https://www.oraclescripts.com/series/oracle-data-pump/Recent content in Oracle Data Pump on Oracle ScriptsHugo -- gohugo.ioenOracleScripts.comSun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.oraclescripts.com/post/oracle-data-pump-progress-vsession-longops/Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.oraclescripts.com/post/oracle-data-pump-progress-vsession-longops/ <h2 id="monitor-data-pump-progress-with-vsession_longops">Monitor Data Pump Progress with V$SESSION_LONGOPS</h2> <h2 id="purpose">Purpose</h2> <p>Where the expdp and impdp log files record a status line per completed object — writing output at each table boundary, not while a large table is mid-transfer — <code>V$SESSION_LONGOPS</code> records progress while the operation is still running. That gap matters on a full-database export scheduled overnight or an import that has been running for six hours with no new log output. The log file will not tell you how far along the current table is. <code>V$SESSION_LONGOPS</code> will.</p>