V$ARCHIVED_LOG holds records
Oracle RDBMS 11.1.0.7
My control_file_record_keep_time is 36, today is 10/16/2014.
I have 9792 records in v$archived_log with min(first_time) as 4/29/2014.
I read a note that MAXLOGHISTORY managed this prior to Oracle 10, so I don't think that is it. This note says that control_file_record_keep_time takes care of this now, but 36 days would be 9/10/2014. I got way more than that.
Any insights as to why so many are retained?