I think I figured it out- at least on 11gR1 this policy is valid- CONFIGURE ARCHIVELOG DELETION POLICY TO BACKED UP 1 TIMES TO DEVICE TYPE DISK APPLIED ON ALL STANDBY; Then I can run a delete archivelog all completed before 'sysdate -7'; From: CRISLER, JON A (ATTCORP) Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 3:12 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: 11g RMAN backup archive logs, delete options I want to combine the functions of deleting archive logs based on date AND that they have been backed up already. Is this possible ? For instance this will delete all the archive logs backed up (regulated by rman archive log deletion policy) Run { backup as compressed backupset archivelog all delete all input; } This would delete archive logs- delete archivelog all completed before 'sysdate -7'; What I am looking for is deleting them based on date, and that they have been backed up.