I think so too, when you are using the db_recovery_file_dest parameter, log_archive_dest_10 is supposed to default to USE_DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST, and it's not. But db_recovery_file_dest is set. Since the default *_10 parameter is not set, it's ALSO sending the logfile to the default location. RF Robert G. Freeman Oracle Consultant/DBA/Author Principal Engineer/Team Manager The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Father of Five, Husband of One, Author of various geeky computer titles from Osborne/McGraw Hill (Oracle Press) Oracle Database 11g New Features Now Available for Pre-sales on Amazon.com! BLOG: http://robertgfreeman.blogspot.com/ Sig V1.2 -----Original Message----- From: Roby Sherman [mailto:rxsherm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2007 7:42 PM To: Robert Freeman Cc: oracle-l Subject: Re: 11g Archive Logs? I think you got yourself a bug there... Here's what I found (Fedora Linux 32-bit x86): 1> log_archive_dest_1 = 'location=/mypath' works as expected. 2> If I do ALTER SYSTEM ... SCOPE=both for: ----log_archive_dest_1='' ----db_recovery_file_dest='/mypath' then SELECT DEST_NAME, DESTINATION FROM V$ARCHIVE_DEST, I get: log_archive_dest_1 is empty show parameter log_archive_dest_1 is empty 3> If I *RESTART* the instance and then SELECT DEST_NAME, DESTINATION FROM V$ARCHIVE_DEST, I get: log_archive_dest_1 = $ORACLE_HOME/dbs/arch show parameter log_archive_dest_1 is still empty Geez, that's a pretty basic QA test. Doesn't Oracle test ANYTHING anymore? :) --Roby On Aug 18, 2007, at 7:16 PM, Roby Sherman wrote: > Hmmmm... Not seeing that on linux... Although, standby_archive_dest > seems to be defaulting to that location... interesting... Does your > database think its somehow running Data Guard? > > What does v$archive_dest show? > > > > On Aug 18, 2007, at 5:29 PM, Robert Freeman wrote: > >> Any of you fine people install 11g yet and find that your new 11g >> database >> was creating archived redo logs in $ORACLE_HOME/dbs?? I've got a >> database >> that I created with the DBCA that is doing just that, and I'll be >> darned if >> I can figure out why. >> >> RF >> >> >> Robert G. Freeman >> Oracle Consultant/DBA/Author >> Principal Engineer/Team Manager >> The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints >> Father of Five, Husband of One, >> Author of various geeky computer titles >> from Osborne/McGraw Hill (Oracle Press) >> Oracle Database 11g New Features Now Available for Pre-sales on >> Amazon.com! >> BLOG: http://robertgfreeman.blogspot.com/ >> Sig V1.2 >> >> -- >> //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l >> >> > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l