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Finding out External SCN jump using DBA_EXTERNAL_SCN_ACTIVITY in 12.2 (Doc ID 2171090.1)

Last updated on MARCH 10, 2025

Applies to:

Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Gen 1 Exadata Cloud at Customer (Oracle Exadata Database Cloud Machine) - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Backup Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Purpose

To Describe the feature usage of DBA_EXTERNAL_SCN_ACTIVITY which is newly added in 12.2 to capture the SCN spike happened over dblinks.

Scope

All database administrators

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