Archive log mode in oracle 10g on windows environment

Hi All,
I have a production database (Oracle 10g 10.2.0.1.0) on windows 2003 server. yesterday i put the database into archivelog mode. when i query for spfile location it is shown in ORACLE_HOME\dbs location.
but when i created pfile using the spfile it is created at ORACLE_HOME\database location. and there is another spfile also. i set the log_archive_dest at a location other than flash_recovery_area in pfile, but it is showing the DB_RECOVER_AREA.
today i seen archives are creating in both locations.
can a database have two spfiles. and working on them ?
can i remove a spfile in /dbs location.
pls. give me suggestion to rectify this
thanks and regards.

Salman Qureshi wrote:
Hi,
On windows platform, spfile and initfiles are by default created under ORACLE_HOME\database directory and this is also the default location, so, your spfile or initfile in this directory are actually in use.
i set the log_archive_dest at a location other than flash_recovery_area in pfile, but it is showing the DB_RECOVER_AREA. You need to unset the "db_recovery_file_dest" parameter first.
alter system set db_recovery_file_dest='';Now set your log_archive_dest as follows
alter system set log_archive_dest_1="location=your_location";Don't user older "log_archive_dest" parameter
SalmanYour assertion that "You need to unset the "db_recovery_file_dest" parameter first." is patently false.
DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST is used for more than just archivelogs. Setting LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST_n to a location other than USE_DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST even while DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST is set is perfectly acceptable. In fact it is required if you want to continue to use the FRA for things other than archivelogs. Things, like - oh, say - backups!
=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~= PuTTY log 2011.02.15 07:42:18 =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=
login as: oracle
oracle@vmlnx01's password:
Last login: Tue Feb 15 07:01:51 2011 from 192.168.160.1
[oracle@vmlnx01 ~]$ sqlplus / as sysdbaFirst, note the date and time of logon, to compare to archivelog timestamps later ...
SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.4.0 - Production on Tue Feb 15 07:42:27 2011
Copyright (c) 1982, 2007, Oracle. All Rights Reserved.
Connected to:
Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.4.0 - Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP, Data Mining and Real Application Testing optionsNext, note the values for the log_archive_dest_n parameters. Actually, the value for #10 is the default if no log_arch_dest_n parms are set, but I like to set it explicitly to avoid ambiguity.
SQL> show parameter log_archive_dest_
NAME     TYPE VALUE
log_archive_dest_1     string
log_archive_dest_10     string LOCATION=USE_DB_RECOVERY_FILE_
DEST
log_archive_dest_2     string
log_archive_dest_3     string
log_archive_dest_4     string
log_archive_dest_5     string
log_archive_dest_6     string
log_archive_dest_7     string
log_archive_dest_8     string
log_archive_dest_9     string
NAME     TYPE VALUE
log_archive_dest_state_1     string enable
log_archive_dest_state_10     string enable
log_archive_dest_state_2     string enable
log_archive_dest_state_3     string enable
log_archive_dest_state_4     string enable
log_archive_dest_state_5     string enable
log_archive_dest_state_6     string enable
log_archive_dest_state_7     string enable
log_archive_dest_state_8     string enable
log_archive_dest_state_9     string enableAnd note the setting for db_recovery_file_dest ...
SQL> show parameter db_recovery_file_dest
NAME     TYPE VALUE
db_recovery_file_dest     string /orafra
db_recovery_file_dest_size     big integer 4GNow lets check what's in the recovery dest. Notice there is no directory timestamped today (15 Feb), so no archivelogs have been generated for today.
SQL> !ls -l /orafra/VLNXORA1/archivelog
total 28
drwxr-x--- 2 oracle oinstall 4096 Feb 11 17:53 2011_02_08
drwxr-x--- 2 oracle oinstall 4096 Feb 11 17:53 2011_02_09
drwxr-x--- 2 oracle oinstall 4096 Feb 11 17:53 2011_02_10
drwxr-x--- 2 oracle oinstall 4096 Feb 11 17:53 2011_02_11
drwxr-x--- 2 oracle oinstall 4096 Feb 12 06:00 2011_02_12
drwxr-x--- 2 oracle oinstall 4096 Feb 13 11:00 2011_02_13
drwxr-x--- 2 oracle oinstall 4096 Feb 14 22:00 2011_02_14So lets force a log switch and check the results
SQL> alter system switch logfile;
System altered.
SQL> !ls -l /orafra/VLNXORA1/archivelog
total 32
drwxr-x--- 2 oracle oinstall 4096 Feb 11 17:53 2011_02_08
drwxr-x--- 2 oracle oinstall 4096 Feb 11 17:53 2011_02_09
drwxr-x--- 2 oracle oinstall 4096 Feb 11 17:53 2011_02_10
drwxr-x--- 2 oracle oinstall 4096 Feb 11 17:53 2011_02_11
drwxr-x--- 2 oracle oinstall 4096 Feb 12 06:00 2011_02_12
drwxr-x--- 2 oracle oinstall 4096 Feb 13 11:00 2011_02_13
drwxr-x--- 2 oracle oinstall 4096 Feb 14 22:00 2011_02_14
drwxr-x--- 2 oracle oinstall 4096 Feb 15 07:43 2011_02_15
SQL> !ls -l /orafra/VLNXORA1/archivelog/2011_02_15
total 1892
-rw-r----- 1 oracle oinstall 1931776 Feb 15 07:43 o1_mf_1_82_6oo0qomc_.arcSo we see that, as expected, the archivelog was written to the FRA. Note the log sequence # of 82
Also, let's check my "alternate" location, as yet undefinded to the db ..
SQL> !ls -l /oraarch/vlnxora1
total 0No files there.
Now we will change the archivelog destination. Note that I am NOT touching the FRA definition
SQL> alter system set log_archive_dest_1='location=/oraarch/vlnxora1' scope=both;
System altered.
SQL> alter system set log_archive_dest_10 = '' SCOPE=both;
System altered.
SQL> show parameter log_archive_dest_
NAME     TYPE VALUE
log_archive_dest_1     string location=/oraarch/vlnxora1
log_archive_dest_10     string
log_archive_dest_2     string
log_archive_dest_3     string
log_archive_dest_4     string
log_archive_dest_5     string
log_archive_dest_6     string
log_archive_dest_7     string
log_archive_dest_8     string
log_archive_dest_9     string
log_archive_dest_state_1     string enable
NAME     TYPE VALUE
log_archive_dest_state_10     string enable
log_archive_dest_state_2     string enable
log_archive_dest_state_3     string enable
log_archive_dest_state_4     string enable
log_archive_dest_state_5     string enable
log_archive_dest_state_6     string enable
log_archive_dest_state_7     string enable
log_archive_dest_state_8     string enable
log_archive_dest_state_9     string enable
SQL> show parameter db_recovery_file_dest
NAME     TYPE VALUE
db_recovery_file_dest     string /orafra
db_recovery_file_dest_size     big integer 4GSo, above we see that I do not have an archivelog destination set to the FRA, but the FRA is still set. I did not unset it, as you asserted was necessary. I still want my backups to go there.
Next we'll do another log switch and check the results.
SQL> alter system switch logfile;
System altered.First, we'll check the (now unused) FRA destination. Notice that there is still just the one archivelog, sequence 82.
SQL> !ls -l /orafra/VLNXORA1/archivelog/2011_02_15
total 1892
-rw-r----- 1 oracle oinstall 1931776 Feb 15 07:43 o1_mf_1_82_6oo0qomc_.arcNow check the new, non-fra destination. Notice that it now has an archivelog, sequence 83
SQL> !ls -l /oraarch/vlnxora1
total 96
-rw-r----- 1 oracle oinstall 92160 Feb 15 07:45 1_83_732127364.dbf
SQL> exit
Disconnected from Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.4.0 - Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP, Data Mining and Real Application Testing options
[oracle@vmlnx01 ~]$ exit
logout

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Hi,
I installed Oracle 10g on Windows XP Home by clicking on Disk1\install\setup (NOT Disk1\setup as instructed since that did not work). Everything seemed to go fine except towards the end of the install I got a whole bunch of errors saying that "operating system resource quota exceeded". There were options to Ignore or Abort at most of these stages. I chose Ignore and the whole install seemed to complete but I am not able to connect to the database using sqlPlus. I looked at the log files created where I saw a whole bunch of errors in several files. For example in sqlnet log, I saw this error (among others) appeneded below. It seems obvious that some resource quotas were exceeded but I am not able to figure out exactly what quotas should be increased. Any help regarding this would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
Sudip
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Fatal NI connect error 12549, connecting to:
(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=BEQ)(PROGRAM=oracle)(ARGV0=oracleorcl)(ARGS='(DESCRIPTION=(LOCAL=YES)(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=beq)))'))(CONNECT_DATA=(SID=orcl)(CID=(PROGRAM=C:\oracle\product\10.1.0\db_1\bin\sqlplus.exe)(HOST=CHAKRABORTY-04)(USER=Owner))))
VERSION INFORMATION:
TNS for 32-bit Windows: Version 10.1.0.2.0 - Production
Oracle Bequeath NT Protocol Adapter for 32-bit Windows: Version 10.1.0.2.0 - Production
Time: 13-MAR-2005 18:03:25
Tracing not turned on.
Tns error struct:
ns main err code: 12549
TNS-12549: TNS:operating system resource quota exceeded
ns secondary err code: 12560
nt main err code: 519
TNS-00519: Operating system resource quota exceeded
nt secondary err code: 8
nt OS err code: 0
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XP Home is not supported, despite of this some people get oracle to work.
But in your case, possibly your machine has simply not enough resources, 12549 is a very generic error. Check the hardware requirements in the installation guide.

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Fresh install of Oracle 10g on Windows 2003. I install as a member of the local admin group and everything works great. The various services are starting as Local System, though, and I'd prefer to set them up to start as a specific domain user account.
When I make that change, however, I can't get any of the Oracle related services to start. I've added this domain user to the local ora_dba group on my server, given it the ability to log on as a batch job and log on as a service in the local security policy. Doesn't seem to help.
I saw a thread that implied using a domain user account wasn't supported (didn't seem right to me, but what the hell), so I created a local user account and tried that. Same result.
Something I'm missing?
Thanks.

What is missing, I suspect, is reading the installation docs.
http://docs.oracle.com
If that doesn't work then come back and ask specific requestions referencing the appropriate document and naming the actual version you are trying to install (ps 10g is a marketing name not a version number).

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Hello.
I am a developer, I have ordered to write a script that makes the import of a schema of a database (release 9.2.0.7). That import will be done once a day. I have seen that in my development environment the import creates 54 archivers files (10M aprox. each), that means more that half a Gb a day, it seems too much to me.
I cannot see why all those archivers can be useful. Would a good way of proceeding the following?
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540M is not that much.
One would question why you need to import every day,
there must be better ways to do this.
The three steps you propose look like an awful
scenario, as it would require the database to switch
from archivelog to noarchivelog and vice versa.
This would require the database to close twice a
day.
The scenario is also incomplete as one would need to
take a backup after the import
If you can convince your DBA to close the database
twice a day, he should write the script, which he can
easily derive from the docs.
But likely he will visit Billy Verreynne to borrow
his lead pipe, and rightly so ;)
Sybrand Bakker
Senior Oracle DBAThanks for the answer.
A few things:
- Sorry for my ignorance, I have no experience in database backups, I do not understand why I need to backup just after the import.
- That database is not critical, it is just for a team who will test on that database several applications, so the database will only need to be open during the office schedule.
- I have no dba. The client has a dba for several databases but I have no contact with him/her nor my boss has.

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