| SID | NUMBER | The Oracle SID of the session doing the backup or restore | 
| SERIAL | NUMBER | The use count for the SID doing the backup or restore | 
| USE_COUNT | NUMBER | A counter that can be used to identify rows from different backup sets | 
| RMAN_STATUS_RECID | NUMBER | Owning V$RMAN_STATUSrecord ID | 
| RMAN_STATUS_STAMP | NUMBER | Owning V$RMAN_STATUSrecord stamp | 
| DEVICE_TYPE | VARCHAR2(17) | The device type where the file is located | 
| TYPE | VARCHAR2(9) | INPUT,OUTPUT, orAGGREGATE | 
| STATUS | VARCHAR2(11) | NOT STARTED,IN PROGRESS, orFINISHED | 
| FILENAME | VARCHAR2(513) | The name of the backup file being read or written | 
| SET_COUNT | NUMBER | The set count of the backup set being read or written | 
| SET_STAMP | NUMBER | The set stamp of the backup set being read or written | 
| BUFFER_SIZE | NUMBER | The size of the buffers being used to read/write this file, in bytes | 
| BUFFER_COUNT | NUMBER | The number of buffers being used to read/write this file | 
| TOTAL_BYTES | NUMBER | The total number of bytes that will be read or written for this file, if known. If not known, this column will be null. | 
| OPEN_TIME | DATE | The time this file was opened. If TYPE='AGGREGATE', then this is the time that the first file in the aggregate was opened. | 
| CLOSE_TIME | DATE | The time this file was closed. If TYPE='AGGREGATE', then this is the time that the last file in the aggregate was closed. | 
| ELAPSED_TIME | NUMBER | The time, in hundredths of a second, that the file was open | 
| MAXOPENFILES | NUMBER | The number of concurrently open DISK files. This value is only present in rows where TYPE='AGGREGATE'. | 
| BYTES | NUMBER | The number of bytes read or written so far | 
| EFFECTIVE_BYTES_PER_SECOND | NUMBER | The I/O rate that was achieved with this device during this backup | 
| IO_COUNT | NUMBER | The number of I/Os that were performed to this file | 
| IO_TIME_TOTAL | NUMBER | The total time, in hundredths of a second, taken to do I/O for this file | 
| IO_TIME_MAX | NUMBER | The maximum time taken for a single I/O request | 
| DISCRETE_BYTES_PER_SECOND | NUMBER | The average transfer rate for this file |