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Thursday, August 10, 2017

ARCHIVELOG DELETION POLICY FOR STANDBY DATABASE IN ORACLE DATAGUARD (Oracle Ver 12cR2)

This policy is make sure that the backup of archivelog done before an archivelog is deleted on standby database.

PRACTICAL STEPS ARE AS BELOW:-

ON PROD:
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FIRST CONFIGURE ARCHIVELOG DELETION POLICY TO "APPLIED ON ALL STANDBY BACKED UP 1 TIMES TO DISK"
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[oracle@PROD ~]$ rman target sys/oracle_4U@orcl

Recovery Manager: Release 12.2.0.1.0 - Production on Thu Aug 10 17:03:29 2017

Copyright (c) 1982, 2017, Oracle and/or its affiliates.  All rights reserved.

connected to target database: ORCL (DBID=1478070817)

BEFORE:

RMAN> SHOW ALL;

RMAN configuration parameters for database with db_unique_name ORCL are:
CONFIGURE RETENTION POLICY TO REDUNDANCY 1; # default
CONFIGURE BACKUP OPTIMIZATION OFF; # default
CONFIGURE DEFAULT DEVICE TYPE TO DISK; # default
CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP ON; # default
CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP FORMAT FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO '%F'; # default
CONFIGURE DEVICE TYPE DISK PARALLELISM 1 BACKUP TYPE TO BACKUPSET; # default
CONFIGURE DATAFILE BACKUP COPIES FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO 1; # default
CONFIGURE ARCHIVELOG BACKUP COPIES FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO 1; # default
CONFIGURE MAXSETSIZE TO UNLIMITED; # default
CONFIGURE ENCRYPTION FOR DATABASE OFF; # default
CONFIGURE ENCRYPTION ALGORITHM 'AES128'; # default
CONFIGURE COMPRESSION ALGORITHM 'BASIC' AS OF RELEASE 'DEFAULT' OPTIMIZE FOR LOAD TRUE ; # default
CONFIGURE RMAN OUTPUT TO KEEP FOR 7 DAYS; # default
CONFIGURE ARCHIVELOG DELETION POLICY TO NONE;
CONFIGURE SNAPSHOT CONTROLFILE NAME TO '/u01/app/oracle/product/12.2.0/dbhome_1/dbs/snapcf_orcl.f'; # default


RMAN> CONFIGURE ARCHIVELOG DELETION POLICY TO APPLIED ON ALL STANDBY BACKED UP 1 TIMES TO DISK;

old RMAN configuration parameters:
CONFIGURE ARCHIVELOG DELETION POLICY TO NONE;
new RMAN configuration parameters:
CONFIGURE ARCHIVELOG DELETION POLICY TO APPLIED ON ALL STANDBY BACKED UP 1 TIMES TO DISK;
new RMAN configuration parameters are successfully stored


AFTER:

RMAN> show all;

using target database control file instead of recovery catalog
RMAN configuration parameters for database with db_unique_name ORCL are:
CONFIGURE RETENTION POLICY TO REDUNDANCY 1; # default
CONFIGURE BACKUP OPTIMIZATION OFF; # default
CONFIGURE DEFAULT DEVICE TYPE TO DISK; # default
CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP ON; # default
CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP FORMAT FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO '%F'; # default
CONFIGURE DEVICE TYPE DISK PARALLELISM 1 BACKUP TYPE TO BACKUPSET; # default
CONFIGURE DATAFILE BACKUP COPIES FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO 1; # default
CONFIGURE ARCHIVELOG BACKUP COPIES FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO 1; # default
CONFIGURE MAXSETSIZE TO UNLIMITED; # default
CONFIGURE ENCRYPTION FOR DATABASE OFF; # default
CONFIGURE ENCRYPTION ALGORITHM 'AES128'; # default
CONFIGURE COMPRESSION ALGORITHM 'BASIC' AS OF RELEASE 'DEFAULT' OPTIMIZE FOR LOAD TRUE ; # default
CONFIGURE RMAN OUTPUT TO KEEP FOR 7 DAYS; # default
CONFIGURE ARCHIVELOG DELETION POLICY TO APPLIED ON ALL STANDBY BACKED UP 1 TIMES TO DISK;
CONFIGURE SNAPSHOT CONTROLFILE NAME TO '/u01/app/oracle/product/12.2.0/dbhome_1/dbs/snapcf_orcl.f'; # default
RMAN>

ON STANDBY:

SQL> select name, open_mode from v$database;

NAME      OPEN_MODE
---------    --------------------
ORCL         MOUNTED

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#--------- CHECK THE LAST ARCHIVE RECEIVED FROM PRODUCTION   --------------------------------------------#
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SQL> select thread#, max(sequence#) "Last Standby Seq Received"
from v$archived_log val, v$database vdb
where val.resetlogs_change# = vdb.resetlogs_change#
group by thread# order by 1;

   THREAD# Last Standby Seq Received
---------- -------------------------
1                                       194
                                     
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#-----------------CHECK THE LAST ARCHIVE APPLIED ON STANDBY----------------------------#
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SQL> select max(SEQUENCE#) from v$archived_log where applied='YES';

MAX(SEQUENCE#)
  ---------------------
           186
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#-------------------CHECK THE ARCHIVELOGS WHICH ARE NOT APPLIED ON STANDBY-----------------#
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SQL> select SEQUENCE#,NAME from v$archived_log where applied='NO';

 SEQUENCE# NAME
---------- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
       160 orcl
       161 orcl
       187 /u01/app/oracle/fast_recovery_area/orcldr/ORCLDR/archivelog/2017_08_10/o1_mf_1_187_drrgw23w_.arc
       188 /u01/app/oracle/fast_recovery_area/orcldr/ORCLDR/archivelog/2017_08_10/o1_mf_1_188_drrgw39r_.arc
       189 /u01/app/oracle/fast_recovery_area/orcldr/ORCLDR/archivelog/2017_08_10/o1_mf_1_189_drrgw6xy_.arc
       190 /u01/app/oracle/fast_recovery_area/orcldr/ORCLDR/archivelog/2017_08_10/o1_mf_1_190_drrgw71r_.arc
       191 /u01/app/oracle/fast_recovery_area/orcldr/ORCLDR/archivelog/2017_08_10/o1_mf_1_191_drrgy3c6_.arc
       192 /u01/app/oracle/fast_recovery_area/orcldr/ORCLDR/archivelog/2017_08_10/o1_mf_1_192_drrgyz94_.arc
       193 /u01/app/oracle/fast_recovery_area/orcldr/ORCLDR/archivelog/2017_08_10/o1_mf_1_193_drrh1hll_.arc
       194 /u01/app/oracle/fast_recovery_area/orcldr/ORCLDR/archivelog/2017_08_10/o1_mf_1_194_drrh2ofs_.arc

10 rows selected.

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LETS TAKE THE FULL BACKUP ALONG WITH ALL ARCHIVELOG WITH DELETE INPUT ON STANDBY 
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[oracle@STDBY]$ rman target sys/oracle_4U@orcldr

Recovery Manager: Release 12.2.0.1.0 - Production on Thu Aug 10 16:56:50 2017

Copyright (c) 1982, 2017, Oracle and/or its affiliates.  All rights reserved.

connected to target database: ORCL (DBID=1478070817, not open)

RMAN> backup database plus archivelog delete input;

Starting backup at 10-AUG-17
using target database control file instead of recovery catalog
current log archived at primary database
allocated channel: ORA_DISK_1
channel ORA_DISK_1: SID=125 device type=DISK
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting archived log backup set
channel ORA_DISK_1: specifying archived log(s) in backup set
input archived log thread=1 sequence=187 RECID=191 STAMP=951668698
input archived log thread=1 sequence=188 RECID=192 STAMP=951668699
input archived log thread=1 sequence=189 RECID=193 STAMP=951668702
input archived log thread=1 sequence=190 RECID=194 STAMP=951668703
input archived log thread=1 sequence=191 RECID=195 STAMP=951668763
input archived log thread=1 sequence=192 RECID=196 STAMP=951668791
input archived log thread=1 sequence=193 RECID=197 STAMP=951668871
input archived log thread=1 sequence=194 RECID=198 STAMP=951668909
input archived log thread=1 sequence=195 RECID=199 STAMP=951670645
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting piece 1 at 10-AUG-17
channel ORA_DISK_1: finished piece 1 at 10-AUG-17
piece handle=/u01/app/oracle/fast_recovery_area/orcldr/ORCLDR/backupset/2017_08_10/o1_mf_annnn_TAG20170810T165726_drrjryg9_.bkp tag=TAG20170810T165726 comment=NONE
channel ORA_DISK_1: backup set complete, elapsed time: 00:00:01
channel ORA_DISK_1: deleting archived log(s)
RMAN-08137: warning: archived log not deleted, needed for standby or upstream capture process
archived log file name=/u01/app/oracle/fast_recovery_area/orcldr/ORCLDR/archivelog/2017_08_10/o1_mf_1_187_drrgw23w_.arc thread=1 sequence=187
RMAN-08137: warning: archived log not deleted, needed for standby or upstream capture process
archived log file name=/u01/app/oracle/fast_recovery_area/orcldr/ORCLDR/archivelog/2017_08_10/o1_mf_1_188_drrgw39r_.arc thread=1 sequence=188
RMAN-08137: warning: archived log not deleted, needed for standby or upstream capture process
archived log file name=/u01/app/oracle/fast_recovery_area/orcldr/ORCLDR/archivelog/2017_08_10/o1_mf_1_189_drrgw6xy_.arc thread=1 sequence=189
RMAN-08137: warning: archived log not deleted, needed for standby or upstream capture process
archived log file name=/u01/app/oracle/fast_recovery_area/orcldr/ORCLDR/archivelog/2017_08_10/o1_mf_1_190_drrgw71r_.arc thread=1 sequence=190
RMAN-08137: warning: archived log not deleted, needed for standby or upstream capture process
archived log file name=/u01/app/oracle/fast_recovery_area/orcldr/ORCLDR/archivelog/2017_08_10/o1_mf_1_191_drrgy3c6_.arc thread=1 sequence=191
RMAN-08137: warning: archived log not deleted, needed for standby or upstream capture process
archived log file name=/u01/app/oracle/fast_recovery_area/orcldr/ORCLDR/archivelog/2017_08_10/o1_mf_1_192_drrgyz94_.arc thread=1 sequence=192
RMAN-08137: warning: archived log not deleted, needed for standby or upstream capture process
archived log file name=/u01/app/oracle/fast_recovery_area/orcldr/ORCLDR/archivelog/2017_08_10/o1_mf_1_193_drrh1hll_.arc thread=1 sequence=193
RMAN-08137: warning: archived log not deleted, needed for standby or upstream capture process
archived log file name=/u01/app/oracle/fast_recovery_area/orcldr/ORCLDR/archivelog/2017_08_10/o1_mf_1_194_drrh2ofs_.arc thread=1 sequence=194
RMAN-08137: warning: archived log not deleted, needed for standby or upstream capture process
archived log file name=/u01/app/oracle/fast_recovery_area/orcldr/ORCLDR/archivelog/2017_08_10/o1_mf_1_195_drrjrwy2_.arc thread=1 sequence=195
Finished backup at 10-AUG-17

Starting backup at 10-AUG-17
using channel ORA_DISK_1
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting full datafile backup set
channel ORA_DISK_1: specifying datafile(s) in backup set
input datafile file number=00001 name=/u01/app/oracle/oradata/ORCLDR/datafile/o1_mf_system_dqgdh8ls_.dbf
input datafile file number=00003 name=/u01/app/oracle/oradata/ORCLDR/datafile/o1_mf_sysaux_dqgdjdg8_.dbf
input datafile file number=00004 name=/u01/app/oracle/oradata/ORCLDR/datafile/o1_mf_undotbs1_dqgdk5xc_.dbf
input datafile file number=00007 name=/u01/app/oracle/oradata/ORCLDR/datafile/o1_mf_users_dqgdk6z4_.dbf
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting piece 1 at 10-AUG-17
channel ORA_DISK_1: finished piece 1 at 10-AUG-17
piece handle=/u01/app/oracle/fast_recovery_area/orcldr/ORCLDR/backupset/2017_08_10/o1_mf_nnndf_TAG20170810T165727_drrjrzpf_.bkp tag=TAG20170810T165727 comment=NONE
channel ORA_DISK_1: backup set complete, elapsed time: 00:00:35
Finished backup at 10-AUG-17

Starting backup at 10-AUG-17
current log archived at primary database
using channel ORA_DISK_1
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting archived log backup set
channel ORA_DISK_1: specifying archived log(s) in backup set
input archived log thread=1 sequence=196 RECID=200 STAMP=951670682
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting piece 1 at 10-AUG-17
channel ORA_DISK_1: finished piece 1 at 10-AUG-17
piece handle=/u01/app/oracle/fast_recovery_area/orcldr/ORCLDR/backupset/2017_08_10/o1_mf_annnn_TAG20170810T165803_drrjt40o_.bkp tag=TAG20170810T165803 comment=NONE
channel ORA_DISK_1: backup set complete, elapsed time: 00:00:01
channel ORA_DISK_1: deleting archived log(s)
RMAN-08137: warning: archived log not deleted, needed for standby or upstream capture process
archived log file name=/u01/app/oracle/fast_recovery_area/orcldr/ORCLDR/archivelog/2017_08_10/o1_mf_1_196_drrjt2tm_.arc thread=1 sequence=196
Finished backup at 10-AUG-17

Starting Control File and SPFILE Autobackup at 10-AUG-17
piece handle=/u01/app/oracle/fast_recovery_area/orcldr/ORCLDR/autobackup/2017_08_10/o1_mf_s_951668774_drrjt56h_.bkp comment=NONE
Finished Control File and SPFILE Autobackup at 10-AUG-17
RMAN>


WE CAN SEE WARNING "RMAN-08137: warning: archived log not deleted, needed for standby or upstream capture process".  THIS INDICATES THAT ARCHIVES ARE RECEIVED BUT NOT APPLIED TO STANDBY DATABASE FROM sequence# 187 TO 195, SO RMAN JUST BACKUP THE ARCHIVES BUT NOT DELETING.

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