Developing a Tool for Redo Log Management in Oracle Database

Abstract

The redo log keeps track of all transaction operations that affect the values of Database items.This information may be needed to permit recovery from transaction failures . the redo log contains a history of all changes made to the database. The purpose of redo log is to protect against data loss in the event of failure . The purpose of this research is to develop a tool for Redo log management in oracle database so that the management can access information and review the actions of some personnel . and providing a way to the manager to obtain information regarding what happened in the system . In this research logMiner is used to analyze redo log files and archived log files . also JAVA NetBeans is used to design graphical user interface for redo log management.