How can Oracle view the archive mode?

1 year ago
Isabella Edwards
2 minutes

To view the archiving mode of an Oracle database, you can follow these steps:

  1. Firstly, log in to the database using the sysdba user.
  2. Execute the following SQL statement:
  3. Retrieve the logging mode from the v$database view.
  4. This will return a result where the log_mode column will display the archiving mode of the current database. The result could be one of the following:
  5. NOARCHIVELOG: This indicates that the database is in non-archivelog mode, and will not automatically archive redo log files.
  6. ARCHIVELOG: This indicates that the database is in archive mode, and will automatically archive redo log files.
  7. Note: In Oracle 12c and higher versions, there may also be a log_mode value of “LOGGING” displayed, indicating that the database is in archive mode but archiving is not enabled.
  8. If the database is in archive mode, you can query information related to archived logs using the following SQL statement.
  9. Retrieve the destination ID, status, and destination from the view v$archive_dest.
  10. This will return a result set that includes the ID (dest_id), status, and destination path of the archive target. If the status is VALID, it indicates that the archive target is functioning properly.

By following the steps above, you can view the archiving mode and related archive log information of the Oracle database.

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