Check FRA location utilization

Monitor and manage Oracle Fast Recovery Area (FRA) usage effectively.

Fast Recovery Area must be monitored regularly. Sometimes FRA runs our of space and a DBA must be able to gather FRA space utilization. It is very important to monitor space usage in the fast recovery area to ensure that it is large enough to contain backups and other recovery-related files.

Below script gives you Fast Recovery Area utilization details

set linesize 500
col NAME for a50
select name, ROUND(SPACE_LIMIT/1024/1024/1024,2) "Allocated Space(GB)", 
round(SPACE_USED/1024/1024/1024,2) "Used Space(GB)",
round(SPACE_RECLAIMABLE/1024/1024/1024,2) "SPACE_RECLAIMABLE (GB)" ,
(select round(ESTIMATED_FLASHBACK_SIZE/1024/1024/1024,2) 
from V$FLASHBACK_DATABASE_LOG) "Estimated Space (GB)"
from V$RECOVERY_FILE_DEST;