V$ARCHIVE_DEST

V$ARCHIVE_DEST displays, for the current instance, all of the destinations in the Data Guard configuration, including each destination's current value, mode, and status.


Column Datatype Description

DEST_ID

NUMBER

Log archive destination parameter identifier (1 to 31)

DEST_NAME

VARCHAR2(256)

Log archive destination parameter name

STATUS

VARCHAR2(9)

Identifies the current status of the destination:

  • VALID - Initialized and available

  • INACTIVE - No destination information

  • DEFERRED - Manually disabled by the user

  • ERROR - Error during open or copy

  • DISABLED - Disabled after error

  • BAD PARAM - Parameter has errors

  • ALTERNATE - Destination is in an alternate state

  • FULL - Exceeded quota size for the destination

BINDING

VARCHAR2(9)

Specifies how failure will affect the archival operation:

  • MANDATORY - Successful archival is required

  • OPTIONAL - Successful archival is not required (depends on LOG_ARCHIVE_MIN_SUCCEED_DEST)

NAME_SPACE

VARCHAR2(7)

Identifies the scope of parameter setting:

  • SYSTEM - System definition

  • SESSION - Session definition

TARGET

VARCHAR2(7)

Specifies whether the archive destination is local or remote to the primary database:

  • PRIMARY - local

  • STANDBY - remote

ARCHIVER

VARCHAR2(10)

Identifies the archiver process relative to the database where the query is issued:

  • ARCn

  • FOREGROUND

  • LGWR

  • RFS

SCHEDULE

VARCHAR2(8)

Indicates whether the archival of this destination is INACTIVE, PENDING, ACTIVE, or LATENT

DESTINATION

VARCHAR2(256)

Specifies the location where the archived redo logs are to be archived

LOG_SEQUENCE

NUMBER

Identifies the sequence number of the last archived redo log to be archived

REOPEN_SECS

NUMBER

Identifies the retry time (in seconds) after error

DELAY_MINS

NUMBER

Identifies the delay interval (in minutes) before the archived redo log is automatically applied to a standby database

MAX_CONNECTIONS

NUMBER

Maximum number of connections

NET_TIMEOUT

NUMBER

Number of seconds the log writer process will wait for status from the network server of a network operation issued by the log writer process

PROCESS

VARCHAR2(10)

Identifies the archiver process relative to the primary database, even if the query is issued on the standby database:

  • ARCn

  • FOREGROUND

  • LGWR

REGISTER

VARCHAR2(3)

Indicates whether the archived redo log is registered in the remote destination control file (YES) or not (NO). If the archived redo log is registered, it is available to log apply services.

FAIL_DATE

DATE

Date and time of last error

FAIL_SEQUENCE

NUMBER

Sequence number of the archived redo log being archived when the last error occurred

FAIL_BLOCK

NUMBER

Block number of the archived redo log being archived when the last error occurred

FAILURE_COUNT

NUMBER

Current number of contiguous archival operation failures that have occurred for the destination

MAX_FAILURE

NUMBER

Allows you to control the number of times log transport services will attempt to reestablish communication and resume archival operations with a failed destination

ERROR

VARCHAR2(256)

Displays the error text

ALTERNATE

VARCHAR2(256)

Alternate destination, if any

DEPENDENCY

VARCHAR2(256)

Reserved for future use

REMOTE_TEMPLATE

VARCHAR2(256)

Specifies the template to be used to derive the location to be recorded

QUOTA_SIZE

NUMBER

Destination quotas, expressed in bytes

QUOTA_USED

NUMBER

Size of all the archived redo logs currently residing on the specified destination

MOUNTID

NUMBER

Instance mount identifier

TRANSMIT_MODE

VARCHAR2(12)

Specifies network transmission mode:

  • SYNCHRONOUS

  • PARALLELSYNC

  • ASYNCHRONOUS

ASYNC_BLOCKS

NUMBER

Number of blocks specified for the ASYNC attribute

AFFIRM

VARCHAR2(3)

Specifies disk I/O mode

TYPE

VARCHAR2(7)

Indicates whether the archived log destination definition is PUBLIC or PRIVATE. Only PUBLIC destinations can be modified at run time using the ALTER SYSTEM SET or ALTER SESSION SET statements. By default, all archived log destinations are PUBLIC.

VALID_NOW

VARCHAR2(16)

Indicates whether the destination is valid right now for archival operations:

  • YES - Redo log type and database role for this destination are valid for the current database

  • WRONG VALID_TYPE - Redo log type specified for this destination is not valid for the current database role. For example, WRONG VALID_TYPE would be returned if a destination specified with the VALID_FOR=(STANDBY_LOGFILE,STANDBY_ROLE) attribute is running in the standby database role but does not have standby redo logs implemented.

  • WRONG VALID_ROLE - Database role specified for this destination is not the role in which the database is currently running. For example, the WRONG VALID_ROLE would be returned when a destination defined with the VALID_FOR=(ONLINE_LOGFILE,STANDBY_ROLE) attribute is running in the primary database role.

  • INACTIVE - Destination is inactive, probably due to an error

VALID_TYPE

VARCHAR2(15)

Redo log type or types that are valid for the destination:

  • ONLINE_LOGFILE

  • STANDBY_LOGFILE

  • ALL_LOGFILES

VALID_ROLE

VARCHAR2(12)

Database role or roles that are valid for the destination:

  • PRIMARY_ROLE

  • STANDBY_ROLE

  • ALL_ROLES

DB_UNIQUE_NAME

VARCHAR2(30)

Unique database name

VERIFY

VARCHAR2(3)

Indicates whether the value of the VERIFY attribute on the LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST_n parameter is verified (YES) or not verified (NO)

COMPRESSION

VARCHAR2(7)

Indicates whether network compression is ENABLED or DISABLED.

APPLIED_SCN

NUMBER

For a destination that corresponds to a physical or logical standby database, the SCN of the last applied redo. For a destination that corresponds to a snapshot standby database, the SCN of the last redo applied before conversion to a snapshot standby database. This column is only valid for enabled and active standby database destinations on a primary or cascading standby database.

CON_ID

NUMBER

The ID of the container to which the data pertains. Possible values include:

  • 0: This value is used for rows containing data that pertain to the entire CDB. This value is also used for rows in non-CDBs.

  • 1: This value is used for rows containing data that pertain to only the root

  • n: Where n is the applicable container ID for the rows containing data

ENCRYPTION1

VARCHAR2(7)

Indicates whether encryption of the redo stream sent to Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance (Recovery Appliance) is enabled (ENABLED) or not (DISABLED)


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This column is available starting with Oracle Database 12c Release 1 (12.1.0.2).