Tracing windows system calls via Process Monitor - truss equivalent for Windows
(Doc ID 1447085.1)
Last updated on JULY 23, 2023
Applies to:
Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 8.1.7.0 to 12.1.0.2 [Release 8.1.7 to 12.1] Oracle Net Services - Version 11.1.0.7 to 11.1.0.7 [Release 11.1] Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Machine - Version N/A and later Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later Information in this document applies to any platform.
Goal
This is an introduction to Process Monitor tool, and how to use it for tracing application system calls.
Tracing system calls is beneficial for troubleshooting issues that are suspected to be failing due to system resources, i.e. database startup failure, adding datafile hang/failure, etc.