The V$FIXED_TABLE view shows a list of all dynamic performance views in the

database.
View Name

Description

V$ACCESS

Currently locked objects in sessions

V$ACTIVE_INSTANCES

All instances mounted by a database

V$AQ

Messages in a specific database.

V$ARCHIVE

Logs in need of archiving (as V$LOG)

V$ARCHIVE_DEST

All archive destinations for the current instance.

V$ARCHIVED_LOG

Archive log history.

V$ARCHIVE_PROCESSES

State of each of multiple archive processes.

V$BACKUP

Online datafiles backup status (backup mode of

datafile)

V$BACKUP_ASYNC_IO

Controlfile backup set information

V$BACKUP_CORRUPTION

Controlfile datafile backup corruptions

V$BACKUP_DATAFILE

Controlfile datafile backup information

V$BACKUP_DEVICE

Supported backup devices

V$BACKUP_PIECE

Controlfile backup pieces

V$BACKUP_REDOLOG

Non-archived backup redo logs

V$BACKUP_SET

Successful backup completion

V$BACKUP_SYNC_IO

Successful backup completion

V$BGPROCESS

Background processes

V$BH

Status and number of pings for each SGA buffer

V$BUFFER_POOL

Monitor various buffer pool settings currently in use.

V$BUFFER_POOL_STATISTICS

Instance available buffer pools

V$CACHE

Shows block headers of all SGA contaqined blocks,

ie. currently cached blocks. Use to analyse the
database buffer cache in both exclusive and shared
server modes. This view shows only objects
currently being cached. Parallel server installations
only.

V$CACHE_LOCK

Locks in cache

V$CIRCUIT

User database connections through dispatchers

(connection pooling) and servers, what Oracle
calls virtual circuits

V$CLASS_PING

Number of blocks pinged in classes

V$COMPATIBILITY

Version compatibilities and incompatibilities

V$COMPATSEG

Permanent non-version retreatable items

V$CONTEXT

Current session attributes

V$CONTROLFILE

Use this view to verify the source of the control files

for the current instance.

V$CONTROLFILE_RECORD_SECTIO
Controlfile record sections
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V$COPY_CORRUPTION

Datafile copying corruptions

V$DATABASE

Oracle database version and database name.

V$DATAFILE

Datafiles

V$DATAFILE_COPY

Datafile copy information

V$DATAFILE_HEADER

Datafile headers

V$DBFILE

Names and locations of all physical database data

files.

V$DBLINK

Inter-database links

V$DB_OBJECT_CACHE

Contains the amount of shareable memory used by a

cached PL/SQL object.

V$DB_PIPES

Database pipes

V$DELETED_OBJECT

Physically deleted item details, eg. logs, datafile

copies, etc.

V$DISPATCHER

Dispatcher process

V$DISPATCHER_RATE

Dispatcher process rate statistics

V$DLM_ALL_LOCKS

Existing locks, particularly those causing contention

V$DLM_CONVERT_LOCAL

Lock conversion elapsed period of time

V$DLM_CONVERT_REMOTE

Lock conversion elapsed period of time

V$DLM_LATCH

Latch performance (obsolete)

V$DLM_LOCKS

Existing locks, particularly those causing contention

V$DLM_MISC

DLM statistics

V$DLM_RESS

Lock manager resources

V$ENABLEDPRIVS

Currently enabled privelages

V$ENQUEUE_LOCK

Enqueued object locks (same as V$LOCK)

V$EVENT_NAME

Wait events

V$EXECUTION

Parallel execution information

V$FALSE_PING

Unserviced pings as a result of lock collisions

V$FAST_START_SERVERS

Parallel transaction recovery slaves

V$FAST_START_TRANSACTIONS

Recovery transaction progress

V$FILE_PING

Number of blocks pinged per datafile

V$FILESTAT

All physical file object read/write statistics

V$FIXED_TABLE

Names of the main Oracle structures.

V$FIXED_VIEW_DEFINITION

Virtual performance view structures.

V$GLOBAL_BLOCKED_LOCKS

Globally blocked locks

V$GLOBAL_TRANSACTION

Active global transactions

V$HS_AGENT

HS agent processes

V$HS_SESSION

Open HS sessions

V$INDEXED_FIXED_COLUMN

Indexed dynamic performance table columns. Use to

execute more efficient queries on V$tables

V$INSTANCE

Current instance state

V$INSTANCE_RECOVERY

Instance recovery information

V$LATCH

Latches and locks information. The SLEEPS column

shows the number of times a process waited for a
latch.
The WILLING_TO_WAIT, MISSES and GETS c
olumns are also useful.

V$LATCHHOLDER

Current latch holders

V$LATCHNAME

Decoded latch names (as in V$LATCH)

V$LATCH_CHILDREN

Child latch statistics

V$LATCH_MISSES

Missed latch requistion attempts

V$LATCH_PARENT

Parent latch statistics

V$LIBRARYCACHE

Activity in the shared pool library caches. The ratio

of RELOADS to PINS for a specific type of cache
must always be less than 1% in a properly tuned
database.

RELOADS - number of object definitions

aged out of the library cache due to lack of
space.

PINS - executions of an item in the library

cache.

GETHITRATION - should always show a

value greater than 0.9 in a properly tuned
database.

V$LICENSE

License limitations

V$LOADCSTAT

SQL*Loader direct load statistics

V$LOADTSTAT

SQL*Loader direct load statistics

V$LOCK

Currently held locks plus oustanding latch and locks

requests

V$LOCK_ACTIVITY

Instance lock operations

V$LOCK_ELEMENT

Locks used by the buffer cache

V$LOCKED_OBJECT

All transaction locks

V$LOCKS_WITH_COLLISIONS

Buffers transaction with lock contentions

V$LOG

Log file details and status contained in the control

file.

V$LOGFILE

Redo log file information. List of all redo log files

and their locations. Use with the V$DBFILE to
provide input to the CREATE
CONTROLFILE command.

V$LOGHIST

Log file history details contained in the control file.

V$LOGMNR_CONTENTS

Log history

V$LOGMNR_DICTIONARY

Log history

V$LOGMNR_LOGS

Log information

V$LOGMNR_PARAMETERS

Log information

V$LOG_HISTORY

Archived logs plus log SCN (system change number)

range.

V$MLS_PARAMETERS

Trusted Oracle information

V$MTS

Multithreaded server information

V$MYSTAT

Current session statistics

V$NLS_PARAMETERS

NLS (national language set) parameters

V$NLS_VALID_VALUES

NLS (national language set) parameters

V$OBJECT_DEPENDENCY

NLS (national language set) parameters

V$OBSOLETE_PARAMETER

Obsolete parameters

V$OFFLINE_RANGE

Datafile offline information

V$OPEN_CURSOR

User session currently open and parsed cursors

V$OPTION

All component installed or switched-on/off Oracle

options

V$PARALLEL_DEGREE_LIMIT_MTH Parallel dgree limitiations

V$PARAMETER

Displays the settings of initialisation parameters

including default values.

V$PING

Block pings (as with V$CACHE)

V$PQ_SESSTAT

Parallel query statistics

V$PQ_SLAVE

Parallel server process statistics

V$PQ_SYSSTAT

Parallel query statistics

V$PQ_TQSTAT

Parallel query statistics

V$PROCESS

Currently active processes.

V$PROXY_ARCHIVEDLOG

Archive log backups

V$PROXY_DATAFILE

Datafile backups

V$PWFILE_USERS

Lists usernames granted the SYSDBA and

SYSOPER roles.

V$PX_PROCESS

Parallel executing sessions

V$PX_PROCESS_SYSSTAT

Parallel executing session statistics

V$PX_SESSION

Parallel executing sessions

V$PX_SESSTAT

Parallel executing sessions

V$QUEUE

Multi-threaded message queues

V$RECOVER_FILE

The status of files needing media recovery

V$RECOVERY_FILE_STATUS

Tracks the status of media recovery (contains a row

for each datafile for each RECOVER command).

V$RECOVERY_LOG

Archive logs required for media recovery

V$RECOVERY_PROGRESS

Database recovery progress

V$RECOVERY_STATUS

Tracks the status of media recovery (statistics).

V$REQDIST

Multi-threaded server dispatcher request times

V$RESERVED_WORDS

PL/SQL reserved words

V$RESOURCE

Resources

V$RESOURCE_LIMIT

System resource usage and limitations

V$ROLLNAME

Online rollback segments

V$ROLLSTAT

Online rollback segment statistics

V$ROWCACHE

Data dictionary activity and data dictionary cache

statistics

V$ROWCACHE_PARENT

Data dictionary parent object statistics

V$ROWCACHE_SUBORDINATE

Data dictionary subordinate object statistics

V$RSRC_CONSUMER_GROUP

Resource consumer groups

V$RSRC_CONSUMER_GROUP_CPU_
Resource consumer allocation methods
MTH
V$RSRC_PLAN

Resource plans

V$RSRC_PLAN_CPU_MTH

Resource consumer allocation methods

V$SESSION

Lists all sessions currently attached to the database

plus their status. The row of a lock contention
session can be obtained. A user session can be killed
using the SERIAL# and the SID columns since
these values are required by the ALTER SYSTEM
KILL SESSION command.

V$SESSION_CONNECT_INFO

Session network connections

V$SESSION_CURSOR_CACHE

Session cursors

V$SESSION_EVENT

Session local events. Can show I/O contention for

the redo log files such as system-wide waits per
session.

V$SESSION_LONGOPS

Long running operations, currently anything over 6

seconds CPU time.

V$SESSION_OBJECT_CACHE

Session object cache statistics

V$SESSION_WAIT

Information on session waits.

The WAIT_TIME column shows wait times
recording a session's previous wait time. Resources
for which active sessions are waiting.

V$SESSTAT

User session statistics

V$SESS_IO

User session specific I/O statistics

V$SGA

System global area (SGA) information

V$SGASTAT

Shows the settings of the shared global area.

V$SHARED_POOL_RESERVED

Reserved and shared pool statistics

V$SHARED_SERVER

Shared server processes

V$SORT_SEGMENT

This is a map to the sort extent pool (SEP).

Shows total extents in the TEMP tablespace

areas.

Can monitor sort segments in

the TEMP tablespace.

The EXTENT_HITS column is incremented

by 1 whenever an unused extent is found in
the SEP.

V$SORT_USAGE

Shows which processes are performing temporary

data file sorting.

V$SQL

Shared SQL area statistics

V$SQL_BIND_DATA

Cursor variables

V$SQL_BIND_METADATA

Cursor variables

V$SQL_CURSOR

Session cursors

V$SQL_SHARED_MEMORY

Cursor shared memory

V$SQLAREA

V$SQLAREA and V$SQLTEXT are views for

displaying high impact physical (disk I/O) and
logical (database buffer cache) reads. V$SQLTEXT
contains the entire query.

V$SQLTEXT

V$SQLTEXT can be joined to V$SQLAREA to

display the complete text of a query.

V$SQLTEXT_WITH_NEWLINES

Legible form of V$SQLTEXT

V$STATNAME

V$SESSTAT and V$SYSSTAT combination

V$SUBCACHE

Subordinate cache memory allocations currently

loaded into library cache memory

V$SYSSTAT

Contains session system level statistics.

Memory sorts - how many times a particular

type of operation has been performed since
startup of the database. Sorting should be
performed in memory whenever possible,
especially for OLTP (online transaction
processing) applications.

Monitors client/server traffic statistics - this

view can be used in conjunction with
the X$KCBRBH table to assess the effect in

increasing or decreasing the database buffer

cache size.
V$SYSTEM_CURSOR_CACHE

View of entire system cursor cache

V$SYSTEM_EVENT

Information on system-wide events and is used by

the utlbstat and utlestat scripts as a statistics
source. log buffer space and buffer busy
wait (contention for the database buffer cache) are
two events which should be watched for.

V$SYSTEM_PARAMETER

System parameters

V$TABLESPACE

Tablespaces

V$TEMPFILE

Temporary file details

V$TEMPORARY_LOBS

Temporary LOBS

V$TEMP_EXTENT_MAP

Temporary tablespace unit status

V$TEMP_EXTENT_POOL

State of cached temporary space

V$TEMP_PING

Number of blocks pinged per datafile

V$TEMP_SPACE_HEADER

Temporary tablespace header details

V$TEMPSTAT

File read/write statisitics

V$THREAD

Shows the status of the current thread. This view is

useful for checking the instance name when
executing a utility like the Server Manager against an
Oracle installation with multiple database-instances.

V$TIMER

Time in 100ths of seconds

V$TRANSACTION

Information on all database transactions. Specific

user transactions can be tracked using this and
theV$SESSION views

V$TRANSACTION_ENQUEUE

Locks owned by transactions

V$TYPE_SIZE

Data block capacity estimation

V$VERSION

Oracle component versions

V$WAITSTAT

Information on wait statistics.

High freelist contention.

VALUE column values greater than zero

indicate possible contention for a resource.
Note that any references to the

term undo refer to rollback segments.