Hi, Thanks for the update, I was having trouble following those wire diagrams in the manual. Regards Pete -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Alex Gorbachev Sent: 12 October 2005 22:24 To: Hitchman, Peter (TS UK) Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: rman - delete archivelog command Hi Pete, It removes archived logs from archived logs destination (or where they were archived). It doesn't touch backups of archived redo logs. to delete backup of something there is DELETE BACKUP OF ... RMAN can delete archived logs automatically if you use "DELETE INPUT" clause. Regards, Alex 2005/10/12, Peter.Hitchman@xxxxxxxxxxx <Peter.Hitchman@xxxxxxxxxxx>: > Hi, > When using rman 9i and issuing a "delete archivelog" command, does this just > delete the log file from disk or does it want to also delete it from the > backup media. I am trying to figure out if I can use this command to manage > the presence of archive logs on disk, after running a "backup database plus > archivelog" command. > > Regards > > Pete > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > -- Best regards, Alex Gorbachev -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l