Which background process of a database instance, using Automatic Storage Management (ASM), connects as
a foreground process into the ASM instance?
A.
ASMB
B.
PMON
C.
RBAL
D.
SMON
Explanation:
ASMB (ASM Background Process): Communicates with the ASM instance, managing storage and providing
statistics, runs in ASM instances when the ASMCMD cp command runs or when the database instance first
starts if the server parameter file is stored in ASM. ASMB also runs with Oracle Cluster Registry on ASM.
RBAL (ASM Rebalance Master Process): In an ASM instance, it coordinates rebalance activity for disk groups.
In a database instances, it manages ASM disk groups.
PMON (Process Monitor): Monitors the other background processes and performs process recovery when a
server or dispatcher process terminates abnormally.
SMON (System Monitor Process): Performs critical tasks such as instance recovery and dead transaction
recovery, and maintenance tasks such as temporary space reclamation, data dictionary cleanup, and undo
tablespace management