How to Identify Orphan Database Processes (Doc ID 2580865.1)

Last updated on JULY 20, 2024

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 11.2.0.1.0 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Goal is to identify orphan oracle database processes that exist and no longer associated with a database session.

This note provides a sql query that can be run on database to identify such processes which exist and can be killed on OS side.

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