Oracle 11g new Background Process

This article will enable you to learn about some of new background processes in 11g. As per Oracle documentation there are 56 new background processes added in 11g release 1 Lets have a look at some important ones. MMAN - this process is responsible for ASMM in 10g and AMM in 11g which manages memory allocation to SGA and PGA RCBG - this background process is responsible for processing data into server result cache DIAG - In 11g we have a single location for all the trace files, alert log and other diagnostic files. DIAG is the process which performs diagnostic dumps and executes oradebug commands DIA0 responsible for hang detection and deadlock resoultion DBRM Database resource manager is responsible for setting plans to users and all other database resource management activities EMNC Event Monitor Coordinator will coordinate with event management and notification activity FBDA Flashback Data Archiver process is responsible for all flashback related actions in 11g database GEN0 - General task execution process which performs required tasks SMCo Space management coordinator executes various space management tasks like space reclaiming, allocation etc. It uses slave processes Wnnn whenever required VKTM Virtual keeper of time is responsible for keeping track of the wall-clock time and used as a reference-time counter