Thought through ? :) SQL> Disconnected from Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.1.0.6.0 - 64bit Production With the Partitioning, OLAP, Data Mining and Real Application Testing options stefan@speedy:~$ adrci ADRCI: Release 11.1.0.6.0 - Beta on Tue Nov 25 10:15:57 2008 Copyright (c) 1982, 2007, Oracle. All rights reserved. ADR base = "/u00/app/oracle" adrci> Whoever thought about it, though that releasing a beta software with the production release is a good thing too :-) ========================= Stefan P Knecht Senior Consultant Systems Engineering OPITZ CONSULTING Schweiz GmbH Seestrasse 97 CH-8800 Thalwil Mobile +41-79-571 36 27 stefan.knecht@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.opitz-consulting.ch OCP 9i/10g SCSA SCNA ========================= On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 3:33 AM, Ray Stell <stellr@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Thank you, I was, in particular looking for how to archive the > listener.log data, which I see no mention of in purge. > > The purge section of: > http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B28359_01/server.111/b28319/adrci.htm > says: > [-type {ALERT|INCIDENT|TRACE|CDUMP|HM}] > > Specifies the type of diagnostic data to purge (alert log messages, > incident data, trace files (including dumps), core files, or Health > Monitor run data and reports). > > I'm thinking they forgot about this monster. > > Calling all clues! > > > > On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 11:40:57PM +0000, Niall Litchfield wrote: > > I believe that you are intended to use ADRCI and in particular the PURGE > > command. Frankly I don't see how this innovation was thought through at > all, > > nor how the user testing in the Beta program managed to avoid picking up > > that existing scripts would screw up and that extra maintenance and > security > > risks would be exposed, but maybe that's just me. > > > > Niall. > > > > On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 11:29 PM, Ray Stell <stellr@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > The ADR stuff in 11g does not seem to have an obvious tool to manage > > > the files that are generated. The Frequently Asked Questions, Doc > > > ID: Note:453125.1, doesn't mention how to archive the files. I don't > > > see anything in the elaborate documentation on Automatic Diagnostic > > > Repository. Does anyone have a pointer on how to protect the > filesystem > > > from this bloat? Maybe the OS cmds are supposed to be used, but > that's > > > not usually how things work. > > > > > > Lot's of coverage on how to look at the files, nothing on protecting > > > oneself > > > from them. Maybe it's all automagic and I don't have to fuss with it, > > > yeah, > > > that's it. > > > -- > > > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Niall Litchfield > > Oracle DBA > > http://www.orawin.info > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > >