Correction, if you have automatic archiving, the LOG_MODE will say ARCHIVELOG. -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Thomas Jeff Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 12:25 PM To: jkstill@xxxxxxxxx; steven.hovington@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Archive logging 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=3D20 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=3D3Dtrue scope=3D3Dspfile; HTH Jared On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 13:59:37 +0100, Steven Hovington <steven.hovington@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi there, >=3D20 > We're having a problem with a customer's database in Oracle 10g. =20 >It=3D20 has archive logging switched on, and the server also has = Backup=20 >Exec=3D20 running with the module which backs up the Oracle database.=20 >=3D20 Oracle is coming up with a DOS window with the following=20 >message:=3D20 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:=3D20 >'d:\oracle\....' (etc) > Press ENTER to acknowledge message > live; ARC1: Closing local archive destination LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST_1:=3D20 = =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 -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l