Does not look like it. This worked for me... ALTER DATABASE 2 ADD LOGFILE GROUP 4 ('/u01/app/oracle/oradata/fred/redo04.log') 3 SIZE 5K REUSE; Database altered. SQL+:SYS:FRED1> select * from v$log;GROUP# THREAD# SEQUENCE# BYTES MEMBERS ARC STATUS FIRST_CHANGE# FIRST_TIM ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- --- ---------------- ------------- --------- 1 1 370 104857600 5 NO INACTIVE 2610612550 21-FEB-07 2 1 371 104857600 1 NO CURRENT 2610895569 22-FEB-07 3 1 369 104857600 3 NO INACTIVE 2610337265 20-FEB-07 4 1 0 5120 1 YES UNUSED 0
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