Enable Archive Log Mode In Oracle RAC 11g

Enable Archive Log Mode In Oracle RAC 11g

To check the status:

[oracle@rac1 ~]$ srvctl status database -d PROD
Instance PROD1 is running on node rac1
Instance PROD2 is running on node rac2

To stop the database:

[oracle@rac1 ~]$ srvctl stop database -d PROD -o immediate

To check the status:

[oracle@rac1 ~]$ srvctl status database -d PROD
Instance PROD1 is not running on node rac1
Instance PROD2 is not running on node rac2

To mount the database:

[oracle@rac1 ~]$ srvctl start database -d PROD -o mount

To enable archivelog:

SQL> alter database archivelog;

To restart the database:

[oracle@rac1 ~]$ srvctl stop database -d PROD -o immediate
[oracle@rac1 ~]$ srvctl status database -d PROD
Instance PROD1 is not running on node rac1
Instance PROD2 is not running on node rac2

To start the database:

[oracle@rac1 ~]$ srvctl start database -d PROD
[oracle@rac1 ~]$ srvctl status database -d PROD
Instance PROD1 is running on node rac1
Instance PROD2 is running on node rac2

To set the archive destination to a ASM DISK:

alter system set log_archive_dest_1='LOCATION=+DATA/ARCH/' scope=both sid='*';

For disabling archive mode:

srvctl stop database -d PROD
srvctl start database -d PROD -o mount
alter database noarchivelog;
srvctl stop database -d PROD
srvctl start database -d PROD