RE: Oracle memory usage on Windows
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:09:18 -0500
Message-ID: <F05D8DF1FB25F44085DB74CB916678E887A214EE49_at_NADCWPMSGCMS10.hca.corpad.net>
Download sysinternals suite from Microsoft. There's a utility in there called "Process Explorer". With it you can right click on any process and do "Properties" and then "Threads" to see the threads information attached to the oracle.exe process. It doesn't show you the memory usage of each thread however.
Under threads is "TID" (Thread ID) which matches to server spid in Windows from [g]v$process.
Also, you "could" check out the SQL script that gives you the memory usage by session and match that back to specific TIDs.
I pulled this off the internet some time ago:
REM =============================================================================REM ************ SCRIPT TO MONITOR MEMORY USAGE BY DATABASE SESSIONS ************
REM =============================================================================REM Created: 21/march/2003
REM Last update: 28/may/2003
REM
REM NAME
REM ====
REM MEMORY.sql
REM
REM AUTHOR
REM ======
REM Mauricio Buissa
REM
REM DISCLAIMER
REM ==========
REM This script is provided for educational purposes only. It is NOT supported by REM Oracle World Wide Technical Support. The script has been tested and appears REM to work as intended. However, you should always test any script before REM relying on it.
REM
REM PURPOSE
REM =======
REM Retrieves PGA and UGA statistics for users and background processes sessions. REM
REM EXECUTION ENVIRONMENT
REM =====================
REM SQL*Plus
REM
REM ACCESS PRIVILEGES
REM =================
REM Select on V$SESSTAT, V$SESSION, V$BGPROCESS, V$PROCESS and V$INSTANCE. REM
REM USAGE
REM =====
REM $ sqlplus "/ as sysdba" _at_MEMORY
REM
REM INSTRUCTIONS
REM ============
REM Call MEMORY.sql from SQL*Plus, connected as any DBA user. REM Press <ENTER> whenever you want to refresh information. REM You can change the ordered column and the statistics shown by choosing from the menu. REM Spool files named MEMORY_YYYYMMDD_HH24MISS.lst will be generated in the current directory. REM Every time you refresh screen, a new spool file is created, with a snapshot of the statistics shown. REM These snapshot files may be uploaded to Oracle Support Services for future reference, if needed. REM
REM REFERENCES
REM ==========
REM "Oracle Reference" - Online Documentation REM
REM SAMPLE OUTPUT
REM =============
REM :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: PROGRAM GLOBAL AREA statistics ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: REM REM SESSION PID/THREAD CURRENT SIZE MAXIMUM SIZE REM -------------------------------------------------- ---------- ------------------ ------------------ REM 9 - SYS: myworkstation 2258 10.59 MB 10.59 MB REM 3 - LGWR: testserver 2246 5.71 MB 5.71 MB REM 2 - DBW0: testserver 2244 2.67 MB 2.67 MBREM ...
REM
REM :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: USER GLOBAL AREA statistics :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: REM REM SESSION PID/THREAD CURRENT SIZE MAXIMUM SIZE REM -------------------------------------------------- ---------- ------------------ ------------------ REM 9 - SYS: myworkstation 2258 0.29 MB 0.30 MB REM 5 - SMON: testserver 2250 0.06 MB 0.06 MB REM 4 - CKPT: testserver 2248 0.05 MB 0.05 MBREM ...
REM
REM SCRIPT BODY
REM =========== REM Starting script execution
CLE SCR
PROMPT . PROMPT . ======== SCRIPT TO MONITOR MEMORY USAGE BY DATABASE SESSIONS ======== PROMPT . REM Setting environment variables SET LINESIZE 200 SET PAGESIZE 500 SET FEEDBACK OFF SET VERIFY OFF SET SERVEROUTPUT ON SET TRIMSPOOL ON COL "SESSION" FORMAT A50 COL "PID/THREAD" FORMAT A10 COL " CURRENT SIZE" FORMAT A18 COL " MAXIMUM SIZE" FORMAT A18
REM Setting user variables values
SET TERMOUT OFF
DEFINE sort_order = 3 DEFINE show_pga = 'ON' DEFINE show_uga = 'ON' COL sort_column NEW_VALUE sort_order COL pga_column NEW_VALUE show_pga COL uga_column NEW_VALUE show_uga
COL snap_column NEW_VALUE snap_time
SELECT nvl(:sort_choice, 3) "SORT_COLUMN" FROM dual
/
SELECT nvl(:pga_choice, 'ON') "PGA_COLUMN" FROM dual
/
SELECT nvl(:uga_choice, 'ON') "UGA_COLUMN" FROM dual
/
SELECT to_char(sysdate, 'YYYYMMDD_HH24MISS') "SNAP_COLUMN" FROM dual
/
REM Creating new snapshot spool file
SPOOL MEMORY_&snap_time
REM Showing PGA statistics for each session and background process
SET TERMOUT &show_pga
PROMPT
PROMPT :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: PROGRAM GLOBAL AREA statistics :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
SELECT to_char(ssn.sid, '9999') || ' - ' || nvl(ssn.username, nvl(bgp.name, 'background')) ||
nvl(lower(ssn.machine), ins.host_name) "SESSION",
to_char(prc.spid, '999999999') "PID/THREAD",
to_char((se1.value/1024)/1024, '999G999G990D00') || ' MB' " CURRENT SIZE",
to_char((se2.value/1024)/1024, '999G999G990D00') || ' MB' " MAXIMUM SIZE"
FROM v$sesstat se1, v$sesstat se2, v$session ssn, v$bgprocess bgp, v$process prc,
v$instance ins, v$statname stat1, v$statname stat2
WHERE se1.statistic# = stat1.statistic# and stat1.name = 'session pga memory'
AND se2.statistic# = stat2.statistic# and stat2.name = 'session pga memory max'
AND se1.sid = ssn.sid
AND se2.sid = ssn.sid
AND ssn.paddr = bgp.paddr (+)
AND ssn.paddr = prc.addr (+)
ORDER BY &sort_order DESC
/
REM Showing UGA statistics for each session and background process
SET TERMOUT &show_uga
PROMPT
PROMPT :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: USER GLOBAL AREA statistics ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
SELECT to_char(ssn.sid, '9999') || ' - ' || nvl(ssn.username, nvl(bgp.name, 'background')) ||
nvl(lower(ssn.machine), ins.host_name) "SESSION",
to_char(prc.spid, '999999999') "PID/THREAD",
to_char((se1.value/1024)/1024, '999G999G990D00') || ' MB' " CURRENT SIZE",
to_char((se2.value/1024)/1024, '999G999G990D00') || ' MB' " MAXIMUM SIZE"
FROM v$sesstat se1, v$sesstat se2, v$session ssn, v$bgprocess bgp, v$process prc,
v$instance ins, v$statname stat1, v$statname stat2
WHERE se1.statistic# = stat1.statistic# and stat1.name = 'session uga memory'
AND se2.statistic# = stat2.statistic# and stat2.name = 'session uga memory max'
AND se1.sid = ssn.sid
AND se2.sid = ssn.sid
AND ssn.paddr = bgp.paddr (+)
AND ssn.paddr = prc.addr (+)
ORDER BY &sort_order DESC
/
REM Showing sort information
SET TERMOUT ON
PROMPT
BEGIN
IF (&sort_order = 1) THEN
dbms_output.put_line('Ordered by SESSION'); ELSIF (&sort_order = 2) THEN
dbms_output.put_line('Ordered by PID/THREAD'); ELSIF (&sort_order = 3) THEN
dbms_output.put_line('Ordered by CURRENT SIZE'); ELSIF (&sort_order = 4) THEN
dbms_output.put_line('Ordered by MAXIMUM SIZE');
END IF;
END;
/
REM Closing current snapshot spool file
SPOOL OFF
REM Showing the menu and getting sort order and information viewing choice
PROMPT
PROMPT Choose the column you want to sort: == OR == You can choose which information to see: PROMPT ... 1. Order by SESSION ... 5. PGA and UGA statistics (default) PROMPT ... 2. Order by PID/THREAD ... 6. PGA statistics only PROMPT ... 3. Order by CURRENT SIZE (default) ... 7. UGA statistics onlyPROMPT ... 4. Order by MAXIMUM SIZE
PROMPT
ACCEPT choice NUMBER PROMPT 'Enter the number of your choice or press <ENTER> to refresh information: ' VAR sort_choice NUMBER
VAR pga_choice CHAR(3)
VAR uga_choice CHAR(3)
BEGIN
IF (&choice = 1 OR &choice = 2 OR &choice = 3 OR &choice = 4) THEN
:sort_choice := &choice;
:pga_choice := '&show_pga';
:uga_choice := '&show_uga';
ELSIF (&choice = 5) THEN
:sort_choice := &sort_order;
:pga_choice := 'ON';
:uga_choice := 'ON';
ELSIF (&choice = 6) THEN
:sort_choice := &sort_order;
:pga_choice := 'ON';
:uga_choice := 'OFF';
ELSIF (&choice = 7) THEN
:sort_choice := &sort_order;
:pga_choice := 'OFF';
:uga_choice := 'ON';
ELSE
:sort_choice := &sort_order;
:pga_choice := '&show_pga';
:uga_choice := '&show_uga';
END IF;
END;
/
REM Finishing script execution
PROMPT Type "_at_MEMORY" and press <ENTER>
SET FEEDBACK ON SET VERIFY ON
SET SERVEROUTPUT OFF
SET TRIMSPOOL OFF REM =============
REM END OF SCRIPT
REM ============= -----Original Message-----
From: oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org [mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] On Behalf Of Schauss, Peter (ESS) Sent: Monday, June 17, 2013 3:46 PM
To: oracle-l_at_freelists.org
Subject: Oracle memory usage on Windows
Environment:
Windows server 2008 r2 standard - sp1 Oracle Enterprise Edition 11.2.0.3 64 bit
I inherited this environment (about a dozen small Oracle instances running on four servers) four weeks ago so I am still in the process of getting my bearings. Virtually all of my work with Oracle databases in the past has been on UNIX servers.
On one of my servers I have two oracle.exe processes, one for each of the Oracle instances on the server. Each shows a size of about 6.3 gb in task manager. Looking at databases on my other servers with similar sized sga parameters the size of oracle.exe processes is 1 gb or smaller. On the server with the large processes we bounce the two instances every night. My predecessor told me that this was the only way that they find that they could kill all of the dead connections. The memory sizes of the two processes have not grown since this morning so that combined with the daily restarts would seem to eliminate the possibility of a memory leak. The two databases are in the 3-4 gb size range.
The sysadmin on the server says that this just started happening after the last Microsoft patch although I have not been able to verify this as yet. There are other applications running on the server and memory seems to be an issue.
So my questions:
Is 6.3 gb an unusually large for the size of an oracle.exe process on Windows? What factors, aside from sga_max_size would be contributing to the size of the processes?
Thanks,
Peter Schauss
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