Hi Patrick, The RMAN deletion policy can still be used on the standby with the results you require. You will also need to use an FRA. This is covered in at least the 10g documentation for RMAN though I don't believe it is in the DG documentation. On 6 Jan 2011 16:52, "Patrick Elliott" <elliotp1@xxxxxxx> wrote: I am referring to archive logs on the standby database not on the primary database. I do not want to delete archive logs on the primary. I want to delete the archive logs on the standby. Patrick Elliott "You don't truly fail until you quit." > Subject: Re: Dataguard Archive Logs > To: elliotp1@xxxxxxx > CC: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > From: Laimutis.Nedzinskas@xxxxxx > Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2011 17:26:25 +0200 > > if you want Oracle to do auto-magic for you then try rman archive log > delete policy. archive...