Delete Old Trace file & Alert log older in RAC or Single Instance
Recommended Trace File Retention Policy for Production Trace Type Suggested Retention Notes .trc / .trm 7–30 days Basic diagnostic traces. 30 days if enough disk, else 7–14 days is typical. Alert log 30–90 days Rotate or archive regularly (text or XML version). Listener logs 14–30 days Especially if logging is verbose. Audit logs 30–90 days Depends on compliance/security requirements. bash-4.3$ du -sg * 0.07 alert 0.00 cdump 0.00 hm 4.77 incident 0.00 incpkg 0.00 ir 0.00 lck 0.00 log 0.01 metadata 0.00 metadata_dgif 0.00 metadata_pv 0.00 stage 0.00 sweep 71.50 trace bash-4.3$ adrci ADRCI: Release 19.0.0.0.0 - Production on Tue Jun 24 23:01:07 2025 Copyright (c) 1982, 2019, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. ADR base = "/u01/app/oracle" adrci> set hom...