eG Monitoring
 

Measures reported by OraRollbackTest

The immediate availability of rollback segments for the various activities that occur in a database server is very critical. Contention for rollback segments can adversely impact the performance of a database server and hence, needs to be detected and reported immediately. To detect contention for rollback segments, the OraRollbackTest monitors the degree of contention for buffers that contain rollback segment blocks. The measures made by this test are as follows:

Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation
Pct_system_segment_waits Denotes the ratio of the number of waits for acquiring a header block or a block of the SYSTEM rollback segment to the total number of requests for data, measured over a period of time. Percent If the number of waits for any class of block exceeds 1% of the total number of requests, the size of the SYSTEM rollback segment needs to be increased.
Pct_non_system_segment_waits Denotes the ratio of the number of waits for acquiring a header block or any other block of a non-SYSTEM rollback segment to the total number of requests for data, measured over a period of time. Percent If the number of waits for any class of block exceeds 1% of the total number of requests, the sizes of the existing rollback segments may need to be increased. Alternatively, additional rollback segments to may be created to reduce contention.