I use background checkpoints started/completed, you can also verify by dividing redo size statistic by your redo log size for example Statistic Total per Second per Trans -------------------------------- ------------------ -------------- ------------- background checkpoints completed 12 0.0 0.0 background checkpoints started 13 0.0 0.0 redo size 3,650,524,432 1,000,403.5 341,393.9 the redo log size is 250MB so roughly is 13 log dwitches whcih corresponds to background checkpoints started thanks On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 6:24 PM, Hameed, Amir <Amir.Hameed@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > Is there a database statistic available that can tell how many times LGWR > switched redo log files? > > > > Thanks, > > Amir >