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<p>The fourth component of the infrastructure, log file removal, concerns
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the ongoing disk consumption of the database log files. Depending on
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the rate at which the application writes to the databases and the
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available disk space, the number of log files may increase quickly
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enough so that disk space will be a resource problem. For this reason,
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you will periodically want to remove log files in order to conserve disk
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space. This procedure is distinct from database and log file archival
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for catastrophic recovery, and you cannot remove the current log files
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simply because you have created a database snapshot or copied log files
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to archival media.</p>
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<p>Log files may be removed at any time, as long as:</p>
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<li>the log file is not involved in an active transaction.</li>
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<li>a checkpoint has been written subsequent to the log file's
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creation.</li>
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<li>the log file is not the only log file in the environment.</li>
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<p>Additionally, when Replication Manager is running
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the log file is older than the most out of date active site in the
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replication group.</p>
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<p>If you are preparing for catastrophic failure, you will want to copy
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the log files to archival media before you remove them as described in
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<a class="xref" href="transapp_archival.html" title="Database and log file archival">Database and log file archival</a>.</p>
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<p>If you are not preparing for catastrophic failure, any one of the
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following methods can be used to remove log files:</p>
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<li>Run the standalone <a href="../api_reference/C/db_archive.html" class="olink">db_archive</a> utility with the <span class="bold"><strong>-d</strong></span>
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option, to remove any log files that are no longer needed at the time
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the command is executed.</li>
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<li>Call the <a href="../api_reference/C/logarchive.html" class="olink">DB_ENV->log_archive()</a> method from the application, with the
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<a href="../api_reference/C/logarchive.html#archive_DB_ARCH_REMOVE" class="olink">DB_ARCH_REMOVE</a> flag, to remove any log files that are no longer
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needed at the time the call is made.</li>
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<li>Call the <a href="../api_reference/C/envlog_set_config.html" class="olink">DB_ENV->log_set_config()</a> method from the application, with the
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<a href="../api_reference/C/envlog_set_config.html#log_set_config_DB_LOG_AUTO_REMOVE" class="olink">DB_LOG_AUTO_REMOVE</a> flag, to remove any log files that are no
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longer needed on an ongoing basis. With this configuration, Berkeley DB will
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automatically remove log files, and the application will not have an
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opportunity to copy the log files to backup media.</li>
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