| TYPE |
NAME |
DESCRIPTION |
| AB |
Auto BMR |
A general class of
locks used by auto BMR for various purposes |
| AC |
Application
Continuity |
Synchronizes new
service activation |
| AD |
ASM Disk AU Lock |
Synchronizes accesses
to a specific ASM disk AU |
| AE |
Edition Lock |
Prevent Dropping an
edition in use |
| AF |
Advisor Framework |
This enqueue is used
to serialize access to an advisor task |
| AG |
Analytic Workspace
Generation |
Synchronizes
generation use of a particular workspace |
| AH |
ASM Relocation Lock
High |
Protects locked
extent pointers during ASM file relocation |
| AK |
GES Deadlock Test |
Lock used for
internal testing |
| AM |
ASM Enqueue |
ASM instance
general-purpose enqueue |
| AO |
MultiWriter Object
Access |
Synchronizes access
to objects and scalar variables |
| AP |
SPM Autopurge |
This enqueue is used
to serialize the purging of SQL plan baselines |
| AQ |
Queue Partitioning
local enqueue |
Synchronizes
partition operations on queue table within instance |
| AR |
ASM Relocation Lock |
Protects locked
extent pointers during ASM file relocation |
| AS |
Service Operations |
Synchronizes new
service activation |
| AT |
Alter Tablespace |
Serializes 'alter
tablespace' operations |
| AV |
ASM volume locks |
id1 is for persistent
DG number locking. id2 is for other volume serialization |
| AW |
Analytic Workspace |
Synchronizes access
to Analytic Workspace resources |
| AY |
KSXA Test Affinity
Dictionary |
Affinity Dictionary
test affinity synchronization |
| BA |
non durable sub bmap
alloc |
Synchronizes access
to globl Bitmap Alloc |
| BB |
Global Transaction
Branch |
2PC distributed
transaction branch across RAC instances |
| BC |
BA Container |
Backup Appliance
Container |
| BF |
BLOOM FILTER |
Synchronize access to
a bloom filter in a parallel statement |
| BI |
BA Contained File
Identification |
Backup Appliance
Contained File Identification |
| BM |
clonedb bitmap file
access |
synchronizes clonedb
bitmap file operations |
| BO |
DRM Banned-Object
List |
Coordinates dynamic
remastering banned-object list |
| BR |
Backup/Restore |
Lock held by a
backup/restore operation to allow other operations to wait for it |
| BS |
Backup/Restore spare
enq |
KRB space usage |
| BV |
BA Group
Rebuild/Validate |
Backup Appliance
Container Rebuild/Validate |
| BZ |
BA Contained File
Resize |
Backup Appliance
Contained File Resize |
| CA |
Calibration |
Lock used by IO
Calibration |
| CB |
CBAC Master Lock |
Synchronizes accesses
to the CBAC roles cached in KGL |
| CC |
Column Key |
Serializes Column
Encryption Key Cache |
| CF |
Controlfile
Transaction |
Synchronizes accesses
to the controlfile |
| CI |
Cross-Instance Call
Invocation |
Coordinates
cross-instance function invocations |
| CL |
Label Security cache |
Synchronizes accesses
to label cache and label tables |
| CM |
ASM Instance Enqueue |
ASM instance and gate
enqueue |
| CN |
KTCN REG enq |
Enqueue held for
registrations for change notifications |
| CO |
KTUCLO Master Slave
enq |
Enqueue held for
determining Master Slaves |
| CP |
Pluggable Database |
Coordinate pluggable
database operations |
| CQ |
Cleanup querycache
registrations |
Serializes access to
cleanup client query cache registrations |
| CR |
Reuse Block Range |
Coordinates
checkpointing of block range reuse |
| CT |
Block Change Tracking |
A general class of
locks used by change tracking for various purposes |
| CU |
Cursor |
Recovers cursors in
case of death while compiling |
| CX |
TEXT: Index Specific
Lock |
Index Specific Lock
on CTX index |
| DB |
DbsDriver |
Synchronizes
modification of database wide supplementallogging attributes |
| DD |
ASM Local Disk Group |
Synchronizes local
accesses to ASM disk groups |
| DF |
Datafile Online in
RAC |
Enqueue held by
foreground or DBWR when a datafile is brought online in RAC |
| DG |
ASM Disk Group
Modification |
Synchronizes accesses
to ASM disk groups |
| DI |
GES Internal |
Coordinates Global
Enqueue Service deadlock detection |
| DL |
Direct Loader Index
Creation |
Lock to prevent index
DDL during direct load |
| DM |
Database Mount/Open |
Enqueue held by
foreground or DBWR to synchronize database mount/open or pluggable database
open with other operations |
| DN |
Diskgroup number
generator |
Serializes Group
number generations |
| DO |
ASM Disk Online Lock |
Synchronizes disk
onlines and their recovery |
| DP |
LDAP Parameter |
Synchronizes access
to LDAP parameters |
| DQ |
ASM RBAL doorbell |
Inter-RBAL process
metadata invalidation notification |
| DR |
Distributed Recovery |
Serializes the active
distributed recovery operation |
| DS |
Database Suspend |
Prevents a database
suspend during LMON reconfiguration |
| DT |
Default Temporary
Tablespace |
Serializes changing
the default temporary table space and user creation |
| DV |
Diana Versioning |
Synchronizes access
to lower-version Diana (PL/SQL intermediate representation) |
| DW |
In memory Dispenser |
Serialize in memory
dispenser operations |
| DX |
Distributed
Transaction |
Serializes tightly
coupled distributed transaction branches |
| E |
Library Cache Lock 2 |
Synchronizes accesses
to library cache objects |
| FA |
ASM File Access Lock |
Synchronizes accesses
to open ASM files |
| FB |
Format Block |
Ensures that only one
process can format data blocks in auto segment space managed tablespaces |
| FC |
Disk Group Chunk
Mount |
controls access to an
ACD chunk |
| FD |
Flashback Database |
Coordinate flashback
database |
| FE |
KTFA Recovery |
Flashback archive
Enqueue to serialize recovery |
| FG |
ACD Relocation Gate
Enqueue |
ACD relocation
serialization |
| FH |
Flush Stat |
Serializes flush of
ILM stats to disk |
| FL |
Flashback database
log |
Synchronize access to
flashback database log |
| FM |
File Mapping |
Synchronizes access
to global file mapping state |
| FO |
Oracle File System
Operation |
Synchronize Oracle
File System Operations |
| FP |
File Object |
Synchronizes various
File Object(FOB) operations |
| FR |
Disk Group Recovery |
enqueue to control
ASM recovery |
| FS |
File Set / Dictionary
Check |
Enqueue used to
synchronize recovery and file operations or synchronize dictionary check |
| FT |
Disk Group Redo
Generation |
controls the
privilege to generate redo in a thread |
| FU |
DBFUS |
This enqueue is used
to serialize the capture of the DB Feature Usage and High Water Mark
Statistics |
| FW |
Flashback Writer |
Coordinate RVWR on
multiple instances |
| FX |
ACD Xtnt Info CIC |
serialize ACD
relocation CIC |
| FZ |
ASM Freezing Cache
Lock |
Freezes ASM Cache for
a diskgroup |
| G |
Library Cache Pin 2 |
Synchronizes accesses
to the contents of library cache objects |
| HC |
HSM cache |
Add or Remove from
HSM cache |
| HD |
ASM Disk Header |
Serializes accesses
to ASM SGA data structures |
| HM |
Hang Manager Test
Resource |
Resource to Generate
Hangs for Hang Manager Testing |
| HP |
Queue Page |
Synchronizes accesses
to queue pages |
| HQ |
Hash Queue |
Synchronizes the
creation of new queue IDs |
| HV |
Direct Loader High
Water Mark |
Lock used to broker
the high water mark during parallel inserts |
| HW |
Segment High Water
Mark |
Lock used to broker
the high water mark during parallel inserts |
| IA |
Internal |
|
| IC |
IOServer Client |
Gets a unique client
ID |
| ID |
NID |
Lock held by a NID
operation to allow other operations to wait for it |
| IF |
IOServer File |
Synchronizes file
operations |
| IL |
Label Security |
Synchronizes accesses
to internal label data structures |
| IM |
Kti blr lock |
Serializes block
recovery for an IMU txn |
| IN |
in-memory segment |
Serialize in-memory
segment create/drop |
| IP |
PDB Instance State |
Enqueue used to
synchronize instance state changes for PDBs |
| IR |
Instance Recovery |
Synchronizes instance
recovery |
| IS |
Instance State |
Enqueue used to
synchronize instance state changes |
| IT |
In-Mem Temp Table
Meta Creation |
Synchronizes accesses
to a temp object's metadata |
| IV |
Library Cache
Invalidation |
Synchronizes library
cache object invalidations across instances |
| IZ |
INSTANCE LOCK |
Proctects the lock
name space used by the instance |
| JD |
Job Queue Date |
Synchronizes dates
between job queue coordinator and slave processes |
| JI |
Materialized View |
Lock held during
materialized view operations (like refresh, alter) to prevent concurrent
operations on the same materialized view |
| JQ |
Job Queue |
Lock to prevent
multiple instances from running a single job |
| JS |
Job Scheduler |
Synchronizes accesses
to the job cache |
| JX |
SQL STATEMENT QUEUE |
synchronize SQL
statement queue operations |
| KD |
Scheduler Master DBRM |
Determine DBRM master |
| KE |
ASM Cached Attributes |
Synchronization of
ASM cached attributes |
| KI |
KJCI Serialization
Enqueue |
Enqueue to Serialize
KJCI Cross-Instance Calls |
| KK |
Kick Instance to
Switch Logs |
Lock held by open
redo thread, used by other instances to force a log switch |
| KL |
LOB KSI LOCK |
KSI lock for buffer
cache and wgc concurrency |
| KM |
Scheduler |
Synchronizes various
Resource Manager operations |
| KO |
Multiple Object
Checkpoint |
Coordinates
checkpointing of multiple objects |
| KP |
Kupp Process Startup |
Synchronizes kupp
process startup |
| KQ |
ASM Attributes Enque |
Single Inst Sync of
ASM attributes |
| KT |
Scheduler Plan |
Synchronizes accesses
to the current Resource Manager plan |
| KV |
KEY VECTOR |
Synchronizes access
to a key vector in a parallel statement |
| KZ |
ASM:Purge Audit |
Coordinate GEN0 on
multiple instances |
| L |
Library Cache Lock 1 |
Synchronizes accesses
to library cache objects |
| MC |
SGA Log Operation |
Lock held during
dml/ddl for a securefile log |
| MD |
Materialized View Log
DDL |
Lock held during
materialized view log DDL statements |
| MF |
SGA Log-Bkt Flush |
Lock held during
flushing a log bucket |
| MH |
AQ Notification Mail
Host |
Lock used for
recovery when setting Mail Host for AQ e-mail notifications |
| MK |
Master Key |
Serializes enc$
access |
| ML |
AQ Notification Mail
Port |
Lock used for
recovery when setting Mail Port for AQ e-mail notifications |
| MN |
LogMiner |
Synchronizes updates
to the LogMiner dictionary and prevents multiple instances from preparing the
same LogMiner session |
| MO |
MMON restricted
session |
Serialize MMON
operations for restricted sessions |
| MP |
SGA Log Partition |
Lock held during
partitioning an instance log |
| MR |
Media Recovery |
Lock used to
coordinate media recovery with other uses of datafiles |
| MS |
Materialized View
Refresh Log |
Lock held during
materialized view refresh to setup MV log |
| MV |
Online Datafile Move |
Synchronizes online
datafile move operation or cleanup |
| MW |
MWIN Schedule |
This enqueue is used
to serialize the calibration of the
manageability schedules with the Maintenance Window |
| MX |
ksz synch |
Used to synchronize
storage server info across all nodes |
| N |
Library Cache Pin 1 |
Synchronizes accesses
to the contents of library cache objects |
| OC |
Outline Cache |
Synchronizes write
accesses to the outline cache |
| OD |
Online DDLs |
Lock to prevent
concurrent online DDLs |
| OE |
DLM Enqueue Owner
Serialization |
Enqueue to serialize
access to an Omni Enqueue Owner |
| OL |
Outline Name |
Synchronizes accesses
to a particular outline name |
| OP |
Label Security
Profile |
Synchronizes access
to the ols$profile table |
| OQ |
OLAPI Histories |
Synchronizes access
to olapi history resources |
| OT |
TEXT: Generic Lock |
Generic Lock on CTX
index |
| OW |
Encryption Wallet |
Serializes wallet
initialization and access |
| PA |
Privilege Capture API |
Lock held for
modifying or reading a privilege capture |
| PB |
PDB DDL Operations |
Enqueue used to
synchronize PDB DDL operations |
| PC |
Enqueue for kzppctxs |
Lock used for
accesing kzppctx in SGA |
| PD |
Property Lock |
Serializes property
update |
| PE |
Parameter |
Synchronizes system
parameter updates |
| PF |
Password File |
Synchronizes accesses
to the password file |
| PG |
Global Parameter |
Synchronizes global
system parameter updates |
| PH |
AQ Notification Proxy |
Lock used for
recovery when setting Proxy for AQ HTTP notifications |
| PI |
Remote PX Process
Spawn Status |
Communicates remote
Parallel Execution Server Process creation status |
| PL |
Transportable
Tablespace |
Coordinates plug-in
operation of transportable tablespaces |
| PM |
ASM PST Signalling |
Signals
inter-instance access to ASM PST metadata |
| PP |
GES Plug and Play
Enqueue |
Coordinates Adding
Plug and Play Instances |
| PQ |
Queue Ptning global
enq |
Synchronizes
partitioning operations on queue table accross instances |
| PR |
Process Startup |
Synchronizes process
startup |
| PS |
PX Process
Reservation |
Parallel Execution
Server Process reservation and synchronization |
| PT |
ASM Partnership and
Status Table |
Gates inter-node
synchronization of ASM PST metadata |
| PV |
KSV slave startup |
Synchronizes slave
start_shut |
| PW |
Buffer Cache PreWarm |
Coordinates Direct
Loads with Prewarmed cache buffers |
| PY |
AVM RTA Access |
Coordinate RTA info
access on AVM |
| Q |
Row Cache |
Coordinates updates
and accesses to row cache objects |
| RA |
Real-Time ADDM Flood
Control |
Coordinate Flood
Control in RAC |
| RB |
ASM Rollback Recovery |
Serializes ASM
rollback recovery operations |
| RC |
Result Cache: Enqueue |
Accessing a result in
the result-set cache |
| RD |
RAC Load |
synchronize update of
RAC load info |
| RE |
Block
Repair/Resilvering |
Synchronizes block
repair/mirror resilvering operations |
| RF |
Data Guard Broker |
Synchronizes broker
lock operation involving lock value |
| RK |
wallet_set_mkey |
Serializes wallet
master key rekey |
| RL |
RAC Encryption Wallet
Lock |
RAC encryption wallet
lock |
| RM |
GES Resource
Remastering |
Coordinates Global
Enqueue Service resource remastering |
| RN |
Redo Log Nab
Computation |
Coordinates nab
computations of online logs during recovery |
| RO |
Multiple Object Reuse |
Coordinates flushing
of multiple objects |
| RP |
Resilver / Repair |
Enqueue held when
resilvering is needed or when datablock is repaired from mirror |
| RQ |
Enqueue-Cross SCN |
Synchronize
enqueue-dequeue-cross on SCN generation |
| RR |
Workload Capture and
Replay |
Prevents concurrent
invokers of DBMS_WORKLOAD_* |
| RS |
Reclaimable Space |
Lock held by a space
reclaimable operation to allow other operations to wait for it |
| RT |
Redo Thread |
Thread locks held by
LGWR, DBW0, and RVWR to indicate mounted or open status |
| RU |
Rolling Migration |
Serilized rolling
migration operations |
| RW |
Materialized View
Flags |
Lock used when
creating or readingmaterialized view flags in detail tables |
| RX |
ASM Extent Relocation
Lock |
Synchronizes
relocating ASM extents |
| RZ |
RFS Logminer FLC |
Synchronizes updates
to logminer foreign log cache |
| SB |
LogicalStandby |
Synchronizes Logical
Standby metadata operations |
| SC |
System Change Number |
Coordinates system
change number generation on multiple instances |
| SE |
Session Migration |
Lock used by
transparent session migration |
| SF |
AQ Notification
Sender |
Lock used for
recovery when setting Sender for AQ e-mail notifications |
| SG |
OLS groups |
Synchronizes access
to ols$groups table |
| SH |
Active Session
History Flushing |
To prevent multiple
concurrent flushers |
| SI |
Streams Table
Instantiation |
Prevents muiltiple
streams table instantiations |
| SJ |
KTSJ Slave Task
Cancel |
Serializes cancelling
task executed by slave process |
| SK |
Shrink Segment |
Serialize shrink of a
segment |
| SL |
Serialize Lock
request |
Request serialization
to LCK0 |
| SM |
SMON Serialization |
Lock to check SMON
global work in RAC |
| SO |
Shared Object |
Synchronizes access
to Shared Object(PL/SQL Shared Object Manager) |
| SP |
Spare Enqueue 0 |
Spare enqueue 0 for
one-off backports |
| SQ |
Sequence Cache |
Lock to ensure that
only one process can replenish the sequence cache |
| SR |
Synchronized
Replication |
Coordinates
replication / streams operations |
| SS |
Sort Segment |
Ensures that sort
segments created during parallel DML operations aren't prematurely cleaned up |
| ST |
Space Transaction |
Synchronizes space
management activities in dictionary-managed tablespaces |
| SU |
SaveUndo Segment |
Serializes access to
SaveUndo Segment |
| SV |
Sequence Ordering |
Lock to ensure
ordered sequence allocation in RAC mode |
| SW |
Suspend Writes |
Coordinates the
'alter system suspend' operation |
| SX |
Spare Enqueue 1 |
Spare enqueue 1 for
one-off backports |
| SY |
IM chunk populate |
Lock used to
serialize in-memory chunk populates |
| SZ |
IM segment populate |
Lock used to
serialize in-memory segment populates |
| TA |
Instance Undo |
Serializes operations
on undo segments and undo tablespaces |
| TB |
SQL Tuning Base
Existence Cache |
Synchronizes writes
to the SQL Tuning Base Existence Cache |
| TC |
Tablespace Checkpoint |
Lock held to
guarantee uniqueness of a tablespace checkpoint |
| TD |
KTF map table enqueue |
Serializes updates
and inserts to the SMON_SCN_TIME mapping table |
| TE |
KTF broadcast |
Serializes broadcasts
for flushes to SMON_SCN_TIME |
| TF |
Temporary File |
Serializes dropping
of a temporary file |
| TH |
Threshold Chain |
Serializes threshold
in-memory chain access |
| TK |
Auto Task
Serialization |
Prevents more than
one AutoTask Background Slave from being spawned |
| TL |
Log Lock |
Serializes threshold
log table read and update |
| TM |
DML |
Synchronizes accesses
to an object |
| TO |
Temp Object |
Synchronizes DDL and
DML operations on a temp object |
| TP |
Runtime Fixed Table
Purge |
Lock used for fixed
runtime table purge and definition |
| TQ |
Queue table enqueue |
Synchronizes access
to queue table |
| TS |
Temporary Segment |
Serializes accesses
to temp segments |
| TT |
Tablespace |
Serializes DDL
operations on tablespaces |
| TW |
Cross-Instance
Transaction |
Lock held by one
instance to wait for transactions on all instances to finish |
| TX |
Transaction |
Lock held by a
transaction to allow other transactions to wait for it |
| TZ |
in-memory |
Serialize in-memory
area create/drop |
| UL |
User-defined |
Lock used by user
applications |
| US |
Undo Segment |
Lock held to perform
DDL on the undo segment |
| V |
Library Cache Lock 3 |
Synchronizes accesses
to library cache objects |
| WA |
AQ Notification
Watermark |
Lock used for
recovery when setting Watermark for memory usage in AQ notifications |
| WF |
AWR Flush |
This enqueue is used
to serialize the flushing of snapshots |
| WG |
Write gather local
enqueue |
Long term lock on wgc
file state |
| WL |
Being Written Redo
Log |
Coordinates access to
redo log files and archive logs |
| WM |
WLM Plan Operations |
Synchronizes new WLM
Plan activation |
| WP |
AWR Purge |
This enqueue handles
concurrency between purging and baselines |
| WR |
LNS archiving log |
Coordinates access to
logs by Async LNS and ARCH/FG |
| WS |
LogWriter Standby |
Used by LogWriter to
coordinate communication to standby databases |
| WT |
AWR CDB-Wide Table
Lock |
This enqueue
serializes CDB-Wide Operation on AWR Table |
| XB |
ASM Group Block lock |
Prevents client
diskgroup use during storage reconfiguration |
| XC |
XDB Configuration |
Synchronization
access to XDB configuration |
| XD |
Auto Online Exadata
disks |
Serialize Auto
Management of Exadata disks |
| XH |
AQ Notification
No-Proxy |
Lock used for
recovery when setting No Proxy Domains for AQ HTTP notifications |
| XK |
GES Test-Lock for
KSIRESTXDV |
Lock used for
internal testing |
| XL |
ASM Extent Fault Lock |
Keep multiple
processes from faulting in the same extent chunk |
| XM |
ASM RM Master Lock |
RMON which process
this lock is the Master |
| XQ |
ASM Extent Relocation
Enqueue |
ASM extent relocation |
| XR |
Quiesce / Force
Logging |
Lock held during
database quiesce or for database force logging |
| XY |
Internal Test |
Lock used for
internal testing |
| Y |
Library Cache Pin 3 |
Synchronizes accesses
to the contents of library cache objects |
| ZA |
Audit Partition |
Lock held for adding
partition to Aud table |
| ZB |
in-memory TS |
Serialize in-memory
tablespace create/drop |
| ZC |
IM FastStart Seg |
Lock used to
serialize in-memory FS seg |
| ZD |
IM FastStart CU |
Lock used to
serialize in-memory FS CU |
| ZF |
FGA Partition |
Lock held for adding
partition to Fga table |
| ZG |
File Group |
Coordinates file
group operations |
| ZH |
Compression Analyzer |
Synchronizes analysis
and insert into compression$, prevents multiple threads analyzing the same
table during a load |
| ZS |
Spillover Audit files |
Lock held for
exclusive access on a Spillover audit file |
| ZX |
repopulation file
access |
synchronizes file
operations during repopulation |
| ZZ |
Global Context Action |
Lock held for
updating Global context hash tables |