Hmmm...in Oracle 7.3.4,, 7.3.5, 8.0.5, 8.0.6, 8.1.6, and 8.1.7 on HP/UX
10.20/11.0, a rename of the alert log causes a new one to be created with
the next message. My "AlertLogChecker" renames the alert log if it finds an
error in there. As I'm attempting to size partitions for a non-partitioned
table, I can tell you the rename of the alert log works very well (I've got
20+ renamed logs in my test DB's bdump dir)! :)
OTOH, most, if not all versions of Oracle on OpenVMS *will* keep open the
alert log (and the udump trace/log files) like you describe. Just the
nature of I/O on OpenVMS, probably due to it's superior file handling and
lack of OpenVMS experience on Oracle's OpenVMS porting (look at the DCL
they've created). :D
Rich Jesse System/Database Administrator, OpenVMS
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depends on the version of the database you are running.. it used to be that
yes, you could just rename it and Oracle would open a new one of the
original name when it needed to write to it.
In 8.? and above, you can no longer just rename it, Oracle now maintains an
open file pointer to it, similar to the way it handles the listener log
file. So you will need to do the same sort of tricks to the alert log as you
have to do to the listener log (make a copy then copy /dev/null to the
original)
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