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Oracle GoldenGate 12c Implementer's Guide

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Oracle GoldenGate 12c Implementer's Guide

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (21 chapters)
Oracle GoldenGate 12c Implementer's Guide
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
GGSCI Commands
GoldenGate Installed Components
Acronyms
Index

The software installation


Having satisfied all the necessary prerequisites, we are now ready to install the Oracle GoldenGate 12c software. The next paragraphs offer a step-by-step guide to the installation process.

Installing GoldenGate using the OUI

One of the major changes in Oracle GoldenGate 12c is the installation method. Like other Oracle products, OGG 12c is now installed with the Java-based OUI in either interactive or silent mode. The OUI reads the Oracle Inventory on your system to discover existing installations (Oracle Homes), which allows you to install, deinstall, or clone software products.

To use the GoldenGate software, you must install it on both source and target systems. When you install GoldenGate on Linux or Unix, it is highly recommended that the software is installed by the Oracle user.

Unpacking the media

Now that you have the OGG 12c installation media in the zipped format on your database server in a staging area, we can unzip the file to extract its contents as the...