In your database, you may be forced to perform a recovery using the RESETLOGS option during which the redo logs would be reset to sequence number 1. You want to avoid the overwriting of old log files.
Which archived log file name format ensures this?
A. %t_%s.dbf
B. arch_%t.arc
C. arch_%d.arc
D. arch_%t_%d.arc
E. arch_%d_%s_.dbf
F. arch_%t_%s_%r.arc
Answer: F
LOG_ARCHIVE_FORMAT = arch_%t_%s_%r.arc
In this example, SQL*Plus automatically suggests the file name /arc_dest/loc2/arch_%t_%s_%r.arc (where %t is the thread, %s is the sequence and %r is the resetlogs ID).
Optionally, set the LOG_ARCHIVE_FORMAT initialization parameter, using %t to include the thread number as part of the file name, %s to include the log sequence number, and %r to include the resetlogs ID (a timestamp value represented in ub4). Use capital letters (%T, %S, and %R) to pad the file name to the left with zeroes.
Note:
If theCOMPATIBLE initialization parameter is set to 10.0.0 or higher, the database requires the specification of resetlogs ID (%r) when you include the LOG_ARCHIVE_FORMAT parameter. The default for this parameter is operating system dependent.
The incarnation of a database changes when you open it with the RESETLOGS option. Specifying %r causes the database to capture the resetlogs ID in the archived redo log file name. See Oracle Database Backup and Recovery User's Guide for more information about this method of recovery.
The following example shows a setting of LOG_ARCHIVE_FORMAT:
LOG_ARCHIVE_FORMAT = arch_%t_%s_%r.arc
This setting will generate archived logs as follows for thread 1; log sequence numbers 100, 101, and 102; resetlogs ID 509210197. The identical resetlogs ID indicates that the files are all from the same database incarnation:
/disk1/archive/arch_1_100_509210197.arc, /disk1/archive/arch_1_101_509210197.arc, /disk1/archive/arch_1_102_509210197.arc /disk2/archive/arch_1_100_509210197.arc, /disk2/archive/arch_1_101_509210197.arc, /disk2/archive/arch_1_102_509210197.arc /disk3/archive/arch_1_100_509210197.arc, /disk3/archive/arch_1_101_509210197.arc, /disk3/archive/arch_1_102_509210197.arc