ORA-00289: Archive Log Destination – Causes, Fixes & Prevention
ORA-00289 is an informational/warning message from Oracle indicating a suggested or problematic archive log destination. It typically appears alongside other archiver-related errors such as ORA-00255 or ORA-00257, signaling that the Archiver process (ARCn) cannot write archive logs to the configured destination. If left unresolved, this issue can cause the entire database to hang, making it one of the most operationally critical errors in an ARCHIVELOG-mode database.
Top 3 Causes
1. Archive Log Destination Disk Full
The most common cause. When the filesystem holding archive logs runs out of space, the ARCn process cannot write new archive logs, eventually blocking all redo log switches and freezing the database.
