7.111 V$BGPROCESS

V$BGPROCESS displays information about the background processes.

Column Datatype Description

PADDR

RAW(4 | 8)

Address of the process state object

PSERIAL#

NUMBER

Process state object serial number

NAME

VARCHAR2(5)

Name of this background process

DESCRIPTION

VARCHAR2(64)

Description of the background process

ERROR

NUMBER

Error encountered

TYPE

VARCHAR2(5)

This column has a value of SLAVE for all background slave processes, otherwise it is null.

PRIORITY

VARCHAR2(8)

Lists the current priority with which the process is running. This column has string values based on the operating system. On Linux, the values that can appear in this column are:

  • TS: Time sharing

  • RT: Real time priority

CON_ID

NUMBER

The ID of the container to which the data pertains. Possible values include:

  • 0: This value is used for rows containing data that pertain to the entire CDB. This value is also used for rows in non-CDBs.

  • 1: This value is used for rows containing data that pertain to only the root

  • n: Where n is the applicable container ID for the rows containing data