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Applies to:
Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 11.1.0.6 to 11.2.0.3 [Release 11.1 to 11.2]
Information in this document applies to any platform.
***Checked for relevance on 22-May-2013***
Symptoms
RMAN is set as follows:
CONFIGURE ARCHIVELOG DELETION POLICY TO APPLIED ON STANDBY;
Some RMAN commands return this error:
RMAN-08591: WARNING: invalid archived log deletion policy
RMAN may be deleting archivelog files from the primary database before they're transported/applied on the standby (Data Guard) database.
Cause
Unpublised bug Bug 5483067: UNSHIPPED LOGS DELETED WHEN CONFIGURE ARCHIVELOG DELETION POLICY TO APPLIED
Solution
Unpublished bug 5483067 is fixed in 12.1.
Workaround: set the RMAN persistent configuration parameter as follows:
RMAN> CONFIGURE ARCHIVELOG DELETION POLICY TO APPLIED ON ALL STANDBY;
References
BUG:8518901 - RMAN+DG ARCHIVELOG DELETION POLICY APPLIED ON STANDBY NOT WORKING
BUG:9477668 - ARCHIVELOG DELETION POLICY TO APPLIED ON ALL STANDBY; NOT WORKING
NOTE:1335326.1 - Archive Log Deletion Policy Not Applied Deleting Archivelogs In RMAN If Standby Is Down