1. Database Reference
  2. Dynamic Performance Views
  3. Dynamic Performance (V$) Views: V$ACCESS to V$HVMASTER_INFO
  4. V$BGPROCESS

7.104 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.

This column is available starting with Oracle Database 12c Release 2 (12.2.0.1).

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