Allen, Yes, that is what I was looking for. I haven't tested it yet but hopefully it will work. Thanks. Bill Wagman Univ. of California at Davis IET Campus Data Center wjwagman@xxxxxxxxxxx (530) 754-6208 -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Allen, Brandon Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 9:30 AM To: ballester.david@xxxxxxxxx; Amihay.Gonen@xxxxxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Q:Clean archives after apply them to standby I'm no dataguard expert, so not exactly sure what I'm talking about here but I think this was automated/simplified in 10g with the archivelog deletion policy: http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14239/rman.htm#SBYDB00750 Regards, Brandon Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message or attachments hereto. Please advise immediately if you or your employer do not consent to Internet email for messages of this kind. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of this company shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by it. ��i��0���zX���+��n��{�+i�^