OK, this is wierd. After a few replies to the contrary from Paul D, Paul V, and Jay H, I rechecked my alert log: ... Thread 1 advanced to log sequence 905 Current log# 5 seq# 905 mem# 0: F:\...\REDO05A_SERVER.DBF Thread 1 advanced to log sequence 906 Current log# 1 seq# 906 mem# 0: F:\...\REDO01A_SERVER.DBF Thread 1 advanced to log sequence 907 Current log# 2 seq# 907 mem# 0: F:\...\REDO02A_SERVER.DBF Thread 1 advanced to log sequence 908 Current log# 3 seq# 908 mem# 0: F:\...\REDO03A_SERVER.DBF Thread 1 advanced to log sequence 909 Current log# 4 seq# 909 mem# 0: F:\...\REDO04A_SERVER.DBF Tue Mar 14 15:24:48 2006 Replication after-import: trying to enable constraint REPCAT$_TEMPLATE_OBJECTS_FK1 for "SYSTEM"."REPCAT$_TEMPLATE_OBJECTS" Replication after-import: constraint REPCAT$_TEMPLATE_OBJECTS_FK1 for "SYSTEM"."REPCAT$_TEMPLATE_OBJECTS" is enabled successfully Replication after-import: trying to enable constraint REPCAT$_TEMPLATE_PARMS_FK1 for "SYSTEM"."REPCAT$_TEMPLATE_PARMS" Replication after-import: constraint REPCAT$_TEMPLATE_PARMS_FK1 for "SYSTEM"."REPCAT$_TEMPLATE_PARMS" is enabled successfully ... Replication after-import: constraint REPCAT$_SITES_NEW_FK2 for "SYSTEM"."REPCAT$_SITES_NEW" is enabled successfully Wed Mar 15 08:26:04 2006 Thread 1 advanced to log sequence 910 Current log# 5 seq# 910 mem# 0: F:\...\REDO05A_SERVER.DBF Wed Mar 15 08:26:31 2006 Thread 1 advanced to log sequence 911 Current log# 1 seq# 911 mem# 0: F:\...\REDO01A_SERVER.DBF (names have been changed to protect the innocent) So, when I was running catalog on the create, there were no timestamps on log switches, but afterwards there are! Like I said: Wierd! Rich > -----Original Message----- > From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> ] On Behalf Of Jesse, Rich > Sent: 14 March 2006 19:44 > To: Oracle-L@Freelists > Subject: No timestamps for redolog switches on Windohs? > > Hey all, > > As I'm migrating two DBs from 8.1.7.4.0 to 9.2.0.7.0 > (+Jan2006 patch), I see that the alert.log for the new 9i > database has no timestamps for the redolog changes, unlike > other DBs we have. The main differences between this and > other DBs I have are: > > 1) These DBs are on Windohs; others are on Unix/Linux. > 2) These DBs are NOT in ARCHIVELOG mode (as per > SLA/EULA -- don't ask). > > I would normally just fire up another DB and put it into > archivelog mode to see if the alert.log would have > timestamps, but I don't have a box free to try this on. > > Thoughts? > > Rich > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l <//www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l> > > > >