CONFIGURE ARCHIVELOG DELETION PO…

Archive Log Management Improvements

This feature provides the following enhancements:

• Ensure that archive logs are deleted only when not needed byrequired components (for example, Data Guard, Streams, andFlashback).

• In a Data Guard environment, allow all standby destinations tobe considered where logs are applied (instead of just mandatorydestinations), before marking archive logs to be deleted. Thisconfiguration is specified using CONFIGURE ARCHIVELOGDELETION POLICY TO APPLIED ON ALL STANDBY.

• Allow optional archive log destination to be utilized in theevent that the flash recovery area is inaccessible during backup.Archive logs in this optional destination can be deleted usingBACKUP .. DELETE INPUT or DELETEARCHIVELOG.