Since you don't have the archivelogs any longer, you wouldn't be able to do a point in time recovery using them. You could simulate an incomplete recovery and do an open resetlogs then start fresh with your archivelog all. Just a thot! Ruth -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Peter Barnett Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 10:12 PM To: Oracle-l Subject: RMAN archivelog all behavior It appears from our testing that archivelog all is only useful when a database has been created new and all of the archive log files are available. We have many databases that have been upgraded several times and are very old. The original archive log files have long since gone to the great bit bucket in the sky. If we have correctly tested, this mean that archivelog all is not available to us as an option in RMAN. We will probably be using Unix shell scripts and RMAN to accomplish what we had expected to accomplish using archivelog all. Before going down this road, I would like to hear from anyone with experience using this RMAN command. Have we missed something? Is it possible to use it with older or upgraded databases? If so, can you point me to the documentation? I am a real fan of RTFM, but I think I have not found the right manual. ===== Pete Barnett Lead Database Administrator The Regence Group pnbarne@xxxxxxxxxxx __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------