Solaris How Tos

To disable archivelog mode, user must have sysdba privileges.

SQL> connect sys/password as sysdba
SQL> shutdown immediate;
SQL> startup mount;
SQL> alter database noarchivelog;
SQL> alter database open;

Lets check that archivelog mode is disabled.

SQL> select log_mode from v$database;
LOG_MODE
——————–
NOARCHIVELOG