ORA-19809: limit exceeded for recovery files

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>sqlplus "/as sysdba"

SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on Mon Jun 28 10:25:39 2010
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Connected to:
Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP and Data Mining options
SQL> select * from tab;
select * from tab
              *
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01219: database not open: queries allowed on fixed tables/views only
 

Shutdown the database first

SQL> shutdown immediate;
ORA-01109: database not open
Database dismounted.
ORACLE instance shut down.

Start the database

SQL> startup
ORACLE instance started.

Total System Global Area  599785472 bytes
Fixed Size                  1250356 bytes
Variable Size             180358092 bytes
Database Buffers          411041792 bytes
Redo Buffers                7135232 bytes
Database mounted.
ORA-16038: log 2 sequence# 135 cannot be archived
ORA-19809: limit exceeded for recovery files
ORA-00312: online log 2 thread 1:
'F:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\ORADATA\ORCL\REDO02.LOG'

Problem: The value db_recovery_file_dest_size is not enough for generate archive log

          
SQL> show parameter DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST_SIZE;

NAME                                 TYPE        VALUE
------------------------------------ ----------- -------------------
db_recovery_file_dest_size           big integer 2G

Solution: Increase the value of db_recovery_file_dest_size following way.

 
SQL> ALTER SYSTEM SET DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST_SIZE = 10G;

System altered.

Now open the database.

SQL> alter database open;

Database altered.