| SESSION_KEY | NUMBER | Session identifier | 
| SESSION_RECID | NUMBER | Together with SESSION_KEYandSESSION_STAMP, used to uniquely identify job output fromV$RMAN_OUTPUT | 
| SESSION_STAMP | NUMBER | Together with SESSION_KEYandSESSION_RECID, used to uniquely identify job output fromV$RMAN_OUTPUT | 
| OPERATION | VARCHAR2(33) | Can be BACKUP, ROLLFORWARD, VALIDATE, or COPY_DISK_TO_TAPE. A row for each suboperation type for the session will be in the output view. | 
| COMMAND_ID | VARCHAR2(33) | Either a user-specified SET COMMAND ID or a unique command ID generated by RMAN | 
| START_TIME | DATE | Start time of the first BACKUP command in the job | 
| END_TIME | DATE | End time of the last BACKUP command in the job | 
| INPUT_BYTES | NUMBER | Sum of all input file sizes backed up by this job | 
| OUTPUT_BYTES | NUMBER | Output size of all pieces generated by this job | 
| STATUS_WEIGHT | NUMBER | Used internally by Enterprise Manager | 
| OBJECT_TYPE_WEIGHT | NUMBER | Used internally by Enterprise Manager | 
| OPTIMIZED_WEIGHT | NUMBER | Used internally by Enterprise Manager | 
| OUTPUT_DEVICE_TYPE | VARCHAR2(17) | Can be DISK, SBT, or *. An * indicates more than one device (in most cases, it will be DISK or SBT). | 
| BACKED_BY_OSB | VARCHAR2(3) | A value of YESmeans the backup was done to Oracle Secure Backup. Otherwise, backed up by other third party tape library. | 
| AUTOBACKUP_DONE | VARCHAR2(3) | YES or NO, depending upon whether or not a control file autobackup was done as part of this job | 
| STATUS | VARCHAR2(23) | One of the following values: 
RUNNING WITH WARNINGS
RUNNING WITH ERRORS
COMPLETED
COMPLETED WITH WARNINGS
COMPLETED WITH ERRORS
FAILED | 
| INPUT_TYPE | VARCHAR2(13) | Contains one of the following values. If the user command does not satisfy one of them, then preference is given in order, from top to bottom of the list. 
DB FULL
RECVR AREA
DB INCR
DATAFILE FULL
DATAFILE INCR
ARCHIVELOG
CONTROLFILE
SPFILE | 
| OPTIMIZED | VARCHAR2(3) | YES or NO, depending on whether optimization was applied. Applicable to backup jobs only. | 
| AUTOBACKUP_COUNT | NUMBER | Number of autobackups performed by this job | 
| COMPRESSION_RATIO | NUMBER | Compression ratio | 
| INPUT_BYTES_DISPLAY | VARCHAR2(4000) | Values in user-displayable form. They will be converted to a format of nM, nG, nT, nP, and so on. | 
| OUTPUT_BYTES_DISPLAY | VARCHAR2(4000) | Values in user-displayable form. They will be converted to a format of nM, nG, nT, nP, and so on. |