B.3 XDWK Process
The XDWK
(Exadata Automation Worker) process performs automation tasks by requested by the XDMG
background process. The XDWK
process begins when asynchronous actions, such as ONLINE
, DROP
or ADD
for an Oracle ASM disk are requested by the XDMG
process. The XDWK
process stops after 5 minutes of inactivity. The XDWK
process runs in the Oracle ASM instances.
Parent topic: Exadata-Specific Background Processes