DBA_HIST_LOG

DBA_HIST_LOG displays historical log file information from the control file. This view contains snapshots of V$LOG.

Column	Datatype	NULL	Description
SNAP_ID	NUMBER	NOT NULL	Unique snapshot ID
DBID	NUMBER	NOT NULL	Database ID for the snapshot
INSTANCE_NUMBER	NUMBER	NOT NULL	Instance number for the snapshot
GROUP#	NUMBER	NOT NULL	Log group number
THREAD#	NUMBER	NOT NULL	Log thread number
SEQUENCE#	NUMBER	NOT NULL	Log sequence number
BYTES	NUMBER		Size of the log (in bytes)
MEMBERS	NUMBER		Number of members in the log group
ARCHIVED	VARCHAR2(3)		Archive status (YES) or NO)
STATUS	VARCHAR2(16)		Log status: UNUSED - Online redo log has never been written to. This is the state of a redo log that was just added, or just after a RESETLOGS, when it is not the current redo log. CURRENT - Current redo log. This implies that the redo log is active. The redo log could be open or closed. ACTIVE - Log is active but is not the current log. It is needed for crash recovery. It may be in use for block recovery. It may or may not be archived. CLEARING - Log is being re-created as an empty log after an ALTER DATABASE CLEAR LOGFILE statement. After the log is cleared, the status changes to UNUSED. CLEARING_CURRENT - Current log is being cleared of a closed thread. The log can stay in this status if there is some failure in the switch such as an I/O error writing the new log header. INACTIVE - Log is no longer needed for instance recovery. It may be in use for media recovery. It may or may not be archived. INVALIDATED - Archived the current redo log without a log switch.
FIRST_CHANGE#	NUMBER		Lowest system change number (SCN) in the log
FIRST_TIME	DATE		Time of the first SCN in the log