How To Move AUD$ Table To Another Tablespace Using DBMS_AUDIT_MGMT

noviembre 23, 2017

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If your AUD$ table is in SYSTEM and SYSTEM tablespace, Then it is advised to move the AUD$to a dedicated tablespace.

Use steps to move AUD$.

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select owner,segment_name,segment_type,tablespace_name,bytes/1024/1024 from dba_segments where segment_name='AUD$'

OWNER   SEGMENT_NAME    SEGMENT_TYPE  TABLESPACE_NAME  BYTES/1024/1024

------- -------------   ------------  ---------------- ----------------

SYS     AUD$            TABLE         SYSTEM           16

Use the dbms_audit_mgmt to move the tablespace.

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BEGIN

DBMS_AUDIT_MGMT.SET_AUDIT_TRAIL_LOCATION(audit_trail_type => DBMS_AUDIT_MGMT.AUDIT_TRAIL_AUD_STD,

audit_trail_location_value => 'AUDIT_DATA');

END;

/

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.

check whether tablespace has been moved from system to AUDIT_DATA or not.

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select owner,segment_name,segment_type,tablespace_name,bytes/1024/1024 from dba_segments where segment_name='AUD$'

OWNER SEGMENT_NAME SEGMENT_TYPE TABLESPACE_NAME BYTES/1024/1024

------- ------------- ------------------ ------------------------------ ---------------

SYS AUD$ TABLE AUDIT_DATA 16

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