F Setting Archive Tracing

The Oracle database uses the LOG_ARCHIVE_TRACE initialization parameter to enable and control the generation of comprehensive trace information for log archiving and redo transport activity.

The additional tracing that is output when LOG_ARCHIVE_TRACE is set to a non-zero value can appear in trace files for an archive process, RFS process, LGWR process, SYNC process, ASYNC process, foreground process, MRP process, recovery process, log apply process, startup process, shutdown process, and other processes that use redo transport services. Tracing information is written to the Automatic Diagnostic Repository.

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F.1 Setting the LOG_ARCHIVE_TRACE Initialization Parameter

The format for the LOG_ARCHIVE_TRACE parameter is as follows, where trace_level is an integer:

LOG_ARCHIVE_TRACE=trace_level

To enable, disable, or modify the LOG_ARCHIVE_TRACE parameter, issue a SQL statement similar to the following:

SQL> ALTER SYSTEM SET LOG_ARCHIVE_TRACE=15;

You can combine tracing levels by setting the value of the LOG_ARCHIVE_TRACE parameter to the sum of the individual levels. For instance, in the previous example, setting the LOG_ARCHIVE_TRACE parameter to a value of 15 sets trace levels 1, 2, 4, and 8.

For a complete list and description of valid LOG_ARCHIVE_TRACE values, see Oracle Database Reference.

The following are examples of the ARC0 trace data generated on the primary site by the archiving of log file 387 to two different destinations: the service standby1 and the local directory /oracle/dbs.

Note:

The level numbers do not appear in the actual trace output; they are shown here for clarification only.
Level   Corresponding entry content (sample) 
-----   -------------------------------- 
( 1)    ARC0: Begin archiving log# 1 seq# 387 thrd# 1 
( 4)    ARC0: VALIDATE 
( 4)    ARC0: PREPARE 
( 4)    ARC0: INITIALIZE 
( 4)    ARC0: SPOOL 
( 8)    ARC0: Creating archive destination 2 : 'standby1' 
(16)    ARC0:  Issuing standby Create archive destination at 'standby1' 
( 8)    ARC0: Creating archive destination 1 : '/oracle/dbs/d1arc1_387.log' 
(16)    ARC0:  Archiving block 1 count 1 to : 'standby1' 
(16)    ARC0:  Issuing standby Archive of block 1 count 1 to 'standby1' 
(16)    ARC0:  Archiving block 1 count 1 to :  '/oracle/dbs/d1arc1_387.log' 
( 8)    ARC0: Closing archive destination 2  : standby1 
(16)    ARC0:  Issuing standby Close archive destination at 'standby1' 
( 8)    ARC0: Closing archive destination 1  :  /oracle/dbs/d1arc1_387.log 
( 4)    ARC0: FINISH 
( 2)    ARC0: Archival success destination 2 : 'standby1' 
( 2)    ARC0: Archival success destination 1 : '/oracle/dbs/d1arc1_387.log' 
( 4)    ARC0: COMPLETE, all destinations archived 
(16)    ARC0: ArchivedLog entry added: /oracle/dbs/d1arc1_387.log 
(16)    ARC0: ArchivedLog entry added: standby1 
( 4)    ARC0: ARCHIVED 
( 1)    ARC0: Completed archiving log# 1 seq# 387 thrd# 1 
 
(32)  Propagating archive 0 destination version 0 to version 2 
         Propagating archive 0 state version 0 to version 2 
         Propagating archive 1 destination version 0 to version 2 
         Propagating archive 1 state version 0 to version 2 
         Propagating archive 2 destination version 0 to version 1 
         Propagating archive 2 state version 0 to version 1 
         Propagating archive 3 destination version 0 to version 1 
         Propagating archive 3 state version 0 to version 1 
         Propagating archive 4 destination version 0 to version 1 
         Propagating archive 4 state version 0 to version 1 
 
(64) ARCH: changing ARC0 KCRRNOARCH->KCRRSCHED 
        ARCH: STARTING ARCH PROCESSES 
        ARCH: changing ARC0 KCRRSCHED->KCRRSTART 
        ARCH: invoking ARC0 
        ARC0: changing ARC0 KCRRSTART->KCRRACTIVE 
        ARCH: Initializing ARC0 
        ARCH: ARC0 invoked 
        ARCH: STARTING ARCH PROCESSES COMPLETE 
        ARC0 started with pid=8 
        ARC0: Archival started

The following is the trace data generated by the remote file server (RFS) process on the standby site as it receives archived redo log file 387 in directory /stby and applies it to the standby database:

level    trace output (sample) 
----    ------------------ 
( 4)      RFS: Startup received from ARCH pid 9272 
( 4)      RFS: Notifier 
( 4)      RFS: Attaching to standby instance 
( 1)      RFS: Begin archive log# 2 seq# 387 thrd# 1 
(32)      Propagating archive 5 destination version 0 to version 2 
(32)      Propagating archive 5 state version 0 to version 1 
( 8)      RFS: Creating archive destination file: /stby/parc1_387.log 
(16)      RFS:  Archiving block 1 count 11 
( 1)      RFS: Completed archive log# 2 seq# 387 thrd# 1 
( 8)      RFS: Closing archive destination file: /stby/parc1_387.log 
(16)      RFS: ArchivedLog entry added: /stby/parc1_387.log 
( 1)      RFS: Archivelog seq# 387 thrd# 1 available 04/02/99 09:40:53 
( 4)      RFS: Detaching from standby instance 
( 4)      RFS: Shutdown received from ARCH pid 9272