Enable Archivelog mode and Flasback
In order to configure recovery settings option in oracle 10g, We login to oracle enterprise manager as sys account (Picture 1).
Picture 1: Login as Sys
In the maintenance tab click recovery settings under backup settings (Picture 2).
Picture 2: Click on recovery settings
Then We scroll down to the flash recovery area and check enable flash database (Picture 3) which can be used for fast database point in time recovery. We can also change flashback retention time to 48 hours and flash recovery area size to 3GB
Picture 3: Enable flashback database
Next, We scroll up to the screen and check archivelog mode (Picture 4). We Scroll up again on the top of screen and then we click apply and reboot the database in order to make the changes effective.
Picture 4: Enable archivelog