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Does an Oracle incremental level 1 backup need archive logs to identify the differences since the last incremental level 0 (full) backup?

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Let's say we do a full incremental level 0 backup (full database backup) and then, for some reason, we need to delete some archive logs (generated after the full database backup) and then run an incremental level 1 backup (incremental backup). Will this incremental backup be okay without the deleted archive logs? Or does it need those archives to know the differences since the level 0 (full) backup? (I know we must have the archives logs **after** incremental level 1 to do a full recovery). If no, how Oracle track those differences since incremental level 0 (without block change tracking)?
Asked by Astora (841 rep)
Apr 8, 2023, 01:44 AM
Last activity: Jul 16, 2025, 05:21 PM