• How to Delete Archivelog Using RMAN in Oracle

    Recovery Manager (RMAN) is an Oracle Database client that performs backup and recovery tasks on your databases and automates administration of your backup strategies.

    If you want to delete archivelog from FRA(ASM Storage -Flash Revovery Area) or filesystem to free space, you can use the following commands:

     

    Start the RMAN executable at the operating system command line while connecting to a target database and, possibly, to a recovery catalog, as in the following examples:

    % rman TARGET /       # operating system authentication
% rman TARGET SYS@prod NOCATALOG  # RMAN prompts for SYS password
% rman TARGET / CATALOG rco@catdb # RMAN prompts for rco password
    set NLS_DATE_FORMAT=YYYYMMDD HH24:MI:SS

    Archivelog List Commands:

    list archivelog all; 
list copy of archivelog until time 'SYSDATE-1'; 
list copy of archivelog from time 'SYSDATE-1'; 
list copy of archivelog from time 'SYSDATE-1' until time 'SYSDATE-2'; 
list copy of archivelog from sequence 1000; 
list copy of archivelog until sequence 1500; 
list copy of archivelog from sequence 1000 until sequence 1500;

    Archivelog Delete Commands:

    delete archivelog all;
delete archivelog until time 'SYSDATE-1'; 
delete archivelog from time 'SYSDATE-1'; 
delete archivelog from time 'SYSDATE-1' until time 'SYSDATE-2'; 
delete archivelog from sequence 1000; 
delete archivelog until sequence 1500; 
delete archivelog from sequence 1000 until sequence 1500;

    Note : Use noprompt to avoid being prompted for each file 

    delete noprompt archivelog until time 'SYSDATE-1';

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