V$BH

This is a Real Application Clusters view. This view gives the status and number of pings for every buffer in the SGA.

Column	Datatype	Description
`FILE#`	`NUMBER`	Datafile identifier number (to find the filename, query `DBA_DATA_FILES` or `V$DBFILE`)
`BLOCK#`	`NUMBER`	Block number
`CLASS#`	`NUMBER`	Class number
`STATUS`	`VARCHAR2(6)`	Status of the buffer: `free` - Not currently in use `xcur` - Exclusive `scur` - Shared current `cr` - Consistent read `read` - Being read from disk `mrec` - In media recovery mode `irec` - In instance recovery mode
`XNC`	`NUMBER`	Number of PCM x to null lock conversions due to contention with another instance. This column is obsolete and maintained for backward compatibility.
`LOCK_ELEMENT_ADDR`	`RAW(4 \| 8)`	Address of the lock element that contains the PCM lock that is covering the buffer. If more than one buffer has the same address, then these buffers are covered by the same PCM lock.
`LOCK_ELEMENT_NAME`	`NUMBER`	The address of the lock element that contains the PCM lock that is covering the buffer. If more than one buffer has the same address, then these buffers are covered by the same PCM lock.
`LOCK_ELEMENT_CLASS`	`NUMBER`	The address of the lock element that contains the PCM lock that is covering the buffer. If more than one buffer has the same address, then these buffers are covered by the same PCM lock.
`FORCED_READS`	`NUMBER`	Number of times the block had to be reread from the cache because another instance has forced it out of this instance's cache by requesting the lock on the block in exclusive mode
`FORCED_WRITES`	`NUMBER`	Number of times GCS had to write this block to cache because this instance had used the block and another instance had requested the lock on the block in a conflicting mode
`DIRTY`	`VARCHAR2(1)`	`Y` - block modified
`TEMP`	`VARCHAR2(1)`	`Y` - temporary block
`PING`	`VARCHAR2(1)`	`Y` - block pinged
`STALE`	`VARCHAR2(1)`	`Y` - block is stale
`DIRECT`	`VARCHAR2(1)`	`Y` - direct block
`NEW`	`VARCHAR2(1)`	Always set to `N`. This column is obsolete and maintained for backward compatibility.
`OBJD`	`NUMBER`	Database object number of the block that the buffer represents
`TS#`	`NUMBER`	Tablespace number of block

See Also:

Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation and Configuration Guide