Finally yes, I am new with 10g, 2 things that new for me to change the path of the archive should be like this log_archive_dest_1='Location=C:\MyOracle\oradata\Ora10g\archive' not like log_archive_dest = 'C:\MyOracle\oradata\Ora10g\archive' Then as per Leyi suggestion log_archive_start is no longer needed May be in the future Oracle will remove this parameter for good ------------------------------------------------------------------ SQL> show parameter log_archive_start NAME TYPE VALUE ------------------------------------ ----------- --------------------------- log_archive_start boolean FALSE SQL> select * from v$version 2 ; BANNER ---------------------------------------------------------------- Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.1.0.2.0 - Prod PL/SQL Release 10.1.0.2.0 - Production CORE 10.1.0.2.0 Production TNS for 32-bit Windows: Version 10.1.0.2.0 - Production NLSRTL Version 10.1.0.2.0 - Production SQL> archive log list Database log mode Archive Mode Automatic archival Enabled Archive destination C:\MyOracle\oradata\Ora10g\archive Oldest online log sequence 1 Next log sequence to archive 3 Current log sequence 3 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jared Still" <jkstill@xxxxxxxxx> To: <all_about_oracle@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Leyi Zhang" <kamusis@xxxxxxxxx>; <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 1:48 AM Subject: Re: How to turn on Archive redo log mode for 10g > You have put the database in archivelog mode haven't you? > Login as sysdba and run the command "archive log list"; > > Jared > > > On 5/26/05, Oracle <all_about_oracle@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > Thanks for the info, so the archive log will start automatically every > > instance start? > > > > regards, > > > > Sin > > > > > -- > Jared Still > Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l