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Activate the archive log mode in Oracle

Last updated: 9/22/2025

To do so, connect to the Oracle database as an administrator and activate the active log mode using the following queries:

connect / as sysdba;
shutdown;
startup exclusive mount;
alter database archivelog;
alter database open;

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