Oracle Not Starting : error ORA-19809

Question

Hello All,
I was trying to start the 11gr2 database and getting the following error. Please can any one give some advise ? I manually deleted all archive logs using OS command but still i get the
same error when i try to start the database.
ORA-19815: WARNING: db_recovery_file_dest_size of 4039114752 bytes is 100.00% used, a nd has 0 remaining bytes available.
You have following choices to free up space from recovery area:
1. Consider changing RMAN RETENTION POLICY. If you are using Data Guard,
then consider changing RMAN ARCHIVELOG DELETION POLICY.
2. Back up files to tertiary device such as tape using RMAN
BACKUP RECOVERY AREA command.
3. Add disk space and increase db_recovery_file_dest_size parameter to
reflect the new space.
4. Delete unnecessary files using RMAN DELETE command. If an operating
system command was used to delete files, then use RMAN CROSSCHECK and
DELETE EXPIRED commands.
Errors in file /u01/app/oracle/diag/rdbms/orcl/DB11G/trace/DB11G_ora_2921.trc:
ORA-19809: limit exceeded for recovery files
ORA-19804: cannot reclaim 50629632 bytes disk space from 4039114752 limit
ARCH: Error 19809 Creating archive log file to '/u01/app/oracle/flash_recovery_area/O RCL/archivelog/2012_02_18/o1_mf_1_95_%u_.arc'
2012-02-18 15:58:55.099000 -05:00
ARC3: Archival started
ARC0: STARTING ARCH PROCESSES COMPLETE
ARCH: Archival stopped, error occurred. Will continue retrying
ORACLE Instance DB11G - Archival Error
ORA-16038: log 3 sequence# 96 cannot be archived
ORA-19809: limit exceeded for recovery files
ORA-00312: online log 3 thread 1: '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/ORCL/onlinelog/o1_mf_3_7kp sygwt_.log'
ORA-00312: online log 3 thread 1: '/u01/app/oracle/flash_recovery_area/ORCL/onlinelog /o1_mf_3_7kpsyj6n_.log'
Errors in file /u01/app/oracle/diag/rdbms/orcl/DB11G/trace/DB11G_arc2_2927.trc:
ORA-16038: log 3 sequence# 96 cannot be archived
ORA-19809: limit exceeded for recovery files
ORA-00312: online log 3 thread 1: '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/ORCL/onlinelog/o1_mf_3_7kp sygwt_.log'
ORA-00312: online log 3 thread 1: '/u01/app/oracle/flash_recovery_area/ORCL/onlinelog /o1_mf_3_7kpsyj6n_.log'
Errors in file /u01/app/oracle/diag/rdbms/orcl/DB11G/trace/DB11G_ora_2921.trc:
ORA-16038: log 2 sequence# 95 cannot be archived
ORA-19809: limit exceeded for recovery files
ORA-00312: online log 2 thread 1: '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/ORCL/onlinelog/o1_mf_2_7kp sydnm_.log'
ORA-00312: online log 2 thread 1: '/u01/app/oracle/flash_recovery_area/ORCL/onlinelog /o1_mf_2_7kpsyfp7_.log'
USER (ospid: 2921): terminating the instance due to error 16038
2012-02-18 15:58:56.976000 -05:00
Instance terminated by USER, pid = 2921

Answer 1

Rama Krishna wrote:
I think database need to be started before you do any thing with RMAN my problem is database not even starting!You told SB that you had done "option 4":
4. Delete unnecessary files using RMAN DELETE command. If an operating
system command was used to delete files, then use RMAN CROSSCHECK and
DELETE EXPIRED commands.
Oh well. So you " *think* database need to be started before you do any thing with RMAN"
Did you try?
We don't need the database to be open for this, just have the control file mounted:
SQL> shutdown immediate
Database closed.
Database dismounted.
ORACLE instance shut down.
SQL> exit
Disconnected from Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.1.0 - Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP, Data Mining and Real Application Testing options
[oracle@vmlnxsrv01 ~]$ rman target /
Recovery Manager: Release 11.2.0.1.0 - Production on Sat Feb 18 16:21:25 2012
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connected to target database (not started)
RMAN> startup mount;
Oracle instance started
database mounted
Total System Global Area     849530880 bytes
Fixed Size                     1339824 bytes
Variable Size                578817616 bytes
Database Buffers             264241152 bytes
Redo Buffers                   5132288 bytes
RMAN> crosscheck archivelog all;
using target database control file instead of recovery catalog
allocated channel: ORA_DISK_1
channel ORA_DISK_1: SID=18 device type=DISK
validation succeeded for archived log
archived log file name=/orafra/ORCL/archivelog/2012_01_15/o1_mf_1_66_7k6t71k9_.arc RECID=3 STAMP=772653704
<snip>
archived log file name=/orafra/ORCL/archivelog/2012_02_18/o1_mf_1_80_7n06cfq0_.arc RECID=17 STAMP=775582480
Crosschecked 15 objects
RMAN> exit
Recovery Manager complete.
[oracle@vmlnxsrv01 ~]$ exit
logoutEdited by: EdStevens on Feb 18, 2012 4:32 PM