In fact you have to activate the 'automatic archival'. If you won't to activate it (I don't find any good reason for that), you have to archive them manually.

Xavier


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ma Martin " <oracledba-ezmlmshield-x46566118.[Email address protected]
To: "LazyDBA Discussion" <[Email address protected]
Subject: help on db archive!
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 12:26:18 -0500

>
> My oracle 8i was running on win2k adv server on "no archive mode", I
> switched it to archive mode (Automatic archival disabled) last night.
> Today I got the following error from windows event log:
>
>
>
> Event Type: Error
>
> Event Source: Oracle.Banker
>
> Event Category: None
>
> Event ID: 20
>
> Date: 3/3/2005
>
> Time: 11:30:38 AM
>
> User: N/A
>
> Computer: ***
>
> Description:
>
> Archive process error: ORACLE Instance biotics - Can not allocate log,
> archival required
>
>
>
> Please give me your hand!
>
> Martin
>
>
>
> --------
> website: http://www.LazyDBA.com
> Please don't reply to RTFM questions
> Oracle documentation is here: http://tahiti.oracle.com
> To unsubscribe: see http://www.lazydba.com/unsubscribe.html
> To subscribe: see http://www.lazydba.com
> By using this list you agree to these terms:http://www.lazydba.com/legal.html



DEGAND XAVIER

DX SPRL

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM


Oracle LazyDBA home page