Ora arc files

[former_member186775]

Hi

I just want know Can we delete ora arch files..because they

are occupying nearly 23 gb of space.Is it necessary that we

need to store them or can we delete the old ora arch files ..

plz guide and also plz guide me how to clear cache and shared

memory in detail.

Ours is windows 2003 server and Sap 4.7

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Thank you,

Manjula

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi manjula,

If your system is test environment and you dont have importent data to take backup, you can directly delete ORAARC files. If u dont want ORAARC files further then u can set to NOARCHIVE LOGMODE using SAPDBA tool (for 4.7EE) or BRTOOLS (greather then 4.7EE systems).

Thanks,

Suraj

[former_member186775 · Accepted solution]

Hii

Ours is IDES but not Development or Production ..

why I am thinking to delete them is Abap'rs have

many progrms in the server so that's what is making me

think whether to delete them or not ..also I am not able

to figure which oraarch files to delete and which to remain

...........Also if you know the importance of these files plz

let me know.also about clearing shared and cache memory.

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Manjula

[JPReyes · Accepted solution]

If they are non-critical then delete the older ones first... theres no need to leave any but if you must then leave a few of the newest ones... Anyhow you can switch off the archive logs as started before.

Regards

Juan

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Manjula,

Refer Note 17108 - Shared memory still present, startup fails

Thanks,

Suraj

[former_member186775]

answered.

[Former Member]

Hi Manjula,

below link will guide you how to reset shared memory

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04s/helpdata/en/42/ba975572823119e10000000a1553f7/frameset.htm

Thanks,

Suraj

[former_member829550]

hi manula,

whatever be the sap system . it may be a DEV , QAS, PRD, IDES system the ORA ARCH files are important files.

so it is very important to take a backup of these files. after taking backup of files u can use the BRTOOLS OPTIONS for ECC6.0 or SAPDBA OPTIONS to delete those files.

it is very important that the files must be deleted only after taking the backup.

[Former Member]

is this SAP is personal system?

are you taking regular backups?

if this is your personal SAP system you can delete them

if it is a production system take a backup then delete

Samrat