Unable to delete archive log.

Hi,
Our database server's archive log destination is full,but after running
backup archivelog all delete input;
it's taking archive log backup,but not deleting archivelogs.
Could you suggest me what is the reason.

RMAN> backup archivelog all delete input;
Starting backup at 17-DEC-10
current log archived
using channel ORA_DISK_1
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting archive log backupset
channel ORA_DISK_1: specifying archive log(s) in backup set
input archive log thread=1 sequence=155 recid=422 stamp=737092752
input archive log thread=1 sequence=156 recid=425 stamp=737156432
input archive log thread=1 sequence=157 recid=428 stamp=737257293
input archive log thread=1 sequence=158 recid=431 stamp=737322402
input archive log thread=1 sequence=159 recid=434 stamp=737389991
input archive log thread=1 sequence=160 recid=437 stamp=737408597
input archive log thread=1 sequence=161 recid=440 stamp=737476660
input archive log thread=1 sequence=162 recid=443 stamp=737542384
input archive log thread=1 sequence=163 recid=446 stamp=737634615
input archive log thread=1 sequence=164 recid=449 stamp=737658567
input archive log thread=1 sequence=165 recid=452 stamp=737726432
input archive log thread=1 sequence=166 recid=455 stamp=737827094
input archive log thread=1 sequence=167 recid=456 stamp=737860748
input archive log thread=1 sequence=168 recid=464 stamp=737980097
input archive log thread=1 sequence=169 recid=461 stamp=737980094
input archive log thread=1 sequence=170 recid=467 stamp=737980099
input archive log thread=1 sequence=171 recid=470 stamp=737980425
input archive log thread=1 sequence=172 recid=472 stamp=737981508
input archive log thread=1 sequence=173 recid=474 stamp=737985385
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting piece 1 at 17-DEC-10
channel ORA_DISK_1: finished piece 1 at 17-DEC-10
piece handle=D:\RMAN\BACKUP\0MLVPGRB_1_1 comment=NONE
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting piece 2 at 17-DEC-10
channel ORA_DISK_1: finished piece 2 at 17-DEC-10
piece handle=D:\RMAN\BACKUP\0MLVPGRB_2_1 comment=NONE
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting piece 3 at 17-DEC-10
channel ORA_DISK_1: finished piece 3 at 17-DEC-10
piece handle=D:\RMAN\BACKUP\0MLVPGRB_3_1 comment=NONE
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting piece 4 at 17-DEC-10
channel ORA_DISK_1: finished piece 4 at 17-DEC-10
piece handle=D:\RMAN\BACKUP\0MLVPGRB_4_1 comment=NONE
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting piece 5 at 17-DEC-10
channel ORA_DISK_1: finished piece 5 at 17-DEC-10
piece handle=D:\RMAN\BACKUP\0MLVPGRB_5_1 comment=NONE
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting piece 6 at 17-DEC-10
channel ORA_DISK_1: finished piece 6 at 17-DEC-10
piece handle=D:\RMAN\BACKUP\0MLVPGRB_6_1 comment=NONE
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting piece 7 at 17-DEC-10
channel ORA_DISK_1: finished piece 7 at 17-DEC-10
piece handle=D:\RMAN\BACKUP\0MLVPGRB_7_1 comment=NONE
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting piece 8 at 17-DEC-10
channel ORA_DISK_1: finished piece 8 at 17-DEC-10
piece handle=D:\RMAN\BACKUP\0MLVPGRB_8_1 comment=NONE
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting piece 9 at 17-DEC-10
channel ORA_DISK_1: finished piece 9 at 17-DEC-10
piece handle=D:\RMAN\BACKUP\0MLVPGRB_9_1 comment=NONE
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting piece 10 at 17-DEC-10
channel ORA_DISK_1: finished piece 10 at 17-DEC-10
piece handle=D:\RMAN\BACKUP\0MLVPGRB_10_1 comment=NONE
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting piece 11 at 17-DEC-10
channel ORA_DISK_1: finished piece 11 at 17-DEC-10
piece handle=D:\RMAN\BACKUP\0MLVPGRB_11_1 comment=NONE
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting piece 12 at 17-DEC-10
channel ORA_DISK_1: finished piece 12 at 17-DEC-10
piece handle=D:\RMAN\BACKUP\0MLVPGRB_12_1 comment=NONE
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting piece 13 at 17-DEC-10
channel ORA_DISK_1: finished piece 13 at 17-DEC-10
piece handle=D:\RMAN\BACKUP\0MLVPGRB_13_1 comment=NONE
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting piece 14 at 17-DEC-10
channel ORA_DISK_1: finished piece 14 at 17-DEC-10
piece handle=D:\RMAN\BACKUP\0MLVPGRB_14_1 comment=NONE
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting piece 15 at 17-DEC-10
channel ORA_DISK_1: finished piece 15 at 17-DEC-10
piece handle=D:\RMAN\BACKUP\0MLVPGRB_15_1 comment=NONE
channel ORA_DISK_1: backup set complete, elapsed time: 00:03:41
channel ORA_DISK_1: deleting archive log(s)
archive log filename=D:\ORANT\ARCLOG3\REDO03.LOGARC00155.001 recid=422 stamp=737
092752
archive log filename=D:\ORANT\ARCLOG3\REDO03.LOGARC00156.001 recid=425 stamp=737
156432
archive log filename=D:\ORANT\ARCLOG3\REDO03.LOGARC00157.001 recid=428 stamp=737
257293
archive log filename=D:\ORANT\ARCLOG3\REDO03.LOGARC00158.001 recid=431 stamp=737
322402
archive log filename=D:\ORANT\ARCLOG3\REDO03.LOGARC00159.001 recid=434 stamp=737
389991
archive log filename=D:\ORANT\ARCLOG3\REDO03.LOGARC00160.001 recid=437 stamp=737
408597
archive log filename=D:\ORANT\ARCLOG3\REDO03.LOGARC00161.001 recid=440 stamp=737
476660
archive log filename=D:\ORANT\ARCLOG3\REDO03.LOGARC00162.001 recid=443 stamp=737
542384
archive log filename=D:\ORANT\ARCLOG3\REDO03.LOGARC00163.001 recid=446 stamp=737
634615
archive log filename=D:\ORANT\ARCLOG3\REDO03.LOGARC00164.001 recid=449 stamp=737
658567
archive log filename=D:\ORANT\ARCLOG3\REDO03.LOGARC00165.001 recid=452 stamp=737
726432
archive log filename=D:\ORANT\ARCLOG3\REDO03.LOGARC00166.001 recid=455 stamp=737
827094
archive log filename=D:\ORANT\ARCLOG1\REDO01.LOGARC00167.001 recid=456 stamp=737
860748
archive log filename=D:\ORANT\ARCLOG3\REDO03.LOGARC00168.001 recid=464 stamp=737
980097
archive log filename=D:\ORANT\ARCLOG3\REDO03.LOGARC00169.001 recid=461 stamp=737
980094
archive log filename=D:\ORANT\ARCLOG3\REDO03.LOGARC00170.001 recid=467 stamp=737
980099
archive log filename=D:\ORANT\ARCLOG3\REDO03.LOGARC00171.001 recid=470 stamp=737
980425
archive log filename=D:\ORANT\ARCLOG2\REDO02.LOGARC00172.001 recid=472 stamp=737
981508
archive log filename=D:\ORANT\ARCLOG1\REDO01.LOGARC00173.001 recid=474 stamp=737
985385
Finished backup at 17-DEC-10
Starting Control File and SPFILE Autobackup at 17-DEC-10
piece handle=D:\RMAN\BACKUP\C-1738882432-20101217-02 comment=NONE
Finished Control File and SPFILE Autobackup at 17-DEC-10

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710 1 348 A 27-NOV-11 E:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\ES
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712 1 349 A 27-NOV-11 E:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\ES
PL\1_349_758982530.ARC
714 1 350 A 27-NOV-11 E:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\ES
PL\1_350_758982530.ARC
716 1 351 A 28-NOV-11 E:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\ES
PL\1_351_758982530.ARC
719 1 352 A 28-NOV-11 E:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\ES
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720 1 353 A 28-NOV-11 E:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\ES
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722 1 355 A 28-NOV-11 E:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\ES
PL\1_355_758982530.ARC
727 1 356 A 29-NOV-11 E:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\ES
PL\1_356_758982530.ARC
728 1 357 A 29-NOV-11 E:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\ES
PL\1_357_758982530.ARC
730 1 358 A 29-NOV-11 E:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\ES
PL\1_358_758982530.ARC
732 1 359 A 29-NOV-11 E:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\ES
PL\1_359_758982530.ARC
734 1 360 A 29-NOV-11 E:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\ES
PL\1_360_758982530.ARC
736 1 361 A 30-NOV-11 E:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\ES
PL\1_361_758982530.ARC
738 1 362 A 30-NOV-11 E:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\ES
PL\1_362_758982530.ARC
740 1 363 A 30-NOV-11 E:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\ES
PL\1_363_758982530.ARC
741 1 364 A 30-NOV-11 E:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\ES
PL\1_364_758982530.ARC
742 1 365 A 30-NOV-11 E:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\ES
PL\1_365_758982530.ARC
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RMAN> delete noprompt expired archivelog all;
released channel: ORA_DISK_1
allocated channel: ORA_DISK_1
channel ORA_DISK_1: sid=77 devtype=DISK
specification does not match any archive log in the recovery catalog

Recovery window retention policy deletes archive logs before a backup?

Hi All,
Oracle 11G on Windows 2008 R2
This afternoon, I changed my RMAN retention policy from 'RETENTION POLICY REDUNDANCY 3' to RETENTION POLICY RECOVERY WINDOW OF 3 DAYS'
However, i checked tonight and after my daily backup ran, all the archive logs prior to the backup had been deleted! Thus meaning i dont think i can restore to any point in time, prior to my daily backup. All the .arc logs were there after the backup. So i tried another test and kicked off the daily backup again. During the backup process, the archive logs got deleted again! Now i don't have any archive logs..
Is this proper behaviour of RETENTION POLICY RECOVERY WINDOW?? I thought it would keep all the files needed for me to restore to any point in time for the previous 3 days. When i used REDUNDANCY, with my daily backups, it kept 3 days worth of backups+ archive logs so i could restore point-in-time to any point. How can i use RECOVERY WINDOW so that i can actually restore to any point-in-time for the 3 days??
I wanted to change to RECOVERY WINDOW since i read that by using REDUNDANCY it only keeps X copies of a backup (so if i ran the backup 3 times in a day, i would only have those 3).
Thanks in advance.

Hi All,
Here is the SHOW ALL output:
RMAN> show all;
RMAN configuration parameters for database with db_unique_name MMSPRD7 are:
CONFIGURE RETENTION POLICY TO RECOVERY WINDOW OF 3 DAYS;
CONFIGURE BACKUP OPTIMIZATION OFF; # default
CONFIGURE DEFAULT DEVICE TYPE TO DISK; # default
CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP ON;
CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP FORMAT FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO '%F'; # default
CONFIGURE DEVICE TYPE DISK PARALLELISM 1 BACKUP TYPE TO BACKUPSET; # default
CONFIGURE DATAFILE BACKUP COPIES FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO 1; # default
CONFIGURE ARCHIVELOG BACKUP COPIES FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO 1; # default
CONFIGURE MAXSETSIZE TO UNLIMITED; # default
CONFIGURE ENCRYPTION FOR DATABASE OFF; # default
CONFIGURE ENCRYPTION ALGORITHM 'AES128'; # default
CONFIGURE COMPRESSION ALGORITHM 'BASIC' AS OF RELEASE 'DEFAULT' OPTIMIZE FOR LOA
D TRUE ; # default
CONFIGURE ARCHIVELOG DELETION POLICY TO NONE; # default
CONFIGURE SNAPSHOT CONTROLFILE NAME TO 'D:\ORACLE\DATABASE\ORA11G\DATABASE\SNCFM
MSPRD7.ORA'; # default
Here is the RMAN script:
Recovery Manager: Release 11.2.0.3.0 - Production on Mon Jan 20 23:03:12 2014
Copyright (c) 1982, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
connected to target database: XXX (DBID=)
RMAN> CROSSCHECK ARCHIVELOG ALL;
2> CROSSCHECK BACKUPSET;
3> CROSSCHECK BACKUP;
4> CROSSCHECK COPY;
5> DELETE NOPROMPT EXPIRED ARCHIVELOG ALL;
6> DELETE NOPROMPT EXPIRED BACKUPSET;
7> DELETE NOPROMPT OBSOLETE;
8> BACKUP CURRENT CONTROLFILE;
9> BACKUP AS COMPRESSED BACKUPSET DATABASE PLUS ARCHIVELOG DELETE INPUT;
Also, not sure if you needed the whole RMAN output, but here is the deletion part:
RMAN retention policy will be applied to the command
RMAN retention policy is set to recovery window of 3 days
using channel ORA_DISK_1
Deleting the following obsolete backups and copies:
Type                 Key    Completion Time    Filename/Handle
Backup Set           1392   15-JAN-14
Backup Piece       1392   15-JAN-14          F:\ORAFRA\MMSPRD7\BACKUPSET\2014_01_15\O1_MF_NNNDF_TAG20140115T190054_9FG89R8N_.BKP
Backup Set           1393   15-JAN-14
Backup Piece       1393   15-JAN-14          F:\ORAFRA\MMSPRD7\BACKUPSET\2014_01_15\O1_MF_ANNNN_TAG20140115T192204_9FG9KDHX_.BKP
Backup Set           1397   16-JAN-14
Backup Piece       1397   16-JAN-14          F:\ORAFRA\MMSPRD7\BACKUPSET\2014_01_16\O1_MF_ANNNN_TAG20140116T190027_9FJWNW6L_.BKP
Backup Set           1400   17-JAN-14
Backup Piece       1400   17-JAN-14          F:\ORAFRA\MMSPRD7\BACKUPSET\2014_01_17\O1_MF_ANNNN_TAG20140117T190138_9FMK349M_.BKP
deleted backup piece
backup piece handle=F:\ORAFRA\MMSPRD7\BACKUPSET\2014_01_15\O1_MF_NNNDF_TAG20140115T190054_9FG89R8N_.BKP RECID=1392 STAMP=836938856
deleted backup piece
backup piece handle=F:\ORAFRA\MMSPRD7\BACKUPSET\2014_01_15\O1_MF_ANNNN_TAG20140115T192204_9FG9KDHX_.BKP RECID=1393 STAMP=836940124
deleted backup piece
backup piece handle=F:\ORAFRA\MMSPRD7\BACKUPSET\2014_01_16\O1_MF_ANNNN_TAG20140116T190027_9FJWNW6L_.BKP RECID=1397 STAMP=837025228
deleted backup piece
backup piece handle=F:\ORAFRA\MMSPRD7\BACKUPSET\2014_01_17\O1_MF_ANNNN_TAG20140117T190138_9FMK349M_.BKP RECID=1400 STAMP=837111700
Deleted 4 objects

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