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Alter System ‘SWITCH LOGFILE’ vs ‘ARCHIVE LOG CURRENT’

Both the command is used to force the log switch but they do it in different way. ARCHIVELOG CURRENT waits for the writing to complete. This can take several minute to complete for large redologs file where as SWITCH LOGFILE is fast as it does not wait for the archiver process to complete writing the online redologs.
The ‘ARCHIVELOG CURRENT’ command is safer because it waits for OS to acknowledge that the redolog has been successfully written. Hence this command is best practice for production backup script for RMAN.
The ‘ARCHIVELOG CURRENT’ allows, you to specify the thread to archive (If you do not pass the thread parameter then oracle will archive all full online redo logs) where as ‘SWITCH LOGFILE’ archives only the current thread.
Note: In case of RAC environment, the ‘ARCHIVELOG CURRENT’ will switch the log of all nodes (instances) where as ‘SWITCH LOGFILE’ will only switch the log file on the instance where you issue this command.

SWITCH LOGFILE’ is not a correct method after hot backup


In order to be sure that all changes generated during a hot backup are available for a recovery, Oracle recommends that the current online log be archived after the last tablespace in a hot backup is taken out of backup mode. A similar recommendation stands for after a recovery manager online database backup is taken.

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