dear List Members, We have 2 Node OPS using Oracle 8.1.7 on Sun Solaris. I see some unusual behaviorn in my gv$edologfile. How come I see TWO logfiles with the same name? Does it mean that both Node-1 and Node-2 are writing into (using) the same physical redo log file? SQL> col member format a50 SQL> l 1* select member,count(*) from gv$logfile group by MEMBER SQL> / MEMBER COUNT(*) -------------------------------------------------- ---------- /dev/vx/rdsk/dbdg2/idb2_redo1.log 2 /dev/vx/rdsk/dbdg2/idb2_redo2.log 2 /dev/vx/rdsk/dbdg2/idb2_redo3.log 2 /dev/vx/rdsk/dbdg2/idb2_redo4.log 2 /dev/vx/rdsk/dbdg2/idb2_redo5.log 2 /dev/vx/rdsk/dbdg2/idb2_redo6.log 2 6 rows selected. SQL> SQL> !ls -l /dev/vx/rdsk/dbdg2/*redo* crw-r--r-- 1 oracle dba 161,99003 Jul 19 06:15 /dev/vx/rdsk/dbdg2/idb2_redo1.log crw-r--r-- 1 oracle dba 161,99004 Jul 19 06:17 /dev/vx/rdsk/dbdg2/idb2_redo2.log crw-r--r-- 1 oracle dba 161,99005 Jul 19 06:17 /dev/vx/rdsk/dbdg2/idb2_redo3.log crw-r--r-- 1 oracle dba 161,99024 May 20 21:44 /dev/vx/rdsk/dbdg2/idb2_redo4.log crw-r--r-- 1 oracle dba 161,99025 Apr 15 20:47 /dev/vx/rdsk/dbdg2/idb2_redo5.log crw-r--r-- 1 oracle dba 161,99026 Apr 15 20:47 /dev/vx/rdsk/dbdg2/idb2_redo6.log SQL> select inst_id,group#,member from gv$logfile; INST_ID GROUP# MEMBER ---------- ---------- -------------------------------------------------- 2 1 /dev/vx/rdsk/dbdg2/idb2_redo1.log 2 2 /dev/vx/rdsk/dbdg2/idb2_redo2.log 2 3 /dev/vx/rdsk/dbdg2/idb2_redo3.log 2 4 /dev/vx/rdsk/dbdg2/idb2_redo4.log 2 5 /dev/vx/rdsk/dbdg2/idb2_redo5.log 2 6 /dev/vx/rdsk/dbdg2/idb2_redo6.log 1 1 /dev/vx/rdsk/dbdg2/idb2_redo1.log 1 2 /dev/vx/rdsk/dbdg2/idb2_redo2.log 1 3 /dev/vx/rdsk/dbdg2/idb2_redo3.log 1 4 /dev/vx/rdsk/dbdg2/idb2_redo4.log 1 5 /dev/vx/rdsk/dbdg2/idb2_redo5.log 1 6 /dev/vx/rdsk/dbdg2/idb2_redo6.log 12 rows selected. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------