Global Cache Blocks Lost

Description

This metric represents the number of global cache blocks lost over the user-defined observation period.

Note: Unlike most metrics, which accept thresholds as real numbers, this metric can only accept an integer as a threshold.

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 and compared against the default thresholds. The 'Consecutive Number of Occurrences Preceding Notification' column indicates the consecutive number of times the comparison against thresholds should hold TRUE before an alert is generated.

Target Version

Evaluation and Collection Frequency

Upload Frequency

Operator

Default Warning Threshold

Default Critical Threshold

Consecutive Number of Occurrences Preceding Notification

Alert Text

pre-10g

Every 5 Minutes

After Every 3 Samples

>

1

3

1*

Total global cache block lost is %value%.

Target Version

Server Evaluation Frequency

Collection Frequency

Upload Frequency

Operator

Default Warning Threshold

Default Critical Threshold

Consecutive Number of Occurrences Preceding Notification

Alert Text

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

Every Minute

Not Defined

After Every 3 Samples

>

1

3

1*

Generated By Database Server

* Once an alert is triggered for this metric, it must be manually cleared.

Data Source

global cache blocks lost

User Action

View the latest Automatic Database Diagnostic Monitor (ADDM) report. For a more detailed analysis, run ADDM from the Advisor Central link on the Database Home page.

Related Topics

About Alerts

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