Re: db-writers and UNIX

From: R. Steven Brown <rstevenbrown_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 22:17:33 -0700
Message-ID: <7hg85t$i2g$1@birch.prod.itd.earthlink.net>

Check to see if you have ASYNCH IO enabled in your init file. If you do, it will not allow multiple db writers to start.

R. Steven Brown
Oracle DBA, Best Consulting

Scott <scott_at_scott.com> wrote in message news:373B2898.953BA47C_at_scott.com...
> We have a 7.3.3.5 Oracle instance that has db_writers=4. Upon startup,
> there is only 1 dbwr writer process.
> There are some processes called ora_db01_SID, ora_db02_SID, ora_db03_SID
> and ora_db04_SID also. Are
> these the db_writer processes. UNIX ps shows very little time on the
> dbxx process and much time on the
> DBWR process after a days uptime. Shouldn't multiple db_writers be
> called DBW0, DBW1, etc.? Any ideas
> why this would happen? Is it normal?
>
> stj
>
>
>
Received on Fri May 14 1999 - 00:17:33 CDT