Script To Delete Archivelogs In Oracle

Script To Delete Archivelogs In Oracle

Create necessary directories as per the requirement.

mkdir -p /home/oratest/rman_scripts
mkdir -p /home/oratest/rman_scripts/logs

cd /home/oratest/rman_scripts

vi RunDeleteArchive.sh

export ORACLE_SID=MQMTEST
export ORACLE_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/lib
export PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/local/bin:$PATH

rman target / log=/home/oratest/rman_scripts/logs/rman.log <<EOF

run{
crosscheck archivelog all;
delete noprompt archivelog until time 'sysdate -2';
crosscheck archivelog all;
}
EOF
exit

Crontab:

[oratest@MQMPROD rman_scripts]$ crontab -l
# Delete the archived redo log files on daily
00 6,12,18,23 * * * /home/oratest/rman_scripts/RunDeleteArchive.sh


File content:

[oratest@MQMPROD rman_scripts]$ cat /home/oratest/rman_scripts/RunDeleteArchive.sh
export ORACLE_SID=MQMTEST
export ORACLE_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/lib
export PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/local/bin:$PATH

rman target / log=/home/oratest/rman_scripts/logs/rman.log <<EOF
run{
crosscheck archivelog all;
delete noprompt archivelog until time 'sysdate -2';
crosscheck archivelog all;
}
EOF
exit