BACKGROUND_DUMP_DEST
The Oracle initialization parameter that specifies the directory where the alert log and background process trace files are written.
A set of RMAN (Recovery Manager) files that contain the saved data from a backup.
A method of backing up the control file contents to a text file in the location specified by the initialization parameter USER_DUMP_DEST.
A collection of performance statistics against which current or future database performance is measured to determine if a significant performance deviation has occurred.
A tablespace built on a single data file that can be up to 232 data blocks in size.
A file created in the same location as the datafiles that tracks the blocks changed since the last incremental backup, saving time during an incremental backup because not all blocks in every datafile need to be checked for changes.