Writer instructions

Page title

For most spaces, this page must be titled Space announcements.

For spaces with localized content, this page must be titled Space announcements l10n.

Purpose

Provide an announcement banner on every page of your space.

Location

Move this page outside of your home branch.

Guidelines

Announcement Support for this product will end on December 22, 2025. To monitor Oracle databases, we recommend that you use PATROL for Oracle Enterprise Database.

Archive Log Free Space (ArchFreeSpace)


The ArchFreeSpace parameter shows the number of archive logs that can fit in the amount of free space remaining on one archive destination whose BINDING is MANDATORY. However, if you have more than one archive log destination whose BINDING is MANDATORY, ArchFreeSpace will be greyed out (inactive), and you may see a blank destination in the Archiving State report.

The ArchFreeSpace parameter in the AVAILABILITY application goes offline when you load the ORACLE_ARCHIVE application. .

This parameter is supported if the instance uses ASM storage.
In case of an Instance that uses ASM storage, the ORACLE_ AVAILABILITY application class uses V$ASM_DISKGROUP_STAT view to get the free space for disk groups those are used for storing the archive log files. The free space is considered only for the disk groups those are in mounted /connected state when the query is performed from the monitored instance.

Parameter value calculation

The number of archive logs that can be generated at given location is given by
ArchFreeSpace (Availability) = Arch_file_avail/redo_log_size
ARCH_FILE_AVAIL is the free space available at a given location. The REDO_LOG_SIZE is equal to the max(BYTES) from V$LOG view.

  • For an ASM destination, the ARCH_FILE_AVAIL value is obtained from the V$ASM_DISKGROUP_STAT view
  • For a Flash Recovery Area destination, the ARCH_FILE_AVAIL is equal to the minimum value between OS_ARCH_FILE_AVAIL and FRA_DEST_SPACE_AVAIL
  • The FRA_DEST_SPACE_AVAIL value is equal to the ((SPACE_LIMIT - SPACE_USED) + SPACE_RECLAIMABLE) value obtained from the V$RECOVERY_FILE_DEST view. If the FRA_DEST_SPACE_AVAIL value is negative set it to 0.
  • The OS_ARCH_FILE_AVAIL is equal to the free space available at given location (file system location or ASM location)

Recommendations

Enable the automated recovery feature to automatically compress the log or move the log files when an alarm occurs. If the automated recovery action Compress or Move Log Files has been set, the files will be compressed or moved when this parameter goes into alarm.

If you do not enable the automated recovery action, manually back up the archive logs and remove the files to make room for new archives.

BMC PATROL properties

Attribute

Default value

Application class

ORACLE_AVAILABILITY

Command type

Not applicable

Platform

All

Icon style

Graph

Unit

Number of logs

Border range

Undefined

Alarm1 range

0-2 alarm

Alarm2 range

2-4 warn

Scheduling(poll time)

Poll time of collector

Active at installation

Yes

Parameter type

Consumer

Value set by

CollAvailability

Annotation:

Report the destination, space used and space left.

BMC ProactiveNet Performance Management properties

Property

Default value

Monitor type

Oracle Database Availability

Key Performance Indicator

Yes

Monitor for abnormalities

Yes

Graph by default

No

Availability

No

Response time

No

Normal distribution

Yes

Statistical

Yes

 

 

 

Tip: For faster searching, add an asterisk to the end of your partial query. Example: cert*