ORA-16014: log sequence not archived, no available destinations

ORA-16014: log3 sequence# 1869 not archived, no available destinations

It is basically a storage related error which signifies the unavailability of the storage medium that is stopping the database from getting opened as the archival process is waiting to get the destination in order to archive that remaining log sequence.

In this case, there may be many reasons for this archival failures like,

Delete Archive Logs in NOARCHIVELOG mode - Oracle Database

How to Delete Archive Logs when the space is getting consumed and you don't want to take the backup?

How to delete archive logs when the database is in NoArchivelog Mode? FRA is increasing, how to release space? How to delete Archive logs without taking backup?

While practicing Oracle Database Server, you might have thought about deleting archive logs without using them at all as they always keep on consuming your hard disk space.

Usually archive logs are very important when it comes to Oracle database, as they are main source of Oracle (RMAN) recovery scenarios. But this post is for normal learners who are practicing Oracle Database on their personal systems and are tired of increasing the Flash Recovery Area Size as soon as it fills up because of regular backups and archive logs.