Also, if you want to delete archive logs after backing them up, check the syntax in RMAN backup command... DELETE INPUT Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone. Original Message From: Rich Jesse Sent: Monday, September 22, 2014 4:58 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Reply To: rjoralist3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: FRA size continuously filling up Saad writes: > Here is the output as I see it for these queries: > > SQL> select file_type, percent_space_used||'%' per_used, > percent_space_reclaimab > le||'%' per_recl, number_of_files num_file from v$flash_recovery_area_usage; > > FILE_TYPE PER_USED PER_RECL NUM_FILE > ------------------------------ -------- -------- -------- > CONTROL FILE 0% 0% 0 > REDO LOG 0% 0% 0 > ARCHIVED LOG 95.13% 62.9% 280 [snip] >>> CONFIGURE ARCHIVELOG DELETION POLICY TO NONE; # default Perhaps this configuration item could help, as I don't think we see anywhere that the archive logs are removed after being backed up (unless this is an external process not shown here). My $.02, Rich -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l