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Wait Events - instance state change

instance state change

The session waits for SMON to enable or disable cache or transaction recovery. This usually happens during ALTER DATABASE OPEN or CLOSE. Wait Time:

Wait time depends on the amount of time the action takes (that is, the amount of recovery needed).

Parameter

Description

layer

This value can be 1 or 2. If 1, it means that the transaction layer wants transaction recovery to be performed. If 2, it means that cache recovery will be performed.

value

This value can be 0 (disable) or 1 (enable)

waited

The number of seconds waited so far