{"id":10682,"date":"2017-12-06T12:33:09","date_gmt":"2017-12-06T11:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/naming-of-archivelog-files-with-non-existing-top-level-archivelog-directory\/"},"modified":"2017-12-06T12:33:09","modified_gmt":"2017-12-06T11:33:09","slug":"naming-of-archivelog-files-with-non-existing-top-level-archivelog-directory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/naming-of-archivelog-files-with-non-existing-top-level-archivelog-directory\/","title":{"rendered":"Naming of archivelog files with non existing top level archivelog directory"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Oracle 12.2 an archive log directory is accepted, if top level directory does not exist:
\noracle@localhost:\/u01\/app\/oracle\/product\/12.2.0\/dbhome_1\/dbs\/ [DMK] ls -l \/u02\/oradata\/DMK\/
\n total 2267920
\n drwxr-xr-x. 2 oracle dba\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 96 Dec\u00a0 6 05:36 arch ...<\/code>
\nNow database accepts this non existing archivelog destination:
\nSQL> alter system set log_archive_dest_3='LOCATION=\/u02\/oradata\/DMK\/arch\/arch2';
\nSystem altered.<\/code>
\nBut not this:
\nSQL> alter system set log_archive_dest_4='LOCATION=\/u02\/oradata\/DMK\/arch\/arch2\/arch4';
\n alter system set log_archive_dest_4='LOCATION=\/u02\/oradata\/DMK\/arch\/arch2\/arch4'
\n *
\n ERROR at line 1:
\n ORA-02097: parameter cannot be modified because specified value is invalid
\n ORA-16032: parameter LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST_4 destination string cannot be translated
\n ORA-07286: sksagdi: cannot obtain device information.
\n Linux-x86_64 Error: 2: No such file or directory<\/code>
\nLog file format is set as following:
\nSQL> show parameter log_archive_format;
\n 
\nNAME\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TYPE\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 VALUE
\n ------------------------------------ ----------- ------------------------------
\n log_archive_format\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 string\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 %t_%s_%r.dbf
\n SQL><\/code>
\n <\/p>\n

Now let’s see how archive log files look like in log_archive_dest_3:
\noracle@localhost:\/u01\/app\/oracle\/product\/12.2.0\/dbhome_1\/dbs\/ [DMK] ls -l \/u02\/oradata\/DMK\/arch\/arch2*
\n -rw-r-----. 1 oracle dba 3845120 Dec\u00a0 6 05:36 \/u02\/oradata\/DMK\/arch\/arch21_5_960106002.dbf<\/code>
\nSo Oracle just adds the non existing top level directory to beginning of archivelog filename.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In Oracle 12.2 an archive log directory is accepted, if top level directory does not exist: oracle@localhost:\/u01\/app\/oracle\/product\/12.2.0\/dbhome_1\/dbs\/ [DMK] ls -l \/u02\/oradata\/DMK\/ total 2267920 drwxr-xr-x. 2 oracle dba\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 96 Dec\u00a0 6 05:36 arch … Now database accepts this non existing archivelog destination: SQL> alter system set log_archive_dest_3=’LOCATION=\/u02\/oradata\/DMK\/arch\/arch2′; System altered. But not this: SQL> alter system set […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[229,198,59],"tags":[101,209],"type_dbi":[],"class_list":["post-10682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-database-administration-monitoring","category-database-management","category-oracle","tag-installation","tag-oracle-12c"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nNaming of archivelog files with non existing top level archivelog directory - dbi Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Blog about naming of archivelog files if top level directory of archivelog_destX does not exist.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/naming-of-archivelog-files-with-non-existing-top-level-archivelog-directory\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Naming of archivelog files with non existing top level archivelog directory\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Blog about naming of archivelog files if top level directory of archivelog_destX does not exist.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/naming-of-archivelog-files-with-non-existing-top-level-archivelog-directory\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"dbi Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-12-06T11:33:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Oracle Team\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Oracle Team\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dbi-services.com\\\/blog\\\/naming-of-archivelog-files-with-non-existing-top-level-archivelog-directory\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dbi-services.com\\\/blog\\\/naming-of-archivelog-files-with-non-existing-top-level-archivelog-directory\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Oracle Team\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dbi-services.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/66ab87129f2d357f09971bc7936a77ee\"},\"headline\":\"Naming of archivelog files with non existing top level archivelog directory\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-12-06T11:33:09+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dbi-services.com\\\/blog\\\/naming-of-archivelog-files-with-non-existing-top-level-archivelog-directory\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":74,\"commentCount\":0,\"keywords\":[\"Installation\",\"Oracle 12c\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Database Administration & Monitoring\",\"Database management\",\"Oracle\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dbi-services.com\\\/blog\\\/naming-of-archivelog-files-with-non-existing-top-level-archivelog-directory\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dbi-services.com\\\/blog\\\/naming-of-archivelog-files-with-non-existing-top-level-archivelog-directory\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dbi-services.com\\\/blog\\\/naming-of-archivelog-files-with-non-existing-top-level-archivelog-directory\\\/\",\"name\":\"Naming of archivelog files with non existing top level archivelog directory - dbi Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dbi-services.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-12-06T11:33:09+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dbi-services.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/66ab87129f2d357f09971bc7936a77ee\"},\"description\":\"Blog about naming of archivelog files if top level directory of archivelog_destX does not exist.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dbi-services.com\\\/blog\\\/naming-of-archivelog-files-with-non-existing-top-level-archivelog-directory\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dbi-services.com\\\/blog\\\/naming-of-archivelog-files-with-non-existing-top-level-archivelog-directory\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dbi-services.com\\\/blog\\\/naming-of-archivelog-files-with-non-existing-top-level-archivelog-directory\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Accueil\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dbi-services.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Naming of archivelog files with non existing top level archivelog directory\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dbi-services.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dbi-services.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"dbi Blog\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dbi-services.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dbi-services.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/66ab87129f2d357f09971bc7936a77ee\",\"name\":\"Oracle Team\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f711f7cd2c9b09bf2627133755b569fb5be0694810cfd33033bdd095fedba86d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f711f7cd2c9b09bf2627133755b569fb5be0694810cfd33033bdd095fedba86d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f711f7cd2c9b09bf2627133755b569fb5be0694810cfd33033bdd095fedba86d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Oracle Team\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dbi-services.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/oracle-team\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Naming of archivelog files with non existing top level archivelog directory - dbi Blog","description":"Blog about naming of archivelog files if top level directory of archivelog_destX does not exist.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/naming-of-archivelog-files-with-non-existing-top-level-archivelog-directory\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Naming of archivelog files with non existing top level archivelog directory","og_description":"Blog about naming of archivelog files if top level directory of archivelog_destX does not exist.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/naming-of-archivelog-files-with-non-existing-top-level-archivelog-directory\/","og_site_name":"dbi Blog","article_published_time":"2017-12-06T11:33:09+00:00","author":"Oracle Team","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Oracle Team","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/naming-of-archivelog-files-with-non-existing-top-level-archivelog-directory\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/naming-of-archivelog-files-with-non-existing-top-level-archivelog-directory\/"},"author":{"name":"Oracle Team","@id":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/66ab87129f2d357f09971bc7936a77ee"},"headline":"Naming of archivelog files with non existing top level archivelog directory","datePublished":"2017-12-06T11:33:09+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/naming-of-archivelog-files-with-non-existing-top-level-archivelog-directory\/"},"wordCount":74,"commentCount":0,"keywords":["Installation","Oracle 12c"],"articleSection":["Database Administration & Monitoring","Database management","Oracle"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/naming-of-archivelog-files-with-non-existing-top-level-archivelog-directory\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/naming-of-archivelog-files-with-non-existing-top-level-archivelog-directory\/","url":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/naming-of-archivelog-files-with-non-existing-top-level-archivelog-directory\/","name":"Naming of archivelog files with non existing top level archivelog directory - dbi Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2017-12-06T11:33:09+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/66ab87129f2d357f09971bc7936a77ee"},"description":"Blog about naming of archivelog files if top level directory of archivelog_destX does not exist.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/naming-of-archivelog-files-with-non-existing-top-level-archivelog-directory\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/naming-of-archivelog-files-with-non-existing-top-level-archivelog-directory\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/naming-of-archivelog-files-with-non-existing-top-level-archivelog-directory\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Accueil","item":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Naming of archivelog files with non existing top level archivelog directory"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/","name":"dbi Blog","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/66ab87129f2d357f09971bc7936a77ee","name":"Oracle Team","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f711f7cd2c9b09bf2627133755b569fb5be0694810cfd33033bdd095fedba86d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f711f7cd2c9b09bf2627133755b569fb5be0694810cfd33033bdd095fedba86d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f711f7cd2c9b09bf2627133755b569fb5be0694810cfd33033bdd095fedba86d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Oracle Team"},"url":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/author\/oracle-team\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10682\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10682"},{"taxonomy":"type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/type_dbi?post=10682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}