Excessive Archivelogs Generation During Maintenance Window From Large Execution Of "update seq$ ..." Commands (Doc ID 2721512.1)

Last updated on JULY 20, 2024

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 19.7.0.0.0 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Excessive archive logs are generated during Maintenance Window.

Following symptoms may be seen.

Job queue process (Jxxx) doing "auto optimizer stats collection" task is showing top activity.
AWR shows "SQL ordered by Executions" top SQL as:
sql_id=4m7m0t6fjcs5x
update seq$ set increment$=:2, minvalue=:3, maxvalue=:4, cycle#=:5, order$=:6, cache=:7, highwater=:8, audit$=:9, flags=:10 where obj#=:1
Taking event 10046 trace (SQL Trace) on the problematic Jxxx process shows above "update seq$ ... " statement being repeatedly executed.

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