On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 9:35 AM, mek s <sidi.bouzid.meknessy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Thank you, but, this is my main question: > I never read that before in the Oracle documentation! Is it correct that > RMAN utility can use Data Pump Workers??! > I know That RMAN must access to V$ and GV$ views to extract some information > useful for backup process BUT, is RMAN using Data Pump Workers for that? > Short answer is no. RMAN is just a client and it is spawning one oracle process per channel and this process is doing backup. DataPump is a separate product. If you need more detail data try to install and use S-ASH - http://sourceforge.net/projects/orasash/ - http://ashmasters.com It is free and will give you some functionality of Diagnostic Pack. -- Marcin Przepiorowski http://oracleprof.blogspot.com -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l