> You always want archived logs on a filesystem. The archiver expects to > write the sequence of archived logs to the same directory. Not sure how > you could do anything else but put archived logs on a filesystem. In 10g you can place archivelogs to ASM managed "directory", you just include a + sign in beginning of log_archive_dest_x parameters value, to specify that we are dealing with ASM volume instead of a regular directory. Tanel. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------