These views are specific to an Oracle Parallel Server environment:
Lists all current instances that have the database mounted.
Provides the status and pings of every data buffer in the System Global Area (SGA).
Provides information about the block header of every object the current instance has in its SGA.
Provides the lock status of every data block the current instance has in its SGA.
Shows statistics on the number of pings per data block class.
Shows elapsed times for local DLM lock conversions.
Shows elapsed times for remote DLM lock conversions.
Shows the total count and number of immediate gets of DLM latches acquired by latch type.
Shows all DLM locks and lock requests that are blocked or are blocking other lock requests.
Provides statistics on various DLM parameters.
Lists buffers that are getting excessive pings because they are covered under a different lock. Buffers that are identified can be remapped using the INIT.ORA parameter GC_FILES_TO_LOCKS.
Shows the number of block pings per datafile.
Provides an overall view of DLM locks within the current instance.
Provides information about each PCM lock in the data buffers.
Shows locks with high numbers of false pings.
A subset of V$CACHE; shows only those buffers that have been pinged at least once.