Document ID:        39580.1
Subject:            ALERT: DO NOT RUN 7.3.2.1.0 FOR NT
Last Modified:      08 May       1997
Author:             JHAHM


 INSTRUCTIONS:

The 7.3.2.1.0 version of Oracle7 Server for Windows NT cannot be
operated in ARCHIVELOG mode.  When ARCHIVELOG mode is used, the
system will hang and the ALRT<SID>.LOG file will show following
series of errors:

   ORA-00255: error archiving log 1 of thread 1, sequence # 1
   ORA-00312: online log 1 thread 1: 'D:\ORANT\DATABASE\LOG2ORCL.ORA'
   ORA-00286: No members available, or no member contains valid data
   ORA-00334: archived log: 'D:\ORANT\RDBMS73\%ORACLE_SID%00001.001'

Currently the only workaround is to operate the database in
NOARCHIVELOG mode.  When the database is stuck with the above errors,
perform the following steps in Server Manager:

   SVRMGR> shutdown immediate
   SVRMGR> startup mount pfile=...
   SVRMGR> alter database noarchivelog;
   SVRMGR> alter database open;

A patch which fixes this problem is expected soon, and we will make
another announcement when the patch becomes available.