That seems unlikely, the wait events are consistent. However, If you want a short term snapshot though, run this command: exec dbms_workload_repository.create_snapshot at whatever interval you want. On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 2:22 PM, Allen, Brandon <Brandon.Allen@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Because they report instance-wide stats, they could be showing you wait > events for processes that are completely unrelated to the problems you're > trying to troubleshoot. And also since they are (usually) at infrequent > intervals, transient problems can easily be buried by other more persistent > events. For example, a session that hangs for 5 minutes blocked by another > transaction's blocking lock - this 5 minute delay could be a major problem > for some business critical function that you're trying to troubleshoot, but > if you look at an AWR report over a 1 hour interval, those 5 minutes of > waiting on the blocking lock/enqueue aren't likely to show up in your top > wait events. > > Regards, > Brandon > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joe A-C [mailto:jwc7744@xxxxxxxxx] > > Why do you say that the AWR reports are likely to be misleading? > > > Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message or > attachments hereto. Please advise immediately if you or your employer do not > consent to Internet email for messages of this kind. Opinions, conclusions > and other information in this message that do not relate to the official > business of this company shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed > by it. > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > -- Andrew W. Kerber 'If at first you dont succeed, dont take up skydiving.'