Figure roles_power_heirarchy.png illustrates how Oracle Database Vault roles are categorized. The roles fall into four categories, which are as follows, from top to bottom:
Security administrative roles: DV_OWNER, DV_ADMIN, DV_MONITOR, DV_SECANALYST, DV_PATCH_ADMIN, DV_STREAMS_ADMIN, DV_XSTREAMS_ADMIN, DV_GOLDENGATE_ADMIN, DV_GOLDENGATE_REDO_ACCESS
Account management responsibility role: DV_ACCTMGR
Resource management roles: DV_REALM_OWNER (for application management and granted to realm owners); DV_REALM_RESOURCE (for application access and granted to realm participants)
All responsibilities: DV_PUBLIC (granted by default to all database users to give access to the Oracle Database Vault public functions)