What to do when SYSAUX Tablespace Grows Rapidly
There is no single source for higher than expected growth in the SYSAUX tablespace: There are however a few common sources that can be investigated and confirmed quickly using a few views and scripts One important view is V$SYSAUX_OCCUPANTS Another very useful and provided script is the AWRINFO.SQL script found in the Oracle_home/rdbms/admin directory Let's start by taking a closer look at V$SYSAUX_OCCUPANTS* select OCCUPANT_NAME,OCCUPANT_DESC from V$SYSAUX_OCCUPANTS order by SPACE_USAGE_KBYTES desc select SPACE_USAGE_KBYTES, OCCUPANT_NAME from V$SYSAUX_OCCUPANTS order by 1 desc SPACE_USAGE_KBYTES OCCUPANT_NAME ------------------ -------------------------------- (1) 118144 SM/AWR (2) 23360 SM/OPTSTAT 13696 LOGMNR (3)...