Oracle 11g new Background Process

This article will enable you to learn about some of new background processes in 11g. As per Oracle documentation there are 56 new background processes added in 11g release 1

Lets have a look at some important one’s….

MMAN – this process is responsible for ASMM in 10g and AMM in 11g  which manages memory allocation to SGA and PGA

RCBG – this background process is responsible for processing data into server result cache

DIAG – In 11g we have a single location for all the trace files, alert log and other diagnostic files. DIAG is the process which performs  diagnostic dumps and executes oradebug commands

DIA0 – responsible for hang detection and deadlock resoultion

DBRM – Database resource manager is responsible for setting plans to users and all other database resource management activities

EMNC – Event Monitor Coordinator will coordinate with event management and notification activity

FBDA – Flashback Data Archiver process is responsible for all flashback related actions in 11g database

GEN0 – General task execution process which performs required tasks

SMCo – Space management coordinator executes various space management tasks like space reclaiming, allocation etc. It uses slave processes Wnnn whenever required

VKTM – Virtual keeper of time is  responsible for keeping track of the wall-clock time and used as a reference-time counter

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Oracle 10g new Background Process

MMAN
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SGA Background Process

The Automatic Shared Memory Management feature uses a new background process named Memory Manager (MMAN). MMAN serves as the SGA Memory Broker and coordinates the sizing of the memory components. The SGA Memory Broker keeps track of the sizes of the components and pending resize operations

RVWR
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Flashback database
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– This a new feature introduced in 10g.
– Flashbacking a database means going back to a previous database state.
– The Flashback Database feature provides a way to quickly revert an entire
Oracle database to the state it was in at a past point in time.
– This is different from traditional point in time recovery.
– A new background process Recovery Writer ( RVWR) introduced which is responsible for writing
flashback logs which stores pre-image(s) of data blocks
– One can use Flashback Database to back out changes that:
– Have resulted in logical data corruptions.
– Are a result of user error.
– This feature is not applicable for recovering the database in case of media
failure.
– The time required for flashbacking a database to a specific time in past is
DIRECTLY PROPORTIONAL to the number of changes made and not on the size
of the database.
Jnnn
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These are job queue processes which are spawned as needed by CJQ0 to complete scheduled jobs. This is not a new process.
CTWR
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This is a new process Change Tracking Writer (CTWR) which works with the new block changed tracking features in 10g for fast RMAN incremental backups.

MMNL
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The Memory Monitor Light (MMNL) process is a new process in 10g which works with the Automatic Workload Repository new features (AWR) to write out full statistics buffers to disk as needed.

MMON
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The Manageability Monitor (MMON) process was introduced in 10g and is associated with the Automatic Workload Repository new features used for automatic problem detection and self-tuning. MMON writes out the required statistics for AWR on a scheduled basis.

M000
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MMON background slave (m000) processes.

CJQn
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This is the Job Queue monitoring process which is initiated with the job_queue_processes parameter. This is not new.

RBAL
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This is the ASM related process that performs rebalancing of disk resources controlled by ASM.

ARBx
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These processes are managed by the RBAL process and are used to do the actual rebalancing of ASM
controlled disk resources. The number of ARBx processes invoked is directly influenced by the asm_power_limit parameter.

ASMB
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The ASMB process is used to provide information to and from the Cluster Synchronization Services used by ASM to manage the disk resources. It is also used to update statistics and provide a heartbeat mechanism.

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