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Re: Purpose of having bdump, udump and cdump?

From: ericlaiys <ericlaiys_at_gmail.com>
Date: 25 Jul 2006 07:48:19 -0700
Message-ID: <1153838899.292865.145480@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com>


Thank you Brian

Brian Peasland wrote:
> ericlaiys wrote:
> > hi,
> > what is the purpose of having bdump, udump and cdump?
> >
> > Lastly, when do i need to use the trace file?
> >
>
> BDUMP, UDUMP, and CDUMP are directories pointed to by the
> BACKGROUND_DUMP_DEST, USER_DUMP_DEST, and CORE_DUMP_DEST initialization
> parameters, respectively. Any user trace files are stored in UDUMP. Any
> trace files made by background processes are stored in BDUMP. Any core
> dump trace files are stored in CDUMP. You need these files to diagnose
> problems with your database.
>
> Some of the questions you are posting are rather basic questions which
> are answered if you would please take the time to read the Oracle
> documentation for your version. Go to http://tahiti.oracle.com and
> follow the link for your specific version. Then read the Oracle
> Administrator's Guide and the Oracle Concepts Guide. These are a great
> place to start.
>
> Cheers,
> Brian
>
> --
> ===================================================================
>
> Brian Peasland
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> http://www.peasland.net
>
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>
>
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Received on Tue Jul 25 2006 - 09:48:19 CDT

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