This guide contains instructions for upgrading SharePlex environment. It is intended for administrators, consultants, analysts, and any other IT professionals tasked with upgrading SharePlex™.
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Updated the licensing related information in the Upgrade on Linux/Unix and Upgrade on Linux/Unix for Open Target Databases sections. |
This section contains important information that you need to know before you select a SharePlex installer and begin the upgrade procedure.
You will need the following information about the installation that you want to upgrade:
DSN name from var/odbc/ODBC.ini file.
If you are upgrading some SharePlex installations in a configuration, but not others, view the SharePlex Release Notes for interoperability support between versions. Parameter settings may be required.
Some steps in the upgrade procedures require the Administrator authorization level, which normally is only granted to the person or persons designated as the SharePlex Administrators. An upgrade can only be performed by a person who has this authorization and is familiar with SharePlex.
These requirements apply to SharePlex when it captures from an Oracle or PostgreSQL source database.
If you have received one-off builds of SharePlex, confirm that those builds are included as fixes in the new release that you are installing. This applies to Linux/Unix only as applicable.
To verify one-offs:
Run the sp-bininfo utility from the util subdirectory of the product directory of your current SharePlex installation.
$ cd path_to_SharePlex_proddir/util
$ ./sp-bininfo
When replicating to an open target (non-Oracle), SharePlex supports replication from any Oracle Unicode character set and the US7ASCII character set. SharePlex posts data to Open Target in the Unicode character set, and therefore if the source data is Unicode or US7ASCII, no conversion on the target is required.
However, if the following are true, conversion is required on the target:
To perform conversion with an Oracle client on Linux:
To apply Unicode and US7ASCII data without conversion:
If the source data is Unicode or US7ASCII and you are not replicating LOB data, no conversion or Oracle client is needed. Set the SP_OPX_NLS_CONVERSION parameter to 0 to disable conversion, and then restart Post if it is running.
There are different installers for SharePlex based on the type of operating system. This topic helps you understand the differences and the naming conventions used.
The SharePlex installer on Linux and Unix, as applicable, is a self-extracting installation file with the extension .tpm.
Oracle and Open Target:
There is a separate SharePlex installer build for each supported platform.
SharePlex-release#-build#-platform-chipset.tpm
For Oracle Solaris (Sun), there is a separate SharePlex installer build for each supported operating system version. If the operating system version that you have is not listed, choose the highest number that is below your version.
SharePlex-release#-build#-platform-version-chipset.tpm
The installer creates a temporary target directory, within the current directory, for extraction. This temporary target directory is removed upon installation completion. You can extract the files to a file system that is separate from the SharePlex installation location by using the -t option when running the .tpm file.
Note: The installation file (.tpm) file for the PostgreSQL database is available only for the Linux platform.
Download the SharePlex installation package that matches the operating system you are using.
Additionally, download any SharePlex patches, so that you can install them after you install the base software.
Perform the below steps to download the SharePlex patches:
Go to the Quest Software Support page: http://support.quest.com/
Click Download Software.
Click the arrow in the Download column for the version you need. You can also click the file name for access to more information and to download the file(s).
You are ready to begin the installation process. Be sure to thoroughly read the version specific Release Notes prior to running the installer.
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