Number of Waiting Messages

Description

This metric shows the number of messages in a persistent queue that are waiting to be dequeued by the apply process. The apply process has attempted to dequeue these messages at least once, and the apply process failed. The apply process might attempt to dequeue a waiting message again.

Metric Summary

The rest of the information in this section is only valid for this metric when it appears in either the Enterprise Manager Grid Control or the Enterprise Manager Database Control (if applicable).

The following table shows how often the metric's value is collected.

Target Version

Collection Frequency

10.1.0.x; 10.2.0.x; 11.1.0.x; 11.2.0.x

Every 5 Minutes

Data Source

The data source includes the following data dictionary views: DBA_QUEUES, DBA_APPLY, and AQ$queue_table_name.

User Action

The messages in WAITING might have been enqueued with a delay attribute set. In this case, after the specified delay period is finished, the messages will be ready to dequeue.

Related Topics

About Alerts

About the Metric Detail Page

Editing Thresholds

Understanding Line Charts

Streams Apply Process