Mladen is right. I should have said log_archive_dest_n, but figured that was clear by talking about 'secondary log_archive_dest'. I actually should have written 'secondary log archive destionation'. And yes, log_archive_dest still exists. Regards, Carel-Jan === If you think education is expensive, try ignorance. (Derek Bok) === > I think it is still a valid parameter in 10g: > > INSTANCE_NAME HOST_NAME VERSION STARTUP_TIME > STATUS > DATABASE_STATUS > ---------------- --------------- ----------------- ------------------ > ------------ ----------------- > XYZ XYZ 10.1.0.2.0 23-AUG-05 > 23:25:52 OPEN ACTIVE > > > SQL> show parameter log_archive_dest > > NAME TYPE VALUE > ------------------------------------ ----------- > ------------------------------ > log_archive_dest string > E:\oracle\product\10.1.0\admin > \SATQ\arch > > Regards > Rafiq > > > > From: Mladen Gogala <gogala@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Reply-To: gogala@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > To: cjpengel.dbalert@xxxxxxxxx > CC: peterdixon001@xxxxxxxxxxx, oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: remote server for log_archive_dest > Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 14:39:29 +0000 > > > On 08/24/2005 09:51:02 AM, Carel-Jan Engel wrote: > > You can mount an exported directory on the destination server through > NFS, > > Or, to disgust everybody on this list, share the destination directory > from > a Win2k server and mount the share with smbmount. > > > and have a secondary log_archive_dest pointing to that (virtually > local) > > location. > > That would be log_archive_dest_1. The log_archive_dest parameter is > obsolete > and > shouldn't be used. > > > > > Regards, Carel-Jan > > > > I'm at home, on antibiotics, I lost my voice and now I am nitpicking and > suggesting > Winduhs instead of the good, old NFS3. > Regards, > -- > Mladen Gogala > http://www.mgogala.com > > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l