How do you disable archiving mode in Oracle?
To turn off the archiving mode of the Oracle database, you can follow these steps:
- Log in to the Oracle database using the sysdba privilege.
- Check the status of the current archiving mode. You can use the following command:
- Retrieve the log mode from the database view v$database.
- If the query result displays as ARCHIVELOG, it indicates that the current database is in archive mode.
- If the database is currently in archiving mode, it needs to be switched to non-archiving mode. This can be done by running the following command:
- Change the database to NOARCHIVELOG mode.
- After executing this command, the Oracle database will cease generating and storing archived logs.
- Confirm that the archive mode has been disabled. You can verify by executing the following command again.
- Retrieve the log mode from the database.
- If the query results show NOARCHIVELOG, it means that the archiving mode has been successfully disabled.
Note: Disabling archive mode will prevent the database from being backed up and restored online, so make sure you have taken other backup measures before proceeding with the operation.