Obtaining the Oracle GoldenGate Distribution

You can download Oracle GoldenGate from the Oracle Software Delivery Cloud site at:

https://edelivery.oracle.com/osdc/faces/SoftwareDelivery

This site hosts the first Generally Available (GA) releases of Oracle GoldenGate software versions and there may be a more recent patch version available on https://support.oracle.com.

It is extremely important to ensure that your Oracle GoldenGate installation is running the most recent release of the Oracle GoldenGate software. Oracle always recommends running the latest bundle patch for all Oracle GoldenGate products and this is crucial if you are installing GoldenGate for a new project or if you are upgrading an existing environment to the latest bundle patch.

For Oracle GoldenGate for the Oracle Database, both Classic Architecture and Microservices Architecture patches require the GA release to be installed first, followed by the patch to apply, unless there is a patch listed with a description of ‘Complete Install’ in which case that patch release can be installed directly without having to first install the GA release version.

In cases of Oracle GoldenGate Classic Architecture software for non-Oracle databases such as PostgreSQL or MySQL, any patch posted on https://support.oracle.com is a complete build which can be installed directly without having to apply the GA release first.

A list of the latest patches (both complete installs and incremental patches) for all GoldenGate for Oracle, non-Oracle, and Mainframe databases can be found on https://support.oracle.com, Knowledge Document - Primary Note for Oracle GoldenGate Core Product Patch Sets (Doc ID 1645495.1)