Hi, I have an interesting issue in 3 node cluster where during the backup the normal processing is a bit disrupted. I didn't find much information from mos either from internet, so maybe here somebody has experienced something similar: Active% | SQL_ID | EVENT | WAIT_CLASS | SERVICE_NRNAME | PROGRAM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 95% | | db file parallel write | System I/O | SYS$BACKG | oracle@linuxsrv1 (DBW1) 81% | | log file parallel write | System I/O | SYS$BACKG | oracle@linuxsrv1 (LGWR) 57% | | db file parallel write | System I/O | SYS$BACKG | oracle@linuxsrv1 (DBW0) 24% | b1zbvg2qpwt05 | reliable message | Other | service1 | JDBC Thin Client 24% | b1zbvg2qpwt05 | enq: ZZ - update hash tables | Other | service1 | JDBC Thin Client 19% | b1zbvg2qpwt05 | enq: ZZ - update hash tables | Other | service1 | JDBC Thin Client 19% | b1zbvg2qpwt05 | enq: ZZ - update hash tables | Other | service1 | JDBC Thin Client 14% | fzbbuz7q4qpka | db file sequential read | User I/O | service1 | JDBC Thin Client 14% | | log file sync | Commit | service1 | JDBC Thin Client 14% | | log file sync | Commit | service1 | JDBC Thin Client The service1 is an application service which is running on 2 instances. The enq: ZZ events are probably related to global context, because the sql is the execution of dbms_session.clear_context procedure. Thanks, Mati. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l