Chapter 2. Installing and Preparing GoldenGate
Nowadays the DBA has Sys Admin skills and vice versa. For a successful GoldenGate installation, you will need both, but don't let this put you off! This chapter describes the process of downloading, installing, and configuring the GoldenGate software, plus the pre-installation steps from the Operating System and database preparation to confirming the software and hardware requirements. Consideration has been made to the GoldenGate environment and the Oracle database setup, including a configuration overview that allows you to swiftly get up and running. The final section guides you through the de-installation of the GoldenGate software.
This chapter will step you through the tasks needed to complete an end to end GoldenGate installation in the order specified as follows:
Downloading the software from the Oracle Website.
Unpacking the installation zip file.
Preparing the source and target systems.
Installing the software on source and target systems...