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What are some of the key features of GoldenGate 12c?
The following are some of the more interesting features of Oracle GoldenGate 12c:
Support for Multitenant Database
Coordinated Replicat
Integrated Replicat Mode
Use of Credential store
Use of Wallet and master key
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Trigger-less DDL replication
Automatically adjusts threads when RAC node failure/start
Supports RAC PDML Distributed transaction
RMAN Support for mined archive logs
What are the installation options available in OGG 12c?
You can install Oracle GoldenGate 12c using in 2 ways:
1) Interactive Installation with OUI Graphical interface
2) Silent Installation with OUI Command Interface
What is a Credential Store in OGG 12c?
OGG Crendential Store manages Encrypted Passwords and USERIDs that are
used to interact with the local database and Associate them with an Alias. Instead
of specifying actual USERID and Password in a command or a parameter file, you
can use an alias. The Credential Store is implemented as an autologin wallet
within the Oracle Credential Store Framework (CSF).
How to configure Credentail Store in OGG 12c?
Steps to configure Oracle Credential Store are as follows:
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1) By Default Credential Store is is located under dircrd directory.
If you want to specify a different location use can specidy
CREDENTIALSTORELOCATION parameter in GLOBALS file.
Example: CREDENTIALSTORELOCATION /u01/app/oracle/OGG_PASSWD
2) Goto OGG home and connect to GGSCI.
cd $OGG_HOME
./ggsci
GGSCI>
What command is used to create the credential store?
ADD CREDENTIALSTORE
How do you add credentials to the credential store?
ALTER CREDENTIALSTORE ADD USER userid,
[PASSWORD password]
[ALIAS alias]
[DOMAIN domain]
Example: GGSCI> ALTER CREDENTIALSTORE ADD USER GGS@orcl,
PASSWORD oracle ALIAS extorcl DOMAIN OracleGoldenGate
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How do you retrieve information from the Oracle Credential Store?
GGSCI> INFO CREDENTIALSTORE
OR
GGSCI> INFO CREDENTIALSTORE DOMAIN OracleGoldenGate
What are the different data encyption methods available in OGG 12c?
In OGG 12c you can encrypt data with the following 2 methods:
1) Encrypt Data with Master Key and Wallet
2) Encrypt Data with ENCKEYS
How do you enable Oracle GoldenGate for Oracle database 11.2.0.4?
The database services required to support Oracle GoldenGate capture and apply
must be enabled explicitly for an Oracle 11.2.0.4 database. This is required for all
modes of Extract and Replicat.
To enable Oracle GoldenGate, set the following database initialization parameter.
All instances in Oracle RAC must have the same setting.
ENABLE_GOLDENGATE_REPLICATION=true
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How does the Replicat works in a Coordinated Mode?
In a Coordinated Mode Replicat operates as follows:
1. Reads the Oracle GoldenGate trail.
2. Performs data filtering, mapping, and conversion.
3. Constructs SQL statements that represent source database DML or DDL
transactions (in committed order).
4. Applies the SQL to the target through the SQL interface that is supported for
the given target database, such as ODBC or the native database interface.
What is the difference between Classic and Coordinated Replicat?
The difference between classic mode and coordinated mode is that Replicat is
multi-threaded in coordinated mode. Within a single Replicat instance, multiple
threads read the trail independently and apply transactions in parallel. Each
thread handles all of the filtering, mapping, conversion, SQL construction, and
error handling for its assigned workload. A coordinator thread coordinates the
transactions across threads to account for dependencies among the threads.
How do you create a COORDINATED REPLICATE in OGG 12c?
You can create the COORDINATED REPLICATE with the following OGG
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Command:
ADD REPLICAT rfin, COORDINATED MAXTHREADS 50, EXTTRAIL dirdat/et
If have created a Replicat process in OGG 12c and forgot to specify DISCARDFILE
parameter. What will happen?
Starting with OGG 12c, if you dont specify a DISCARDFILE OGG process now
generates a dicard file with default values whenever a process is started with
START command through GGSCI.
Is it possible to start OGG EXTRACT at a specific CSN?
Yes, Starting with OGG 12c you can now start Extract at a specific CSN in the
transaction log or trail.
Example:
START EXTRACT fin ATCSN 12345
START EXTRACT finance AFTERCSN 67890
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