The v$ view contains information about the data structure that the kernel maintains in memory and can be accessed through a DBA account with SYS privileges. Here is a summary of these v$ views related to recovery:
9.1 V$log
Contains the log group information in the control file:
group#
thread#
sequence#
Size_in_bytes
Members_in_group
Archived_flag
Status_of_ GROUP (Unused, current, active, inactive)
Low_scn
Low_scn_time
9.2 V$logfile
Contains the log member information in the control file:
group#
Status_of_member (invalid, stale, deleted)
Name_of_member
9.3 V$log_history
Contains the log history information in the control file:
thread#
sequence#
Low_scn
Low_scn_time
Next_scn
9.4 V$recovery_log
Contains archived log information that needs to be used to complete media recovery (from the log history information in the control file)
thread#
sequence#
Low_scn_time
Archived_name
9.5 V$recover_file
Contains data files that require media recovery and their status
file#
Online_flag
reason_media_recovery_needed
Recovery_start_scn
Recovery_start_scn_time
9.6 V$backup
Contains data file status information in a hot backup
file#
File_status (no-backup-active, backup-active, Offline-normal, error)
Begin_backup_scn
Begin_backup_time
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