if you want Oracle to do auto-magic for you then try rman archive log delete policy. archive logs must be in oracle flashback recovery area. rman> CONFIGURE ARCHIVELOG DELETION POLICY TO APPLIED ON STANDBY; then search metalink for one hidden parameter, I think *._log_deletion_policy='ALL'. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail Patrick Elliott <elliotp1@xxxxxxx > To Sent by: <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> oracle-l-bounce@f cc reelists.org Subject Dataguard Archive Logs 2011.01.06 16:36 Please respond to elliotp1@xxxxxxx I have a physical dataguard database on a development system in noarchivelog mode. The archive log directory keeps filling up. Since it is development, I do not need to keep the archive logs. They are already backed up on the production database. How do I get the dataguard database to stop archiving? Patrick Elliott "You don't truly fail until you quit." -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l