Pro Oracle Database 23c Administration: Manage and Safeguard Your Organization’s Data

© The Author(s), under exclusive license to APress Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2024

M. Malcher, D. KuhnPro Oracle Database 23c Administrationhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9899-2_5

5. Managing Control Files, Online Redo Logs, and Archivelogs

Michelle Malcher¹   and Darl Kuhn²

(1)

Huntley, IL, USA

(2)

Morrison, CO, USA

 

The Oracle Database consists of three types of mandatory files: data files, control files, and online redo logs. In Chapter 4 the focus was on tablespaces and data files. This chapter looks at managing control files and online redo logs and implementing archivelogs. The first part of the chapter discusses typical control file maintenance tasks, such as adding, moving, and removing control files. Next we will examine the DBA ...