Database System Privileges

ALTER DATABASE System Privilege
Required to alter a database.
BACKUP DATABASE System Privilege
Allows a user to back up a database on one or more archive devices.
CHECKPOINT System Privilege
Required to force the database server to execute a checkpoint.
DROP CONNECTION System Privilege
Required to drop any user connections to the database.
MANAGE PROFILING System Privilege
Required to enable or disable server tracing for application profiling. The DIAGNOSTICS system role is also required to fully utilize diagnostics functionality for user information.
MONITOR System Privilege
Required to allow a user to perform monitoring related tasks such as access privileged statistics, run server monitor related procedures, and so on.

Parent topic: System Privileges Listed by Functional Area

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List All System Privileges