alert.log

Oracle 21c: Attention Log – Useful or Superflous?

Attention.log is a feature, which was introduced in Oracle Database 21c, designed to capture high-level summaries of significant database events and activities. It differs from the alert.log in following points: High-Level Summaries: The attention.log focuses on summarizing critical(…)

“FRA full” alerts flood the Alert Log

We discovered a strange behavior in the Alert Log when the Fast Recovery Area (FRA) is full and the database wants to write something inside it (for example an archivelog). This case concern Oracle 11.2.0.3 databases and higher. Here is a(…)