B.1 diskmon Process

The diskmon process is a fundamental component of Oracle Exadata System Software, and is responsible for implementing I/O fencing. The process is located on the database server host computer, and is part of Oracle Clusterware Cluster Ready Services (CRS). This process is important for Oracle Exadata System Software and should not be modified.

The log files for diskmon are located in the $CRS_HOME/log/hostname/diskmon directory.

See Also:

• Oracle Clusterware Administration and Deployment Guide for additional information about the following:

  • Oracle Clusterware Diagnostic and Alert Log Data

  • Overview of Oracle Clusterware Platform-Specific Software Components

• Oracle Database Concepts for information about Oracle Database processes

• Oracle Database Reference for a description of the V$BGPROCESS view that displays information about background processes