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drop redo logs

RobeenJan 30 2019 — edited Jan 30 2019

Oracle Database 12.2.0

RHEL 7.4

Hello Team,

whenever I drop redo log groups(alter database drop logfile group 2), why are the redo logs not physically removed from disks?

SQL> alter database add logfile group 2 ('+FRA/DWARE1/ONLINELOG/redo2a.rdo','+REDO/DWARE1/ONLINELOG/redo2b.rdo') size 2097152000;

alter database add logfile group 2 ('+FRA/DWARE1/ONLINELOG/redo2a.rdo','+REDO/DWARE1/ONLINELOG/redo2b.rdo') size 2097152000

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ERROR at line 1:

ORA-00301: error in adding log file '+FRA/DWARE1/ONLINELOG/redo2a.rdo' - file

cannot be created

ORA-17502: ksfdcre:4 Failed to create file +FRA/DWARE1/ONLINELOG/redo2a.rdo

ORA-15005: name "DWARE1/ONLINELOG/redo2a.rdo" is already used by an existing

alias

Regards,

Joe

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