Wait Event – buffer read retry

This event occurs only if the instance is mounted in shared mode (Oracle Real Application Cluster). During the read of the buffer, the contents changed. This means that either: The version number, dba, or the incarnation and sequence number stored in the block no longer match The checksum on the block does not match the…

Wait Event – buffer latch

The session waits on the buffer hash chain latch. Primarily used in the dump routines. The virtual address in the SGA where this latch is located. Use the following statement to find the name of this latch: select * from v$latch a, v$latchname b where addr = latch addr and a.latch# = b.latch#; chain# The…

Wait Event – buffer deadlock

Oracle does not really wait on this event; the foreground only yields the CPU. Thus, the chances of catching this event are very low. This is not an application induced deadlock, but an assumed deadlock by the cache layer. The cache layer cannot get a buffer in a certain mode within a certain amount of…

Wait Event – broadcast mesg recovery queue transition

Processes enter “wait for broadcast mesg recovery queue transition” when cleaning up a publisher channel handle to a RELIABLE broadcast channel. The broadcasted message is in the recovery queue of another channel handle (for example, ch2). Process enters this wait, if the message is yet to be removed from the recovery queue of the ch2…

Wait Event – broadcast mesg queue transition

Processes enter “wait for broadcast mesg queue transition” when cleaning up a publisher channel handle to a RELIABLE broadcast channel. The publisher is responsible for moving the message to the free queue, but it cannot do so until the message is in the done queue. If the message is still not in the done queue,…

Wait Event – alter system set dispatcher

A session has issued a statement ALTER SYSTEM SET DISPATCHER = string and is waiting for the dispatchers to get started. Wait Time: The session will wait 1 / 100 of a second and verify if the new dispatchers have started, else the session will wait again