Re: Diagnosing processes

AB wrote:
>
> [newbie on 8i on Windows]
>
> Hi, I am learninging how to deal with Oracle processes.
> Any suggestions as of where should I start?
>
> I am interested in:
> - finding out the health of Oracle processes
> - stopping and restarting runaway processes
> - forcing processes to utilize lower CPU usage
> - and so on.
>
> Related question: in Task Manager in Windows,
> I can see only ORACLE.EXE. Where did
> PMON, DBWR, etc dissapear? In NT architecture,
> are they implemented as threads?

Maybe start with the performance guide in the oracle documentation

hth
connor

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