Okay - I must be missing something. If you're deleting a subsequent backup, why do you want to save the prior archivelogs? Logminer? On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 4:47 PM, Roger Xu <wellmetus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Thanks for everyone's reply. Here is what I want - > > * Every hour, backup archivelog files generated in the hour; > * Every night, backup the database then remove last night's backupset; > * Keep archivelog files for two weeks at log_archive_dest_1; > > I thought I could delete last night's backupset via "delete obsolete" with > retention policy set to redundancy 1. But it deletes archivelog files as > well. > > (Oracle 10g Windows 2003) > Thanks, > > Roger > On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 12:40 PM, Juan Miranda > <jmirandavigo@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > >> You can´t as far I know. >> >> You can delete backups and archivelog: >> >> >> >> delete [noprompt force] backup completed before 'sysdate-(1/24)*36'; >> >> >> >> delete expired backup device type sbt completed before 'sysdate-2'; >> >> >> >> delete [noprompt force] archivelog all completed before 'sysdate-0.5'; >> >> >> >> delete backup backed up 2 times to device type sbt; >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> *De:* oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] >> *En nombre de *Roger Xu >> *Enviado el:* lunes, 14 de diciembre de 2009 18:19 >> *Para:* oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> *Asunto:* RMAN delete obsolete >> >> >> >> Does anybody know how to make RMAN (delete obsolete) only deletes >> backupsets only (not archived log files)? Thank, Roger >> >> >> >