Clearing out archivelogs from Flash_recovery_area after applied on Standby.

Question

I set up a standby database using data guard in 11g. I used the flash_recovery_area to store archivelogs, but really the true destination of all my archivelogs should and is my standby database. I didnn't have any other backup(s) setup yet. After few days, my database stopped because it ran out of space in flash_recovery_area. I had to add more space to db_recovery_dest_size just to get the database back up. Then I set the archivelog deletion policy in rman to delete archivelogs after applied on all standby.
Is that all I need to do keep my flash_recovery_are clean enough to prevent from locking my database again, or is there something else I need to do? This is just a dev box, and I'm trying to stay away from setting up rman backup process with delete option.
Thanks in advance,
Kyle

Answer 1

Kyle;
Sorry because I'm not answering the question you asked. But I had the same problem with a similar setup.
What I decided was to use RMAN to backup the primary and have the RMAN script remove archive after a week.
On the standby I created an RMAN script to remove archive only.
There's not much to it and at the end I add a seperate remove empty folder script.
echo "Starting RMAN..."
$ORACLE_HOME/bin/rman target / catalog <user>/<password>@<catalogdb> << EOF
delete noprompt ARCHIVELOG UNTIL TIME 'SYSDATE-8';
exit
EOF
echo `date`
echo
echo 'End of archive cleanup on STANDBY'
mailx -s ${MAILHEADER} $MAILTO < /tmp/rmandbarchstandby.out
. /u01/app/oracle/dba_tool/bin/rmemptyfolders.sh ${DBNAME}
# End of Script