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Hi All,

11.2.0.1

I see alert folder in my database. What is the use of this? Can I delete all of these?

localhost:oracle[/oracle/diag/rdbms/PROD1dr/PROD1DR/alert] ls -l

total 400768

-rw-r-----    1 oracle   oinstall    5279524 Jan 02 11:25 log.xml

-rw-r-----    1 oracle   oinstall   10485989 Jul 24 23:45 log_1.xml

-rw-r-----    1 oracle   oinstall   10485803 Oct 17 07:12 log_10.xml

-rw-r-----    1 oracle   oinstall   10485803 Oct 25 09:37 log_11.xml

-rw-r-----    1 oracle   oinstall   10486034 Nov 02 11:37 log_12.xml

-rw-r-----    1 oracle   oinstall   10485936 Nov 10 14:08 log_13.xml

-rw-r-----    1 oracle   oinstall   10485828 Nov 18 16:45 log_14.xml

-rw-r-----    1 oracle   oinstall   10485946 Nov 26 18:28 log_15.xml

-rw-r-----    1 oracle   oinstall   10485849 Dec 04 23:49 log_16.xml

-rw-r-----    1 oracle   oinstall   10485763 Dec 13 02:07 log_17.xml

-rw-r-----    1 oracle   oinstall   10486005 Dec 21 04:09 log_18.xml

-rw-r-----    1 oracle   oinstall   10485856 Dec 29 07:09 log_19.xml

-rw-r-----    1 oracle   oinstall   10485825 Aug 02 13:48 log_2.xml

-rw-r-----    1 oracle   oinstall   10485810 Aug 10 17:44 log_3.xml

-rw-r-----    1 oracle   oinstall   10485900 Aug 18 12:22 log_4.xml

-rw-r-----    1 oracle   oinstall   10485938 Aug 26 07:59 log_5.xml

-rw-r-----    1 oracle   oinstall   10485846 Sep 12 03:37 log_6.xml

-rw-r-----    1 oracle   oinstall   10486084 Sep 22 21:54 log_7.xml

-rw-r-----    1 oracle   oinstall   10485948 Oct 01 00:47 log_8.xml

-rw-r-----    1 oracle   oinstall   10485793 Oct 09 04:29 log_9.xml

localhost:oracle[/oracle/diag/rdbms/PROD1dr/PROD1DR/alert] head log.xml

<msg time='2013-12-29T07:09:28.919+08:00' org_id='oracle' comp_id='rdbms'

client_id='' type='UNKNOWN' level='16'

host_id='localhost' host_addr='127.0.0.1' module='oracle@PROD1 (TNS V1-V3)'

pid='2482246' version='1'>

<txt>RFS[134594]: Identified database type as &apos;physical standby&apos;: Client is ARCH pid 2560214

</txt>

</msg>

<msg time='2013-12-29T07:09:43.882+08:00' org_id='oracle' comp_id='rdbms'

client_id='' type='UNKNOWN' level='16'

host_id='localhost' host_addr='127.0.0.1' module=''

localhost:oracle[/oracle/diag/rdbms/PROD1dr/PROD1DR/alert]

Thanks,

pK