Isn't log_archive_start a deprecated parameter in 10g? You only need to use the ALTER DATABASE ARCHIVELOG command now. It almost sounds like you have archivelog turned on in MANUAL mode. Check the LOG_MODE of=20 V$DATABASE and see if says AUTOMATIC or MANUAL. Jeff T. -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jared Still Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 12:53 PM To: steven.hovington@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Archive logging Hmmm, no one answered this? You need to turn on automatic archiving. Do this at the system level by the following SQL command while logged in as SYSDBA: SQL> alter system archive log start; Then change it permanently via the following command: SQL> alter system set log_archive_start=3Dtrue scope=3Dspfile; HTH Jared On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 13:59:37 +0100, Steven Hovington <steven.hovington@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi there, >=20 > We're having a problem with a customer's database in Oracle 10g. It=20 > has archive logging switched on, and the server also has Backup Exec=20 > running with the module which backs up the Oracle database. >=20 > Oracle is coming up with a DOS window with the following message:=20 > live; ARC1: Beginning to archive log 1 thread 1 sequence 791 > Press ENTER to acknowledge message > live; ARC1: Creationg local archive destination LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST_1:=20 > 'd:\oracle\....' (etc) > Press ENTER to acknowledge message > live; ARC1: Closing local archive destination LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST_1:=20 > 'd:\oracle\....' (etc) > Press ENTER to acknowledge message > live; ARC1: Completed archiving log 1 thread 1 sequence 791 > Press ENTER to acknowledge message > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l