Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Machine - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Backup Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

RMAN is keeping archive log backups older than retention. List backup shows archives older than datafile backups not expiring.

Cause

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