Parameters play a very important role in the configuration of GoldenGate. Every configurable process is driven from an associated parameter file, which are stored by default in the dirprm subdirectory under the GoldenGate Home with the following naming convention:

<process_group>.prm

Following a successful software installation as described in Chapter 2, Installing and Preparing GoldenGate, we have already used a handful of parameters for a basic configuration. Although parameter files can be edited using a text editor, it is strongly recommended to edit process group parameter files from GGSCI using the EDIT PARAMS <process_group> command.

Let's now take a look at the scope and application of the GoldenGate parameters used in this chapter.

The following table lists the parameters and their description grouped by their process type. This is by no means an exhaustive list; we will become familiar with these parameters as we continue our journey through the...