sql>archive log list; sql>shutdown immediate sql>startup mount sql>alter database archivelog; ---enable automatic archiving.

sql>show parameter spfile; --in pfile log_archive_start=true --in spfile alter system set log_archive_start=true scope=spfile; --restart the database. archive log list select dest_id,destination,status from v$archive_dest; alter system set log_archive_dest_1="location"=d:\oracle\arc" alter system set log_archive_dest_2="location=c:\oracle\arc" select dest_id,destination,status from v$archive_dest; alter system switch logfile; select process,status v$archive_processes show parameter log_archive_max_process alter system set log_archive_max_processes=5; show parameter log_archive_max_process