General Requirements in a Cluster

  1. Configure the Oracle Grid Infrastructure Bundled Agent (XAG) to automatically manage the GoldenGate processes on the cluster nodes. See Configuring Oracle GoldenGate with Oracle Grid Infrastructure Bundled Agents (XAG) to know more.
    Using the XAG makes sure that the required cluster file system is mounted before the Oracle GoldenGate processes are started. If an application virtual IP (VIP) is used in the cluster the bundled agent will also ensure the VIP is started on the correct node.
  2. Configure the Oracle GoldenGate Manager process with the AUTOSTART and AUTORESTART parameters so that Manager starts the replication processes automatically.
  3. Mount the shared drive on one node only. This prevents processes from being started on another node. Use the same mount point on all nodes. If you are using the Oracle Grid Infrastructure Bundled Agent, the mounting of the required file systems are automatically carried out.
  4. Ensure that all database instances in the cluster have the same COMPATIBLE parameter setting.
  5. Configure Oracle GoldenGate as directed in this documentation.