We are NOT seeing the checkpoint-related message in Alertlog such as this: Beginning log switch checkpoint up to RBA [0x1a01.2.10], SCN: 0x0000.644a1dbb .. Completed checkpoint up to RBA [0x1a01.2.10], SCN: 0x0000.644a1dbb Is there a way to enable it so that we see it in alertlog? Any event? Are there other ways to find out, say, from v$ tables, to see how often are checkpoints happening? The DB version is 10.2.0.3 Thanks, Deepak