ALLOW_GROUP_ACESS_TO_SGA

New Parameters in Oracle Database 12.1.0.2 with July 2016 PSU/BP

By following an internal discussion and checking parameter changes between Patch Set Updates (PSU) and Proactive Bundle Patches (BP) I learned that we introduced two new SPFILE parameters in Oracle Database 12.1.0.2 with the July PSU and BP. One is documented in the patch readme, the other one can be found right now only in the Oracle Database 12.2.0.1 manual:

• ALLOW_GROUP_ACCESS_TO_SGA

• ENCRYPT_NEW_TABLESPACES

The Oracle 12.2 documentation about ALLOW_GROUP_ACCESS_TO_SGA, the parameter which appears not in the Oracle 12.1 documentation right now, says:

ALLOW_GROUP_ACCESS_TO_SGA controls group access to shared memory

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