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Oracle 11.1 Background Processes

In Oracle 10.2 there were 157 background parameters; in Oracle 11.1 there are 212 background processes

The following table shows the 56 background processess that were added in Oracle 11.1

NameDescription
ACMSAtomic Controlfile to Memory Server
DBRMResource Manager Process
DIA0Diagnosibility Process 0
DIA1Diagnosibility Process 1
DIA2Diagnosibility Process 2
DIA3Diagnosibility Process 3
DIA4Diagnosibility Process 4
DIA5Diagnosibility Process 5
DIA6Diagnosibility Process 6
DIA7Diagnosibility Process 7
DIA8Diagnosibility Process 8
DIA9Diagnosibility Process 9
DSKMslave DiSKMon process
EMNCEMON Coordinator
FBDAFlashback Data Archiver Process
FSFPData Guard Broker FSF0 Pinger
GTX0Global Transaction Process 0
GTX1Global Transaction Process 1
GTX2Global Transaction Process 2
GTX3Global Transaction Process 3
GTX4Global Transaction Process 4
GTX5Global Transaction Process 5
GTX6Global Transaction Process 6
GTX7Global Transaction Process 7
GTX8Global Transaction Process 8
GTX9Global Transaction Process 9
GTXaGlobal Transaction Process 10
GTXbGlobal Transaction Process 11
GTXcGlobal Transaction Process 12
GTXdGlobal Transaction Process 13
GTXeGlobal Transaction Process 14
GTXfGlobal Transaction Process 15
GTXgGlobal Transaction Process 16
GTXhGlobal Transaction Process 17
GTXiGlobal Transaction Process 18
GTXjGlobal Transaction Process 19
KATEKonductor of ASM Temporary Errands
MARKmark AU for resysc koordinator
OFSCOFS CSS
PINGinterconnect latency measurement
RCBGResult Cache: Background
RMS0rac management server
RSMNRemote Slave Monitor
SMC0Space Manager Process
VBG0Volume BG 0
VBG1Volume BG 1
VBG2Volume BG 2
VBG3Volume BG 3
VBG4Volume BG 4
VBG5Volume BG 5
VBG6Volume BG 6
VBG7Volume BG 7
VBG8Volume BG 8
VBG9Volume BG 9
VDBGVolume Driver BG
VKTMVirtual Keeper of TiMe process

The following table shows the one background process that was removed in Oracle 11.1

NameDescription
EMN0Event Monitor Process 0