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NAME
pmon - Process Monitor; performs recovery when a user pro-
cess fails
SYNOPSIS
pmon
DESCRIPTION
The Process Monitor or pmon background process, described in
the ORACLE Database Administrator's Guide, performs recovery
when a process accessing a database fails. It cleans up the
cache and frees resources that the process was using. For
example, it resets the status of the active transaction
table, releases locks, and removes the process ID from the
list of active ORACLE processes. It "wakes up" regularly to
check whether recovery is needed, and can be called if
another process needs it.
SEE ALSO
ORACLE Installation and User's Guide for your operating sys-
tem; ORACLE Database Administrator's Guide
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