Tip: Rotate Oracle-XE logs in Ubuntu

Hi,
You can find guide here
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1230206&highlight=oracle
Br, Jari

Hi, Vishnu,
I'd like to know the details of rotating these logs. My impression is that you either completely disable OC4J logging or can't do anything about it.
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manas wrote:
Dear All,
Please help me how I compress oracle archive log in 10g.
Thanks,
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channel ORA_DISK_1: specifying archived log(s) in backup set
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input archived log thread=1 sequence=17 RECID=12 STAMP=775819218
input archived log thread=1 sequence=18 RECID=13 STAMP=775835555
input archived log thread=1 sequence=19 RECID=14 STAMP=775835555
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channel ORA_DISK_1: finished piece 1 at 23-FEB-12
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channel ORA_DISK_1: starting compressed archived log backup set
channel ORA_DISK_1: specifying archived log(s) in backup set
input archived log thread=1 sequence=1 RECID=15 STAMP=775847193
input archived log thread=1 sequence=2 RECID=16 STAMP=775847245
input archived log thread=1 sequence=3 RECID=17 STAMP=775847246
input archived log thread=1 sequence=4 RECID=18 STAMP=775864847
input archived log thread=1 sequence=5 RECID=19 STAMP=775906825
input archived log thread=1 sequence=6 RECID=20 STAMP=775906906
input archived log thread=1 sequence=7 RECID=21 STAMP=776001285
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting piece 1 at 23-FEB-12
channel ORA_DISK_1: finished piece 1 at 23-FEB-12
piece handle=C:\ORACLE\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\ORCL\BACKUPSET\2012_02_23\O1_MF_ANNNN_TAG20120223T115447_7NCPXQS2_.BKP tag=TAG20120223T115447 comment=NONE
channel ORA_DISK_1: backup set complete, elapsed time: 00:00:07
Finished backup at 23-FEB-12
Starting Control File and SPFILE Autobackup at 23-FEB-12
piece handle=C:\ORACLE\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\ORCL\AUTOBACKUP\2012_02_23\O1_MF_S_776001303_7NCPY044_.BKP comment=NONE
Finished Control File and SPFILE Autobackup at 23-FEB-12
RMAN>
=====================
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current log archived
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channel ORA_DISK_1: starting compressed archived log backup set
channel ORA_DISK_1: specifying archived log(s) in backup set
input archived log thread=1 sequence=16 RECID=11 STAMP=775778430
input archived log thread=1 sequence=17 RECID=12 STAMP=775819218
input archived log thread=1 sequence=18 RECID=13 STAMP=775835555
input archived log thread=1 sequence=19 RECID=14 STAMP=775835555
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting piece 1 at 23-FEB-12
channel ORA_DISK_1: finished piece 1 at 23-FEB-12
piece handle=C:\ORACLE\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\ORCL\BACKUPSET\2012_02_23\O1_MF_ANNNN_TAG20120223T115645_7NCQ15OV_.BKP tag=TAG20120223T115645 comment=NONE
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channel ORA_DISK_1: specifying archived log(s) in backup set
input archived log thread=1 sequence=1 RECID=15 STAMP=775847193
input archived log thread=1 sequence=2 RECID=16 STAMP=775847245
input archived log thread=1 sequence=3 RECID=17 STAMP=775847246
input archived log thread=1 sequence=4 RECID=18 STAMP=775864847
input archived log thread=1 sequence=5 RECID=19 STAMP=775906825
input archived log thread=1 sequence=6 RECID=20 STAMP=775906906
input archived log thread=1 sequence=7 RECID=21 STAMP=776001285
input archived log thread=1 sequence=8 RECID=22 STAMP=776001403
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channel ORA_DISK_1: finished piece 1 at 23-FEB-12
piece handle=C:\ORACLE\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\ORCL\BACKUPSET\2012_02_23\O1_MF_ANNNN_TAG20120223T115645_7NCQ1GLP_.BKP tag=TAG20120223T115645 comment=NONE
channel ORA_DISK_1: backup set complete, elapsed time: 00:00:08
channel ORA_DISK_1: deleting archived log(s)
archived log file name=C:\ORACLE\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\ORCL\ARCHIVELOG\2012_02_21\O1_MF_1_1_7N70G0F6_.ARC RECID=15 STAMP=775847193
archived log file name=C:\ORACLE\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\ORCL\ARCHIVELOG\2012_02_21\O1_MF_1_2_7N70HOHF_.ARC RECID=16 STAMP=775847245
archived log file name=C:\ORACLE\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\ORCL\ARCHIVELOG\2012_02_21\O1_MF_1_3_7N70HP3O_.ARC RECID=17 STAMP=775847246
archived log file name=C:\ORACLE\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\ORCL\ARCHIVELOG\2012_02_21\O1_MF_1_4_7N7KONB8_.ARC RECID=18 STAMP=775864847
archived log file name=C:\ORACLE\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\ORCL\ARCHIVELOG\2012_02_22\O1_MF_1_5_7N8TOK3Q_.ARC RECID=19 STAMP=775906825
archived log file name=C:\ORACLE\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\ORCL\ARCHIVELOG\2012_02_22\O1_MF_1_6_7N8TR2S1_.ARC RECID=20 STAMP=775906906
archived log file name=C:\ORACLE\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\ORCL\ARCHIVELOG\2012_02_23\O1_MF_1_7_7NCPXCKL_.ARC RECID=21 STAMP=776001285
archived log file name=C:\ORACLE\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\ORCL\ARCHIVELOG\2012_02_23\O1_MF_1_8_7NCQ13VV_.ARC RECID=22 STAMP=776001403
Finished backup at 23-FEB-12
Starting Control File and SPFILE Autobackup at 23-FEB-12
piece handle=C:\ORACLE\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\ORCL\AUTOBACKUP\2012_02_23\O1_MF_S_776001423_7NCQ1RFZ_.BKP comment=NONE
Finished Control File and SPFILE Autobackup at 23-FEB-12
RMAN>Edited by: CKPT on Feb 23, 2012 11:57 AM

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ODL generates log files in XML format only. Using ODL you can not have plain text format log files. You have to decide what is more desired - log rotation (that ODL provides) or text format (which is the default, non-ODL, format). If text format is more desired than don't enable ODL and write your own shell script to rotate application log (but that can only be done while OC4J is down).
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(printlogs utility is under $OH/diagnostic/bin directory. Run "printlogs -help" to read about it).
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Shail

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You can limit the OS audit file size using the package called DBMS_AUDIT_MGMT
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