Chris, I've got a query I pulled from a paper by Riyaj Shamsudeen on DRM that may be of use: SET NUMWIDTH 10 COL kjblname2 FORMAT A22 COL kjblowner HEADING 'Inst Owner|of Block' COL kjblmaster HEADING 'Inst Master|of Block' COL fl FORMAT 99999 COL blk FORMAT A10 SELECT kj.*, le.le_addr FROM (SELECT kjblname, kjblname2, kjblowner, kjblmaster, kjbllockp , SUBSTR(kjblname2, INSTR(kjblname2, ',') + 1, INSTR(kjblname2, ',' , 1, 2) - INSTR(kjblname2, ',', 1, 1) - 1) / 65536 fl , SUBSTR(kjblname2, 1, INSTR(kjblname2, ',') - 1) blk FROM x$kjbl) kj , x$le le WHERE le.le_kjbl = kj.kjbllockp AND (fl = <file# for block> AND blk = <block# in question>) ORDER by le.le_addr; The instance master keeps track of a block's state whereas the instance owner has the actual block in it's cache. DAVID HERRING DBA Acxiom Corporation EML dave.herring@xxxxxxxxxx TEL 630.944.4762 MBL 630.430.5988 1501 Opus Pl, Downers Grove, IL 60515, USA WWW.ACXIOM.COM -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Christopher.Taylor2@xxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2012 10:26 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RAC CR REQUEST RETRY - Which node is holding the data block? Setup: 10.2.0.4 64-bit RHEL 3 node RAC node1 is requesting blocks for a transaction - either node2 or node3 is holding the block(s) that are being requested. How can I determine which node(s) of the cluster are holding the requested block(s)? Regards, Chris Taylor Oracle DBA Parallon IT&S christopher.taylor2@xxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:christopher.taylor2@xxxxxxxxxxxx> www.parallon.net -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l *************************************************************************** The information contained in this communication is confidential, is intended only for the use of the recipient named above, and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please resend this communication to the sender and delete the original message or any copy of it from your computer system. Thank You. **************************************************************************** -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l