Oracle Archive Log

# How TO Put Oracle DATABASE IN ARCHIVE LOG MODE
# LOG IN AS an Oracle USER WITH SYSDBA equivalent PRIVILEGES
sqlplus
# Shut down Oracle Server
shutdown IMMEDIATE
# Mount DATABASE
startup mount EXCLUSIVE
# ALTER DATABASE
ALTER DATABASE archivelog
ALTER DATABASE OPEN
# START archive LOG
archive LOG START
# shows that ARCHIVELOG MODE IS enabled. IF it IS disabled, the DATABASE LOG MODE IS NOARCHIVELOG
archive LOG list