Oracle® Database SQL Language Reference 11g Release 2 (11.2) Part Number E26088-02 |
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Oracle strongly recommends that you run your database in automatic undo management mode instead of using rollback segments. Do not use rollback segments unless you must do so for compatibility with earlier versions of Oracle Database. Refer to Oracle Database Administrator's Guide for information on automatic undo management.Use the ALTER ROLLBACK SEGMENT
statement to bring a rollback segment online or offline, change its storage characteristics, or shrink it to an optimal or specified size.
This section assumes that your database is running in rollback undo mode (the UNDO_MANAGEMENT
initialization parameter is set to MANUAL
or not set at all). If your database is running in automatic undo mode (the UNDO_MANAGEMENT
initialization parameter is set to AUTO
, which is the default), then user-created rollback segments are irrelevant.
See Also:
CREATE ROLLBACK SEGMENT for information on creating a rollback segment
Oracle Database Reference for information on the UNDO_MANAGEMENT
parameter
You must have the ALTER ROLLBACK SEGMENT
system privilege.
(storage_clause, size_clause::=)
Specify the name of an existing rollback segment.
Specify ONLINE
to bring the rollback segment online. When you create a rollback segment, it is initially offline and not available for transactions. This clause brings the rollback segment online, making it available for transactions by your instance. You can also bring a rollback segment online when you start your instance with the initialization parameter ROLLBACK_SEGMENTS
.
Specify OFFLINE
to take the rollback segment offline.
If the rollback segment does not contain any information needed to roll back an active transaction, then Oracle Database takes it offline immediately.
If the rollback segment does contain information for active transactions, then the database makes the rollback segment unavailable for future transactions and takes it offline after all the active transactions are committed or rolled back.
When the rollback segment is offline, it can be brought online by any instance.
To see whether a rollback segment is online or offline, query STATUS
column of the data dictionary view DBA_ROLLBACK_SEGS
. Online rollback segments have a value of IN_USE
. Offline rollback segments have a value of AVAILABLE
.
Restriction on Taking Rollback Segments Offline You cannot take the SYSTEM
rollback segment offline.
Use the storage_clause
to change the storage characteristics of the rollback segment.
Restrictions on Rollback Segment Storage You cannot change the value of INITIAL
parameter. If the rollback segment is in a locally managed tablespace, then the only storage parameter you can change is OPTIMAL
. If the rollback segment is in a dictionary-managed tablespace, then the only storage parameters you can change are NEXT
, MINEXTENTS
, MAXEXTENTS
and OPTIMAL
.
See Also:
storage_clause for syntax and additional informationSpecify SHRINK
if you want Oracle Database to attempt to shrink the rollback segment to an optimal or specified size. The success and amount of shrinkage depend on the available free space in the rollback segment and how active transactions are holding space in the rollback segment.
If you do not specify TO
size_clause
, then the size defaults to the OPTIMAL
value of the storage_clause
of the CREATE ROLLBACK SEGMENT
statement that created the rollback segment. If OPTIMAL
was not specified, then the size defaults to the MINEXTENTS
value of the storage_clause
of the CREATE ROLLBACK SEGMENT
statement.
Regardless of whether you specify TO
size_clause
:
The value to which Oracle Database shrinks the rollback segment is valid for the execution of the statement. Thereafter, the size reverts to the OPTIMAL
value of the CREATE ROLLBACK SEGMENT
statement.
The rollback segment cannot shrink to less than two extents.
To determine the actual size of a rollback segment after attempting to shrink it, query the BYTES
, BLOCKS
, and EXTENTS
columns of the DBA_SEGMENTS
view.
Restriction on Shrinking Rollback Segments In an Oracle Real Application Clusters environment, you can shrink only rollback segments that are online to your instance.
The following examples use the rbs_one
rollback segment, which was created in "Creating a Rollback Segment: Example".
Bringing a Rollback Segment Online: Example This statements brings the rollback segment rbs_one
online:
ALTER ROLLBACK SEGMENT rbs_one ONLINE;
Resizing a Rollback Segment: Example This statements shrinks the rollback segment rbs_one
:
ALTER ROLLBACK SEGMENT rbs_one SHRINK TO 100M;