Re: RMAN -- delete older archivelogs

Kanwar,

Retention policy is different from what you are actually asking now.
Retention policy makes the backups state in the catalog/controlfile as
'obsolete' , prior to retention period , but, doesn't actually delete them
until you execute delete obsolete command from the RMAN.
See if the following can fit into your requirement:

BACKUP ARCHIVELOG ALL NOT BACKUPED UP 1 TIMES;
DELETE NOPROMPT ARCHIVELOG ALL COMPLETED BEFORE 'sysdate-16/24';

Jaffar

On 6/4/07, Kanwar Plaha <kanwar.plaha@xxxxxx> wrote:


That's what we are currently doing ...
... backup archivelog all delete input;

However, our requirement is that the logs should be kept on disk for (say)
13
hours. How do I do that from within RMAN. Even if more than one command is
required, its alright.

On Mon, 4 Jun 2007 04:41:55 pm Syed Jaffar Hussain wrote:
> Kanwar,
>
> If you afraid that archivedlogs will fill up the directory,  why don't
> create a script and run the script every 6 hrs. to backup the archived
logs
> and delete the backed archivelogs from disk.
>
> Jaffar
>
> On 6/4/07, Kanwar Plaha <kanwar.plaha@xxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > Due to a backup clashing with one of the automated cloning script for
a
> > database, the retention policy
> > for archivelogs needs to be 12-13 hours. How can I set this? Setting
> > retention to 1 day (which I believe is
> > the mininum) is too long and I risk the archivelog directory filling
up.
> >
> > The database version is 9.2.0.6.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Kanwar
> > --
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