Re: What happens if you lose the alert log?

[JOE TESTA]

Bill, its been a mixed bag recently as to the best, unix i've blown it away, rm or cat /dev/null > alertSID.log with no problems whatso ever, windoze now thats another story someone else can take on.   joe >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/13/01 10:50AM >>> !! Please do not post Off Topic to this List !! Hi,     I had a situation yesterday where a rogue process wrote millions of error messages into the alert log. I was able to get rid of the process, then delete the error messages out. But it would have been quicker to just blow it away and create a new, empty one. I was concerned as to the effect that would have on Oracle. Would it bring Oracle down? What is the best way to handle this? Bill Carle AT&T Database Administrator 816-995-3922 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Carle, William T (Bill), NLCIO   INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services    -- (858) 538-5051  FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California        -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from).  You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).