topic SMO 3.2 - Can't select the option &quot;prune&quot; on the ArchiveLog Destionation screen in Data Protection https://community.netapp.com/t5/Data-Protection/SMO-3-2-Can-t-select-the-option-quot-prune-quot-on-the-ArchiveLog-Destionation/m-p/49884#M6465 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi All</P><P>What could be the reason, why the option "prune" is grayed out on the window "ArchiveLog Destination"?</P><P>My DB Oracle 11g is running on ArchLog.</P><P>Moreover I did select the option "Prune Archive logs" on the window "Database, Tablespaces or Datafiles to Backup".</P><P>If I click "next" without selecting the option "prune" i get the error message "SMO-28004: Atleast one arhivelog destination has to be selected for pruning"</P><P>Thank you for any help.</P><P>Cheers,</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:16:04 GMT sysadmin 2025-06-05T06:16:04Z SMO 3.2 - Can't select the option "prune" on the ArchiveLog Destionation screen https://community.netapp.com/t5/Data-Protection/SMO-3-2-Can-t-select-the-option-quot-prune-quot-on-the-ArchiveLog-Destionation/m-p/49884#M6465 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi All</P><P>What could be the reason, why the option "prune" is grayed out on the window "ArchiveLog Destination"?</P><P>My DB Oracle 11g is running on ArchLog.</P><P>Moreover I did select the option "Prune Archive logs" on the window "Database, Tablespaces or Datafiles to Backup".</P><P>If I click "next" without selecting the option "prune" i get the error message "SMO-28004: Atleast one arhivelog destination has to be selected for pruning"</P><P>Thank you for any help.</P><P>Cheers,</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:16:04 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Data-Protection/SMO-3-2-Can-t-select-the-option-quot-prune-quot-on-the-ArchiveLog-Destionation/m-p/49884#M6465 sysadmin 2025-06-05T06:16:04Z SMO 3.2 - Can't select the option "prune" on the ArchiveLog Destionation screen https://community.netapp.com/t5/Data-Protection/SMO-3-2-Can-t-select-the-option-quot-prune-quot-on-the-ArchiveLog-Destionation/m-p/49890#M6466 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I have found the reason.</P><P>"Pruning of archive log files from the flash recovery area destination is not supported."</P><P>Well too bad that Oracle recommends using the flash recovery area <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":winking_face:">😉</span></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 31 Oct 2012 10:53:43 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Data-Protection/SMO-3-2-Can-t-select-the-option-quot-prune-quot-on-the-ArchiveLog-Destionation/m-p/49890#M6466 sysadmin 2012-10-31T10:53:43Z