Hi. There is no requirement that archivelogs be stored in a shared location, but in a production system its a good idea. Sent from my Kindle Fire _____________________________________________ From: Alex Cwb <ab80cwb@xxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sat Jan 14 09:11:08 CST 2012 To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Archivelog on Rac 11gr2 Hi, I have a rac database on 11gr2 for study purposes, and I would like to put this db on archivelog mode in order to study backup with Rman. However, my doubt is related to the location of those archive log ... if I have to put in a shared are, such as ASM (sth like +DATA/arch) or if I have to enable arch on each node but in local disk (sth like /u02/arch for n1 and n2). And the last doubt, the procedure to enable, do I have to execute on each node? I found out the steps on this page: http://www.toadworld.com/Newsletter/TWPIPELINESept2008/PIPESept08Oracle/tabid/450/Default.aspx Any suggestion is very welcome. Thanks in advance for the help. Alex -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l