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Rman backup doesnt delete expired archivelogs

rootsmanJun 8 2017 — edited Jun 16 2017

Hi guys!

I have problem with RMAN backup of my 11.2.0.3 database which is hosted on RHEL 6.2 OS. So my main problem is that rman backup script doesnt delete backuped archived logs, and therefor i have logs which are 30+ days old and because of that significant partition space problem.

This is my rman script:

RMAN> #

2> # Full Backup

3> #

4> # Recovery Manager script

5> #

6>

7> connect target *

8> #connect CATALOG rman/****@oemrep;

9>

10> run {

11> #backup database plus archivelog delete input ;

12> BACKUP AS COMPRESSED BACKUPSET  DATABASE PLUS ARCHIVELOG;

13> crosscheck backup;

14> report obsolete;

15> delete obsolete;

16> delete noprompt expired backup;

17> }

18>

19> exit;

RMAN configuration parameters for database:

CONFIGURE RETENTION POLICY TO RECOVERY WINDOW OF 1 DAYS;

CONFIGURE BACKUP OPTIMIZATION OFF; # default

CONFIGURE DEFAULT DEVICE TYPE TO DISK; # default

CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP ON;

CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP FORMAT FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO '/backup/oradb2_backup/cf_%d_%F';

CONFIGURE DEVICE TYPE DISK BACKUP TYPE TO COMPRESSED BACKUPSET PARALLELISM 1;

CONFIGURE DATAFILE BACKUP COPIES FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO 1; # default

CONFIGURE ARCHIVELOG BACKUP COPIES FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO 1; # default

CONFIGURE CHANNEL DEVICE TYPE DISK FORMAT   '/backup/oradb2_backup/df_%d_%T_%s_%p';

CONFIGURE MAXSETSIZE TO UNLIMITED; # default

CONFIGURE ENCRYPTION FOR DATABASE OFF;

CONFIGURE ENCRYPTION ALGORITHM 'AES128';

CONFIGURE COMPRESSION ALGORITHM 'MEDIUM' AS OF RELEASE 'DEFAULT' OPTIMIZE FOR LOAD TRUE;

CONFIGURE ARCHIVELOG DELETION POLICY TO NONE; # default

CONFIGURE SNAPSHOT CONTROLFILE NAME TO '/db/oracle/11.2.0/dbs/snapcf_oradb2.f'; # default

Please advice, thanks!

This post has been answered by CristianR-Oracle on Jun 8 2017
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