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SharePlex 10.2 - Administration Guide

About this Guide Conventions used in this guide Revision History Overview of SharePlex Run SharePlex Run multiple instances of SharePlex Execute commands in sp_ctrl Set SharePlex parameters Configure data replication Configure replication to and from a container database Configure named queues Configure partitioned replication Configure replication to a change history target Configure a replication strategy Configure DDL replication Configure error handling Configure data transformation Configure security features Start replication on your production systems Monitor SharePlex Prevent and solve replication problems Repair out-of-sync data Tune the Capture process Tune the Post process Recover replication after Oracle failover Make changes to an active replication environment Apply an Oracle application patch or upgrade Back up Oracle data on the source or target Troubleshooting Tips Appendix A: Peer-To-Peer Diagram Appendix B: SharePlex environment variables

Set the SharePlex port number

The SharePlex processes use TCP to communicate with each other between different systems and uses UDP to communicate within a system. The default TCP and UDP port numbers for SharePlex are both set to 2100 at the time of installation. For some deployments of SharePlex you may need to change the TCP or UDP port numbers.

Before selecting a port number, review the following points:

  • If your replication strategy requires multiple instances of sp_cop on a system, you must set a unique port number for each one. For more information, see Run multiple instances of SharePlex.
  • When an non-default port is required, the same number must be used for both the TCP and UDP ports, and it must be used for the TCP and UDP ports of all other instances of sp_cop that are involved in the same replication configuration. If the ports are different, sp_cop on one system cannot connect to the sp_cop on another system to send or receive messages and data.
  • On the Windows platform, SharePlex permits a maximum of 64 port numbers (SharePlex instances) on one system.

Supported databases

All databases supported by SharePlex on all supported platforms

Set the SharePlex port on Unix and Linux systems

To set the port number on Unix and Linux systems, a SharePlex Administrator must set both the TCP and UDP port parameters in the SharePlex environment. If there is an active configuration, you will be instructed to stop access to the source objects and shut down sp_cop.

  1. (If using multiple variable-data directories] Export the SP_SYS_VARDIR environment variable to point to the correct variable-data directory for the port you are setting.

    ksh shell:

    export SP_SYS_VARDIR=/full_path_of_variable-data_directory

    csh shell:

    setenv SP_SYS_VARDIR=/full_path_of_variable-data_directory

  2. Export the following environment variables.

    ksh shell:

    export SP_COP_TPORT=port

    export SP_COP_UPORT=port

    csh shell:

    setenv SP_COP_TPORT port

    setenv SP_COP_UPORT port

    where: port is the new port number

  3. Change directories to the SharePlex product directory.
  4. Start sp_cop and sp_ctrl. Note:If you are using multiple variable-data directories, start sp_cop with the -uport option, where port is the port number that you have chosen for the variable-data directory that you exported.

    ./sp_cop [-uport] &

  5. Run sp_ctrl.

    ./sp_ctrl

  6. In sp_ctrl, set the following SharePlex parameters.

    sp_ctrl> set param SP_COP_TPORT port

    sp_ctrl> set param SP_COP_UPORT port

  7. Do one of two things:

    • If there is not an active configuration, use the shutdown command in sp_ctrl to stop sp_cop. The next time you start sp_cop, the new port number takes effect.

      NOTE: If you do not have an active configuration, you are finished setting the port number.

    • If there is an active configuration, continue to the next step.

    To finish setting the port in an active configuration

  8. Stop access to the replicating objects on the source system, then issue the flush command in sp_ctrl on the source system to clear the queues.

    sp_ctrl> flush o.database_identifier

    where: database_identifier is o. followed by the Oracle SID, TNS alias, or PDB name that SharePlex uses to connect to the source database (depends on whether the database is a regular Oracle instance, RAC, or PDB in a container database).

  9. On the source system, issue the qstatus command to verify that all of the messages reached the target system.

    sp_ctrl> qstatus

    Continue to issue the command until the export queue is empty.

  10. On the target system, issue the qstatus command to verify that all of the messages were posted to the database. Continue to issue the command until the post queue is empty.
  11. On the target system, issue the status command to verify that Post stopped.

    sp_ctrl> status

  12. Shut down SharePlex on the source and target systems.

    sp_ctrl> shutdown

  13. Start sp_cop on the source and target systems. Note:If you are using multiple variable-data directories, start sp_cop with the -uport option, where port is the port number that you have chosen for the variable-data directory that you exported.

    ./sp_cop [-uport] &

  14. Run sp_ctrl on the target system.
  15. Start the Post process.

    sp_ctrl> start post

  16. Allow users to access the replicating objects.
  17. Use the status command on the source and target systems to verify that all SharePlex processes are running.

    sp_ctrl> status

Set the SharePlex port on Windows systems

On Windows systems, SharePlex port numbers are stored in the Windows Registry. If it becomes necessary to change a port number, this is the SharePlex entry location:

\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432node\Quest Software\SharePlex.

  1. Log onto Windows as a SharePlex Administrator using your system password and user name. Your user name must be assigned to the SharePlex Admin group.
  2. Run the SpUtils utility.
  3. Select the SharePlex Services tab.
  4. Under Port, select the port number for the instance of SharePlex whose port you want to change.
  5. Under SharePlex Service Status, click Stop.
  6. Click Close.
  7. From the Start menu, select Run.
  8. In the Run dialog box, type regedit to open the Registry Editor.
  9. In the Registry Editor, under \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432node\Quest Software\SharePlex, right click the current port number, then select Rename.
  10. Replace the highlighted port number with the new number.
  11. Click the new port number to highlight it.
  12. In the Name column of the right-hand pane, right-click the SP_SYS_VARDIR entry that is associated with the new port number, then select Modify.
  13. In the Edit String dialog, change the port number (only the port number) in the path to the new port number, then click OK.
  14. Exit the Registry Editor.
  15. In the Windows file explorer, navigate to the variable-data directory for which you changed the port number (the one whose name still shows the old port number).
  16. Right click the name, and then use the Rename command to change only the port number in the name to the new port number.
  17. Run the SpUtils utility, then select the SharePlex Services tab.
  18. Under Port, select the new port number.
  19. Under SharePlex Service Status, click Install to establish the SharePlex service under the new port.
  20. After Current State shows that the service is installed, click Start to start the service.

Apply an Oracle application patch or upgrade

This chapter contains procedures to follow when you need to apply an application patch or upgrade and there is an active replication configuration. These procedures apply to Oracle databases.

Contents

Before you patch or upgrade an application

Review the following topics before you patch or upgrade an application on a system where SharePlex replication is active.

Which procedure to use?

There are different procedures for applying an application patch or upgrade to an Oracle database while replication is in process. Which one to choose depends on what changes the patch or upgrade makes.

Changes made by the patch/upgrade Steps to take

If the patch/upgrade applies DDL that is not supported by SharePlex. For details on the DDL that SharePlex supports, see the SharePlexSharePlex Release Notes.

Manually apply the patch/upgrade to the source and target by following either of these procedures:

Apply patch/upgrade to source then copy it to target

Apply patch/upgrade to source and target

If the patch/upgrade does any of the following:

  • Performs DML changes.
  • Performs supported DDL on the source system. For details on the DDL that SharePlex supports, see the SharePlexSharePlex Release Notes.
  • Changes users and security on source system (other than SharePlex)

Manually apply the patch/upgrade to the source, then allow SharePlex to replicate the changes to the target. Follow this procedure:

Apply patch to source and replicate it to the target

Note: Because this procedure assumes that SharePlex can replicate all of the changes that the patch or upgrade applies, the patch/upgrade is not applied to the target.

The effect of patches and upgrades on partitioned replication

A patch or upgrade can make changes that affect the column partitions of vertically partitioned replication in your configuration file. Take the following into account when you perform this procedure.

If the patch or upgrade does this to a table: Do this:
Adds columns that do not satisfy the column partition of the table (Optional) Drop the columns from the target table after the patch or upgrade is applied.
Adds columns that need to be in the column partition of the table Add those columns to the source and target column partition lists in the configuration file.
Drops columns that are part of the column partition of the table

Remove those columns from the source and target column partition lists in the configuration file.

Changes the name of a column that is in the column partition of a table Change the column name in the source and target column partition lists in the configuration file.

For more information, see Configure vertically partitioned replication.

Naming conventions used

In these procedures, the "source" system is one of the following:

  • The source system of a single-direction replication configuration, including cascading replication.
  • All source systems of a consolidated replication configuration.
  • The trusted source system in a peer-to-peer replication configuration.

In these procedures, the "target" system is one of the following:

  • The target system of a single-direction replication configuration, including cascading and consolidated replication.
  • The secondary systems in a peer-to-peer replication configuration.

In this procedure, the SharePlex commands in the procedure apply to all sp_cop instances that apply to the replication strategy you are using (for example, all sp_cop processes on a target in consolidated replication).

Apply patch/upgrade to source then copy it to target

Supported databases

Oracle on all supported platforms

When to use this procedure

Use this procedure if the patch or upgrade makes DDL changes of a type not replicated by SharePlex. For a list of objects for which DDL is supported, see the SharePlex Release Notes.

Overview of the procedure

Use this procedure to run an Oracle hot backup to copy patches or upgrades from the source system to the target system, instead of applying the patch or upgrade directly on the target system. This is useful if the patch or upgrade makes extensive changes that are of the type(s) not supported by SharePlex replication, or if you are unsure of what it does.

With this procedure, you can keep the configuration file active on the source system. You use the reconcile command to identify and eliminate the following:

  • Duplicate DML and supported DDL from the patch or upgrade operations that were replicated but also applied by the backup.
  • Production transactions that were replicated but also applied by the backup.

Apply the patch/upgrade

  1. Stop user access to the instances involved in replication on the source and target systems, but do not shut down SharePlex.
  2. On the source system, run sp_ctrl.
  3. On the source system, flush the data to the target system. This command stops Post and places a marker in the data stream that establishes a synchronization point between source and target data.

    sp_ctrl> flush datasource

    where: datasource is the datasource of the source instance, for example o.oraA.

  4. On the source system, apply the patch or upgrade.
  5. On the source system, restore user access to the source instance.
  6. [If the patch/upgrade adds objects that must be replicated] Edit the configuration file as follows (do not deactivate it). The patch or upgrade may have affected column partitions or column conditions in partitioned replication. For more information, see Change an active configuration file.

    • Copy the configuration file.

      sp_ctrl> copy config filename to newname

    • Edit the copy.

      sp_ctrl> edit config newname

      Save the file.

  7. Do one of the following:

    • If you added objects in the previous step, activate the new configuration file.

      sp_ctrl> activate config newname

    • If you did not make any changes to the original configuration file, activate that one.

      sp_ctrl> activate config filename

  8. On the source, run the Oracle hot backup.
  9. On the source, switch log files and make a note of the highest archive-log sequence number.

    On-premises database:

    svrmgr1> alter system switch logfile;

    Amazon RDS database:

    Use Amazon RDS procedure rdsadmin.rdsadmin_util.switch_logfile.

  10. On the target, recover the target database from the hot backup using the UNTIL CANCEL option in the RECOVER clause, and cancel the recovery after Oracle fully applies the log that you recorded in the previous step.
  11. On the target system, open the database with the RESETLOGS option.
  12. Run the Database Setup utility on the target instance, but do not create a new user. Choose the existing SharePlex user and password (copied in the backup). For more information, see Database Setup Utilities in the SharePlex Reference Guide.
  13. On the target system, issue the reconcile command using the sequence number of the log that you noted previously. If you are using named post queues, issue the command for each one. If you do not know the queue names, issue the qstatus command first.

    sp_ctrl> qstatus

    sp_ctrl> reconcile queue queuename for datasource-datadest seq sequence_number

    Example: reconcile queue SysA for o.oraA-o.oraA seq 1234

    Note: The reconcile process retains control of sp_ctrl until it is finished.

  14. On the target system, if the patch or upgrade installed triggers on the tables in replication, disable them or run the sp_add_trigger.sql utility script so that the triggers ignore the SharePlex user.
  15. On the target system, if the patch or upgrade added check constraints or scheduled jobs that perform DML, disable them.
  16. On the target system, perform any cleanup required by partitioned replication.

  17. On the target system, start Post.

    sp_ctrl> start post

    The two instances are now in synchronization, and SharePlex resumes replication.

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