Database sessions

oracleoracle-11g-r2

When I am executing the query:

select count(*),type from v$session group by type;

then I get the following output:

count(*)  type
----------------
1         User
22        Background

What does this Background imply in v$session?
Thank You

Best Answer

That means you have 22 sessions of background processes(Like SMON, PMON, LGWR etc) Please visit the following Oracle Documentation link for details.

To maximize performance and accommodate many users, a multiprocess Oracle system uses some additional Oracle processes called background processes

Process Architecture