Archive directory is full

Hello Experts,
I'm very new into SAP.
Plz tell me how to look that the archive directory is full at the database level and what command to use to bring the system up again as it hanged when the redo logs are not deleted from the system.
Thanks in advance.

Hi,
As suggested by other SDN members, offline redologs needs to be backed-up & then deleted to make space for new logs.
You can check disk utilization with following command:
df -g | grep oraarc
If above command shows that it is more than 90% full, move your archive logs to another folder (e.g. /oracle/<SID>/arc_backup). Since this is faster option to make your system available. Backup on tape takes comparatively longer time.
Once space becomes available in /oracle/<SID>/oraarc directory, systems automatically comes out of hung state & users can continue their work. You need not stop or start your database.
Regards,
-Pankaj Kapote

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