3.1 Installing and Running Oracle GoldenGate Veridata
Prerequisites
- If your system does not have graphical desktop, then ensure that
you setup VNC and connect to it using a VNC client for graphical desktop:
vncserver
- Ensure to install the JDK software.
- Go to http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html.
- Select JDK version 17 and click Download. You can change the default installation location.
- Set
JAVA_HOME
.Korn and bash shells:
export JAVA_HOME=jdk-install-dir export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
Bourne shell:
JAVA_HOME=jdk-install-dir export JAVA_HOME PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH export PATH
C shell:
setenv JAVA_HOME jdk-install-dir setenv PATH $JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
- Ensure not to run additional application on the same host as it may have a strong impact on the performance of Oracle GoldenGate Veridata. Note that Veridata is a Java application designed to run on dedicated host with optimal heap and JVM settings.
Installing Oracle GoldenGate Veridata
To install Oracle GoldenGate Veridata
- Download the installer. See Downloading Oracle GoldenGate Veridata.
- Run the following command to launch the installer UI:
unzip fbo_oggvdt_linux_services_shiphome.zip cd fbo_oggvdt_linux_services_shiphome/Disk1/ ./runInstaller
- In the Select Installation Type page, select one of the
following 3 options to set the type for the Oracle GoldenGate Veridata
installation and click Next:
- Oracle GoldenGate Veridata Server
- Oracle GoldenGate Veridata Agent
- Oracle GoldenGate Veridata Server and Agent
Figure 3-1 Select the Installation Type
- If the Installation Type is chosen as Oracle GoldenGate Veridata
Server or Oracle GoldenGate Veridata Server and Agent in step 3,
then the Repository Option page is displayed. Select one of the following
2 options to set the Repository type for the Oracle GoldenGate Veridata Server
and click Next:
- Install a new MySQL database on this host as the repository
- Using an existing MySQL database as the repository
Note:
If the Using an existing MySQL database as the repository option is selected, then ensure that the existing MySQL database is a commercial version 8.0.34 and above. It can be a user installed or system preinstalled MySQL database. However, ensure that it is not an embedded MySQL database from a prior Oracle Veridata installation.Figure 3-2 Select Repository Option
- In the Specify Installation Details page, specify the
Software Location to install Oracle GoldenGate Veridata. For example,
/scratch/vdt23c
Figure 3-3 Specify Installation Details
- In the Create Inventory page, you can either retain the
defaults or provide or enter a new directory for the inventory and click
Next.
Figure 3-4 Inventory Details
- Review the content in the Summary page, click
Install.
Figure 3-5 Installation Summary
- If you want to save the response file, then click Save Response
File before you begin with installation.
At the end of the installation process, if the Oracle GoldenGate Veridata installation is complete, then the Installation Complete page is shown as follows:
Figure 3-6 Installation complete
3.1.1 Logs
Server Installation Logs
The Server installation logs are created in
VERIDATA_HOME/cfgtoollogs/
directory, where
VERIDATA_HOME
is the home directory where Oracle
GoldenGate Veridata is installed..
Server Logs
The Server log files are created in this directory:
VERIDATA_HOME/veridata/logs
. The logs directory contains files of
format, such as vdtapi.log.0
, vdtapi.log.1
, or
vdtapi.log.2
, and other related logs. Note that
vdtapi.log.0
will always contain the latest logs.
Parent topic: Installing and Running Oracle GoldenGate Veridata