On 4/22/05, GovindanK <gkatteri@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Of late we ran into this problem. For some vague reasons the log switch > does not take place and the system hangs.=20 Have you checked it's not a case of LGWR catching up with ARCH so it has to wait for ARCH to release a log group before it can overwrite it? Stephen --=20 It's better to ask a silly question than to make a silly assumption. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l