The Data Pump group is an secondary extract group that is used to help send data over a network. Although a data pump is another extract group, don’t confuse it with the primary extrat group. The main purpose of the data pump extract is to … [Read more...]
Counting the many rows of Oracle GoldenGate
******NOTICE****** !The code contained in this post is meant to be used at your own risk! ******NOTICE****** With any Oracle GoldenGate replication configuration, it is always good to monitor what is going on. One aspect that many people want to … [Read more...]
LogDump and Understanding header information in Oracle GoldenGate Trail Files
Replication of data is always a fun thing to look at; What is replicating?! Discussions around, How do I get data from server/database A to server/database B or even to server/database C are valid questions and are often asked by management. Often … [Read more...]
ggMessage.dat error when running GGSCI
In configuring Golden Gate environments, I always use a separate operating system user. This user tends to be named something along the lines of “ggate” or “gg”. This makes it simple to identify the purpose of the user. However, … [Read more...]
Installing Oracle GoldenGate 12c (12.1.2) along side Oracle Database 12c (12.1.0.1)
With the announcement of Oracle Golden Gate 12c, there comes a few new features that everyone is going to explore. One new feature is the new way of installing Oracle Golden Gate. In the past, the installation was simple. Just copy … [Read more...]