Uli Bethke
The following steps need to be taken to be able to delete archived redo logs that are no longer required by the CDC capture process:
1. Determine the new first_scn for your capture process
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SELECT cap.CAPTURE_NAME, cap.FIRST_SCN, cap.APPLIED_SCN, cap.REQUIRED_CHECKPOINT_SCN FROM DBA_CAPTURE cap, CHANGE_SETS cset WHERE cap.CAPTURE_NAME = cset.CAPTURE_NAME |
As per Oracle documentation: This query “determines a new first_scn value that is greater than the original first_scn value and less than or equal to the applied_scn and required_checkpoint_scn”. So the new first_scn is the lower value of applied_scn and required_checkpoint_scn.
2. Raise the first_scn for the change source:
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exec dbms_cdc_publish.ALTER_AUTOLOG_CHANGE_SOURCE (change_source_name => <name of="" change="" source="">,first_scn => 11395421887)</name> |
3. Identify which redo log files can be deleted:
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SELECT * FROM DBA_LOGMNR_PURGED_LOG |
4. Write a script to delete or archive obsolete archived redo logs based on the results of the query in step 3.
