Does listener log file need to be purged in Oracle 11g DB

We have the Oracle 11g database setup. I have a query as to if it is required to purge the listener log file in Oracle 11g database. I believe that the size of the listener log file is infinite and we need to manually purge the listener log file or is there an automatic log rotation of the listener log file?
I hope my query is clear that if it is required to manually purge the listener log file or is there an automatic log rotation for this file.
Please revert with the reply to my query.
Regards

972145 wrote:
Thanks for your answer but does it mean that there is no automatic log rotation for the listener log file in Oracle 11g database?
Regardshttp://uhesse.com/2011/06/01/adrci-a-survival-guide-for-the-dba/
set the listener home inside adrci and do
purge -age 2880 -type tracepurges all tracefiles older than 2 days I did not tried this but above link used same for alertlog trace file.

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I hope my query is clear that if it is required to manually purge the trace files or is there an automatic log rotation for the trace files.
Please revert with the reply to my query.
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starting with 11g and ADRCI there are two Parameters which controls the purging of old log and / or trace files:
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Listener log file questions

I have few queries regarding listener.log file.
1) What is the use of listener.log file?
2) Does listener.log file need to be purged?
3) When is this Listener.log will be created?

1009230 wrote:
I have few queries regarding listener.log file.
1) What is the use of listener.log file?
take a look at what is IN the log file. Imagine how having access to that information might be useful. The use of the listener log is the same as any othe process log. 99% of the time you have no reason to even look at it. But that other 1%, it is invaluable.
2) Does listener.log file need to be purged?
Only if you need the disk space.
3) When is this Listener.log will be created?Whenever the listener starts and finds it has not already been created.

Need to Create a New Listener Log file 9i

Hi, I have a issue with a oracle 9i database.
First the listener.log file is 1.2G not good on a 25G server..
How do you create and delete the listener file? Windows 2000 OS...
Second I also have an issue with the archive log files... I have about 150 file 102M each...Again Not good...
Need HELP drowning in a sea of oracle... Given the Shrink command....
At least the Listener issue first then the archive log problem..
Thank you...

carlo_sc wrote:
yes, we normally do a full daily backup and the archive logs are then deleted..But the Job didn't finish
last night. Also we had big Network issue yesterday and I believe that caused the issue with this server
causing an excessive amount of log files to be created...
So with simply thing with lister is just too:
1) stop listener service
2) delete Log file.... (that won't mess anything up on restart ) I'm very skittish about manually deleting stuff from oracle..
Got burned in Sept of last year big timeIt's just a log file. It's for your own use if needed. oracle doesn't use it or require it. You even have an option in the listener to not even write to it in the first place.
3) restart listener service
The archive logs : What if I move some of the files to another location then perform the a full daily backup will the that
solve my archive log issues....
Thanks for all the quick responses
Edited by: carlo_sc on Jan 15, 2010 10:09 AMYou say you already have a backup job that gets the archivelogs and deletes them after backup? And the only real problem here is that it failed? Fix the failure and run it again. You can, in a pinch, manually move the archivelogs, but then YOU are responsible for keeping up with them.
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Different listener log file in RAC system

we have 4 nodes 11.1.0.7 RAC at redhat 5.1 linux system.
I just find there are two listener log file (listener.log; listener_nodename.log ) in each node.
I want to know which difference function is in both listener.log and listener_nodename.log?
When or which condition does node run( record data) in listener.log?
When or which condition does node run( record data) in listener_nodename.log
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I deleted listener.log file !!!!

HELP !
I was reading a book , and tried something stupid which is deleting the listener.log file because it was huge!
and now I'm getting the following error message:
ORA-00313: open failed for members of log group 1 of thread 1
ORA-00312: online log 1 thread 1: '/oracle/oradata/work/redo102.log'
I don't have a copy of the file , I just typed :
rm '/oracle/oradata/work/redo102.log'
and it's gone , and now I'm in trouble !
it's 2:00 AM here , please help me out !

Bomayed,
I'm afraid, you are not very clear in what do you want to achieve. Open the db after loss a redolog file, or import ?
appearantly I have deleted a redo log fie That's why I never use .log as extension name for a redolog file... this is not a log as alert.log or listener.log...
Anyway, you don't need to restore whole database.
SQL> select * from v$logfile;
    GROUP# STATUS TYPE
MEMBER
         3         ONLINE
/data/ora/H89UCBAC/u03/redo/log03.dbf
         2         ONLINE
/data/ora/H89UCBAC/u02/redo/log02.dbf
         1         ONLINE
/data/ora/H89UCBAC/u01/redo/log01.dbf
SQL> shutdown immediate
Database closed.
Database dismounted.
ORACLE instance shut down.
SQL> !ls /data/ora/H89UCBAC/u0?/redo
/data/ora/H89UCBAC/u01/redo:
log01.dbf
/data/ora/H89UCBAC/u02/redo:
log02.dbf
/data/ora/H89UCBAC/u03/redo:
log03.dbf
SQL> !mv /data/ora/H89UCBAC/u03/redo/log03.dbf /data/ora/H89UCBAC/u03/redo/_log03.dbf
SQL> !rm /data/ora/H89UCBAC/u03/redo/log03.dbf
rm: /data/ora/H89UCBAC/u03/redo/log03.dbf: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
SQL> startup
ORACLE instance started.
Total System Global Area 562005496 bytes
Fixed Size                   742904 bytes
Variable Size             402653184 bytes
Database Buffers          157286400 bytes
Redo Buffers                1323008 bytes
Database mounted.
ORA-00313: open failed for members of log group 3 of thread 1
ORA-00312: online log 3 thread 1: '/data/ora/H89UCBAC/u03/redo/log03.dbf'
SQL> recover database until cancel;
Media recovery complete.
SQL> alter database open resetlogs;
Database altered.
SQL> !ls /data/ora/H89UCBAC/u0?/redo
/data/ora/H89UCBAC/u01/redo:
log01.dbf
/data/ora/H89UCBAC/u02/redo:
log02.dbf
/data/ora/H89UCBAC/u03/redo:
_log03.dbf log03.dbf
SQL> shutdown immediate
Database closed.
Database dismounted.
ORACLE instance shut down.
SQL> startup
ORACLE instance started.
Total System Global Area 562005496 bytes
Fixed Size                   742904 bytes
Variable Size             402653184 bytes
Database Buffers          157286400 bytes
Redo Buffers                1323008 bytes
Database mounted.
Database opened.
SQL> Nicolas.

Regarding listener.log file

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Listener.log file message

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In my listener log file frequently getting message '* service_update * ' .
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Please update me.
Regards
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Hi;
PMON is responsible for updating the listener with information about a particular instance such as load and dispatcher information. Maximum load for dedicated connections is determined by the PROCESSES parameter. The frequency at which PMON provides SERVICE_UPDATE information varies according to the workload of the instance.
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Connection string in listener log file for loading balance/failover

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I have 4 node RAC for oracle 10g2 in rad hate 5.0
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The remote user created a local TNS as
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15-SEP-2009 13:52:24 * (CONNECT_DATA=(SERVICE_NAME=dbsale)(CID=(PROGRAM=oracle)(HOST=rock)(USER=test ))) * (ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=161.55.xxx.xx)(PORT=54326)) * establish * dbsale * 0
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Hi Jim,
I think the best way on this case is create one service with one instance as primary and another 3 as available.
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http://mufalani.blogspot.com

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