Find Sessions Generating Lots of Redo

To find sessions generating lots of redo, you can use either of the following  methods. Both methods examine the amount of undo generated. When a transaction  generates undo, it will automatically generate redo as well.

The methods are:
1) Query V$SESS_IO. This view contains the column BLOCK_CHANGES which indicates  how much blocks have been changed by the session. High values indicate a session generating lots of redo.

The query you can use is:

SQL> SELECT s.sid, s.serial#, s.username, s.program,
2 i.block_changes
3 FROM v$session s, v$sess_io i
4 WHERE s.sid = i.sid
5 ORDER BY 5 desc, 1, 2, 3, 4;

Run the query multiple times and examine the delta between each occurrence of BLOCK_CHANGES. Large deltas indicate high redo generation by the session.

2) Query V$TRANSACTION. This view contains information about the amount of undo blocks and undo records accessed by the transaction (as found in the  USED_UBLK and USED_UREC columns).

The query you can use is:

SQL> SELECT s.sid, s.serial#, s.username, s.program,
2 t.used_ublk, t.used_urec
3 FROM v$session s, v$transaction t
4 WHERE s.taddr = t.addr
5 ORDER BY 5 desc, 6 desc, 1, 2, 3, 4;

Run the query multiple times and examine the delta between each occurrence of USED_UBLK and USED_UREC. Large deltas indicate high redo generation by the session.