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SharePlex 10.2.1 - Release Notes

Source and Target System Requirements and Data Types

This chapter contains the requirements when capturing from an Oracle source database and replicating to a supported target database.

Prerequisite: At least the minimum level of supplemental logging must be enabled. Some SharePlex features may require PK/UK supplemental logging to be enabled.

Oracle Source and Target

SharePlex supports replication from Oracle to Oracle, according to the details below.

Supported Operating Systems for Oracle

The following operating systems are supported for capture from a supported Oracle database and replication to an Oracle target database. For a list of supported source and target databases for Oracle capture, see Supported Oracle Source and Target Versions.

SharePlex supports only the 64-bit version of the listed operating systems.

  • Windows Server 2022
  • IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) support - Azure and AWS

Supported Cloud Platforms for Oracle

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Oracle Compute (IaaS) Virtual Machines and Bare Metal

Amazon Web Services

  • Amazon RDS for Oracle 1
  • Amazon EC2 (IaaS) Virtual Machine

Microsoft Azure

Azure Virtual Machine (IaaS)

Condition of support

1 Amazon RDS for Oracle: Please see Supported Oracle Source and Target Versions for additional clarification on version compatibility.

Supported Oracle Source and Target Versions

SharePlex supports the Standard and Enterprise Editions of Oracle 12cR1, 12cR2, 18c, and 19c.

Notes:
  • Unless specified, Oracle, RAC, and ASM are supported for the same versions.
  • SharePlex supports only the 64-bit version of Oracle Database
  • Amazon RDS for Oracle 11gR2 (supported 11gR2 versions are 11.2.0.4.v11 or later), 12cR1 (supported 12cR1 versions are 12.1.0.2.v7 or later), and 19c. Support for Oracle features on Amazon RDS is limited to the default option groups: default:oracle-ee-11-2, default:oracle-ee-12-1, default:oracle-ee-19 & default:oracle-se2-19.

Supported Data Types: Oracle to Oracle

SharePlex supports the following Oracle data types for replication to Oracle targets. See the Conditions of support for additional information.

  • ANYDATA 1
  • B-FILE
  • BINARY DOUBLE 7
  • BINARY FLOAT 7
  • BLOB 2
  • CHAR
  • CLOB 2
  • DATE
  • INTERVAL
  • LONG RAW2
  • LONG 2
  • NCHAR
  • NCLOB 3
  • NUMBER
  • NVARCHAR2 8
  • RAW 8
  • ROWID
  • SDO_GEOMETRY
  • TIMESTAMP
  • TIMESTAMP WITH LOCAL TIME ZONE
  • TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE
  • UDT (User Defined Type)5
  • UROWID
  • VARCHAR
  • VARCHAR2 8
  • VARRAY collectors
  • XMLTYPE 4

Note: SharePlex supports columns that are defined as INVISIBLE.

Conditions of support

ANYDATA

  • Replication of ANYDATA is supported, except when it contains a UDT or the storage is defined as SecureFile LOB with compression. SecureFile LOB without compression is supported. Only the following data types within ANYDATA are supported by SharePlex:

    • CHAR
    • DATE
    • NUMBER
    • RAW
    • VARCHAR
    • VARCHAR2
    • TIMESTAMP
  • A data type within an ANYDATA type must be in-row (inside the column data). Oracle encapsulates the ANYDATA type as an in-row secure file LOB. If the encapsulated data is longer than the length allowed for an in-row LOB, that data appears as out-of-row LOB data. SharePlex assumes that the encapsulated data always appears as in-row LOB.
LONG and LOB (BLOB, CLOB)
  • Any table that contains a LOB or LONG should have a primary key or unique key defined on it. If a table does not have a key, SharePlex builds its own key from all of the columns except LONGs or LOBs. If a LOB or LONG is the only difference between two rows that otherwise satisfy the Post WHERE clause, SharePlex cannot guarantee that the correct row will be updated.

  • SharePlex supports SecureFiles LOBs as follows:

    • Logging must be enabled.
    • SharePlex supports uncompressed SecureFiles LOBS and SecureFiles LOBS with high or medium compression
    • SecureFiles LOBS are not supported when the storage specification includes encryption and/or deduplication.
  • SharePlex does not support LONG and LONG_RAW data types in a configuration where transformation or conflict resolution are performed.
NCLOB

NCLOBs are not supported by Compare/Repair if the source and target have different character sets.

XMLTYPE

SharePlex supports the replication of XMLTYPE stored as CLOB and BINARY. SharePlex does not support XMLTYPE stored as OBJECT RELATIONAL. Additionally, the following applies:

  • XMLTYPE stored as BINARY is not supported when the storage is defined as SecureFile LOB with compression. SecureFile LOB without compression is supported.
  • Binary XMLTypes are not supported by Compare/Repair when the source and target character sets are different and require character set conversion.
  • Compare/Repair does not support comparison of XMLTYPE when the source and target have different storage clauses. Compare/Repair only supports compare/repair when source and target are both stored as BINARY or both are stored as CLOB.
User-defined types

SharePlex does not support abstract data types and VARRAYs in a configuration where the SharePlex conflict resolution feature is performed.

NOTE: SharePlex replicates tables with the UDT fields in the base type ONLY. In case of columns containing multiple subtypes, replication is applicable only for base type fields.

Extended Data Types
  • Extended Data Types are not supported for the Copy command.
  • Extended Data Types are not supported on a key column. The keys that do not support the Extended Data Types include:
    • Primary key on the Oracle table
    • Unique key on the Oracle table
  • Horizontal partitioning is not supported by tables containing the Extended Data Type columns.
  • SharePlex does not replicate data with Extended Data Type when target type is JMS Message Queues, File output (XML, JSON, SQL), Event Hubs, or Kafka.
General

If the precision or size of the target data type is not large enough for the data being replicated, the data may be truncated or rounded by the database when applied.

PostgreSQL Target

SharePlex supports replication from Oracle to PostgreSQL, according to the details below.

Supported Operating Systems for PostgreSQL

The following operating systems are supported for PostgreSQL Server database. SharePlex supports only the 64-bit version of the listed operating systems.

Native SharePlex installation is supported on the below platforms:

  • IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) support - Azure and AWS

  • Windows Server 2022

Supported Cloud Platforms for PostgreSQL

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

  • Oracle Compute (IaaS) Virtual Machines and Bare Metal

Amazon Web Services

  • Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL
  • Amazon Aurora
  • Amazon EC2 (IaaS) Virtual Machine

Microsoft Azure

  • Azure Virtual Machine (IaaS)
  • Azure DBaaS

Supported Database Versions for PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL 9.4, 9.5, 9.6, 10, 13.4, and 14.0

ODBC driver requirement: pgsql-14

Supported Data Types: Oracle to PostgreSQL

How to Read the Supported Data Types Table/Grid

This section contains information about the supported data types grid that can be read vertically and horizontally to understand how SharePlex supports replication between an Oracle source and the various Open Target targets (non-Oracle targets) that SharePlex supports.

  • Column 1: Shows the Oracle data types that SharePlex can replicate to an Open Target target type (non-Oracle target).
  • Column 2: Shows the native data types that SharePlex supports for each target type.

  • Rows spanning Column 1 and Column 2: Shows the default data type mapping (native Oracle data type to native target data type) that SharePlex uses when replicating Oracle ALTER TABLE...ADD COLUMN DDL operations. Post uses the specified native target data type in the column definition of the command on the target. The default mapping is what was tested and is supported.

Oracle PostgreSQL
BINARY_DOUBLE DOUBLE PRECISION
BINARY_FLOAT REAL
CHAR (n) CHAR (n)
CHAR (n CHAR) CHAR (n)
CLOB TEXT
DATE DATE
LONG TEXT
NCHAR (n) CHAR (n)
NCLOB TEXT
NUMBER NUMERIC
NUMBER (p,0:) NUMERIC (p,s)
NUMBER (p,s) NUMERIC
NVARCHAR2 (n) VARCHAR (n)
TIMESTAMP (7:9) TIMESTAMP (6)
TIMESTAMP (p) TIMESTAMP (p)
TIMESTAMP (7:9) WITH TIME ZONE TIMESTAMP (6) WITH TIME ZONE
TIMESTAMP (p) WITH TIME ZONE TIMESTAMP (p) WITH TIME ZONE
TIMESTAMP (7:9) WITH LOCAL TIME ZONE TIMESTAMP (6)
TIMESTAMP (p) WITH LOCAL TIME ZONE TIMESTAMP (p)
VARCHAR2 (n) VARCHAR (n)
VARCHAR2 (n CHAR) VARCHAR (n)
Conditions of support

See Supported Data Types: Oracle to Oracle for additional conditions of support for Oracle source data types.

SQL Server Target

SharePlex supports replication from Oracle to SQL Server, according to the details below.

Supported Operating Systems for SQL Server

The following operating systems are supported for SQL Server database. SharePlex supports only the 64-bit version of the listed operating systems.

Native SharePlex installation is supported on the below platforms:

  • IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) support - Azure and AWS

  • Windows Server 2022

Supported Cloud Platforms for SQL Server

Amazon Web Services

Amazon EC2 (IaaS) Virtual Machine

Microsoft Azure

  • Azure Virtual Machine (IaaS)
  • Azure SQL Database
  • Azure SQL Managed Instance

Supported Database Versions for SQL Server

SQL Server 2016, 2017, 2019, and 2022

ODBC driver requirement:

  • Microsoft ODBC Driver 17 for SQL Server
  • Microsoft ODBC Driver 18 for SQL Server

NOTE: The SQL Server database is supported on Windows server operating systems.

Supported Data Types: Oracle to SQL Server

Oracle SQL Server
ANYDATA VARIENT
BINARY_DOUBLE FLOAT (53)
BINARY_FLOAT FLOAT (24)
BLOB VARBINARY (MAX)
CHAR (n) CHAR (n)
CHAR (n CHAR) CHAR (n)
CLOB VARCHAR (MAX)
DATE DATETIME2 (7)
LONG VARCHAR (MAX)
LONGRAW VARBINARY (MAX)
NCHAR (n) NCHAR (n)
NCLOB NVARCHAR (MAX)
NUMBER FLOAT (53)
NUMBER (p,0:) NUMERIC (p,s)
NUMBER (p,s) FLOAT (53)
NVARCHAR2 (n) NVARCHAR (n)
RAW (n) VARBINARY (n)
TIMESTAMP (8:9) DATETIME2 (7)
TIMESTAMP (p) DATETIME2 (p)
TIMESTAMP (8:9) WITH TIME ZONE DATETIMEOFFSET (7)
TIMESTAMP (p) WITH TIME ZONE DATETIMEOFFSET (p)
VARCHAR2 (n) VARCHAR (n)
VARCHAR2 (n CHAR) VARCHAR (n)

Note: To understand how to read the above grid/table, see How to read the supported data types table/grid.

Conditions of support

See Supported Data Types: Oracle to Oracle for additional conditions of support for Oracle source data types.

MySQL Target

SharePlex supports replication from Oracle to MySQL, according to the details below.

Supported Operating Systems for MySQL

The following operating systems are supported for MySQL Server database. SharePlex supports only the 64-bit version of the listed operating systems.

Native SharePlex installation is supported on the below platforms:

  • IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) support - Azure and AWS

  • Windows Server 2022

Supported Cloud Platforms for MySQL

Amazon Web Services

  • Amazon RDS for MySQL
  • Amazon Aurora

Microsoft Azure

  • Azure Virtual Machine (IaaS)
  • MySQL Azure database (PaaS)

Supported Database Versions for MySQL

MySQL 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, and 8

ODBC driver requirement: MySQL ODBC Drivers 8.0.26

Supported Data Types: Oracle to MySQL

Oracle MySQL
BINARY_DOUBLE 1 DOUBLE
BINARY_FLOAT DOUBLE
BLOB LONGBLOB
CHAR (n) CHAR (n)
CLOB LONGTEXT
DATE DATETIME (0)
LONG LONGTEXT
LONGRAW LONGBLOB
NUMBER DOUBLE
NUMBER (p,0:) NUMERIC (p,s)
NUMBER (p,s) DOUBLE
RAW (n) VARBINARY (n)
TIMESTAMP (7:9) 2 DATETIME (6)
TIMESTAMP (p) 2 DATETIME (p)
VARCHAR2 (n) VARCHAR (n)

Note: To understand how to read the above grid/table, see How to read the supported data types table/grid.

Conditions of support

  1. Because Oracle and MySQL handle this data type differently, there may be a very small difference in precision between the value of the source and the value of the target row. You may see the difference when viewing the data from SQL*Plus or other utility, but SharePlex will not report this difference as an out-of-sync condition.
  2. If the MySQL target database is earlier than version 5.6.4, the fractional seconds will be truncated. Earlier versions did not support fractional seconds.

See Supported Data Types: Oracle to Oracle for additional conditions of support for Oracle source data types.

JMS Message Queues Target

SharePlex supports replication from Oracle to JMS Message Queues, according to the details below.

Supported JMS Message Queues

  • JMS - Apache ActiveMQ 5.8
  • JMS - IBM MQ 8

Supported File Types

File Output Target

SharePlex supports replication from Oracle to File Output, according to the details below.

Supported File Types

  • XML file
  • SQL file
  • JSON file

XML Supported Data Types

This mapping applies to all targets that receive messages as XML:

  • File in XML format
  • JMS
Oracle XML
BINARY_DOUBLE decimal
BINARY_FLOAT decimal
BLOB base64Binary
CHAR string
CLOB string
DATE dateTime
INTERVAL DAY TO SECOND dayTimeDuration
INTERVAL YEAR TO MONTH yearMonthDuration
LONG string
NCHAR string
NCLOB string
NUMBER decimal
NVARCHAR2 string
RAW base64Binary
ROWID string
TIMESTAMP dateTime
TIMESTAMP WITH LOCAL TIME ZONE dateTimeStamp
TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE dateTimeStamp
VARCHAR2 string
VARRAY Post maps the data types in the source VARRAY to the appropriate XML data types. Only certain data types in a VARRAY are supported. See the conditions of support.

Note: To understand how to read the above grid/table, see How to read the supported data types table/grid.

Conditions of support

Only the following data types in a VARRAY are supported by SharePlex when replicating to XML output:

  • BINARY_FLOAT
  • VARCHAR2
  • BINARY_DOUBLE
  • NUMBER
  • TIMESTAMP (This is converted to a DATE data type without microseconds in XML output)
  • DATE
  • UDT (only if it contains one of the data types in this list)

See Supported Oracle Source and Target Versions for additional conditions of support for Oracle source data types.

JSON Supported Data Types

This mapping applies to all targets that receive messages as JSON:

  • File in XML format
  • JMS
Oracle JSON
BINARY_DOUBLE Number
BINARY_FLOAT Number
BLOB String containing base64 encoded data
CHAR String
CLOB String
DATE String containing date
INTERVAL DAY TO SECOND String containing interval
INTERVAL YEAR TO MONTH String containing interval
LONG String
NCHAR String
NCLOB String
NUMBER Number
NVARCHAR2 String
RAW String containing hex encoded data
ROWID String
TIMESTAMP String containing timestamp
TIMESTAMP WITH LOCAL TIME ZONE String containing timestamp
TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE String containing timestamp
VARCHAR2 String

Note: To understand how to read the above grid/table, see How to read the supported data types table/grid.

Conditions of support

See Supported Data Types: Oracle to Oracle for additional conditions of support for Oracle source data types.

Additional Information about Data Types

Notes about Open Target data type support: 
  • Replication of SecureFile LOBS to non-Oracle databases is supported except if the storage specification includes any level of compression, encryption, and/or deduplication.

  • Replication of LOB operations generated by dbms_lob are not supported when replicating to non-Oracle targets.

  • SharePlex applies replicated Oracle data to the target according to the data type of the target column, rather than mapping to a default data type. Corresponding source and target columns must contain compatible datatypes to ensure successful DML operations.
  • If the precision or size of the target datatype is not large enough for the data being replicated, the target database may truncate or round the data when SharePlex applies it.
SharePlex does not support the replication of data from Oracle to Open Targets for the below Extended Data Types: 
  • VARCHAR2 (4000-32767)
  • NVARCHAR2 (4000-16383)
  • RAW (2000-32767)

Supported Objects and Operations for DML Replication

SharePlex supports DML operations on tables and sequences, with some conditions. DML can be replicated from an Oracle source to an Oracle target or an Open Target target.

Note: Replication to targets with a different character set is supported, with limitations. When posting to Open Target databases, XML files and JMS, SharePlex supports only UNICODE and US7ASCII on the target, but conversion can be performed by an Oracle client installed on the target system. For full details, see the Preinstallation Checklist in the SharePlex Installation and Setup Guide for an Oracle Source.

Tables

SharePlex supports the following DML operations on tables:

  • INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, COMMIT, ROLLBACK

  • Direct-path loads (SQL*Loader) (INSERT AND FULL ROLLBACK).

    Note: Replication of partial rollbacks of DLOADs is not supported.

The target table must support the column types that are being replicated from the source Oracle table.

SharePlex supports the following table types for DML operations:

Supported table type*

Conditions of Support

Regular Oracle tables

 None

Index-organized tables

SharePlex does not support:

  • Replication to/from index-organized tables that contain LOB or VARRAY columns
  • Replication from a non-index-organized table to an index-organized table
  • SharePlex hash-based horizontal partitioning of index-organized tables

Partitioned tables

None

Views

None

Materialized views

SharePlex does not support replication from a materialized view to a materialized view. SharePlex can replicate the underlying table of a materialized view to a regular target table.

SharePlex does not support the following table types:

  • Replication to/from nested tables
  • Replication to/from clustered tables

*SharePlex does not support the following for any table type:

  • Replication to/from Identity columns.
  • Replication of rows changed by 'UPDATE WITH CASE' syntax.
  • Replication of rows in which data exceeds 319 KB in size, excluding LOB and LONG columns
  • Replication of external tables or tables with external partitions

Sequences

  • Transactional changes to Oracle sequences can be replicated only from Oracle to Oracle.
  • To replicate transactional changes to sequences, the supplemental logging of primary and unique keys must be enabled at the database level, or you must enable supplemental logging for primary keys on the sys.seq$ table.

Secured and Compressed Objects

SharePlex supports DML operations on secured or compressed objects as described in the following table. See "Conditions of support" following this table for additional information.

Secured/Compressed Object Can be replicated to:
DML on tables encrypted by Oracle Obfuscation Toolkit All target types

DML on tables with Transparent Data Encryption (TDE)1

 All target types

DML on Oracle Label Security (OLS)2

 All target types

DML on compressed objects: Basic, Advanced Row (OLTP) Compression, HCC3

 All target types

Direct Load (DLOAD) on compressed objects: Basic, Advanced Row (OLTP) Compression, HCC3

 All target types

Conditions of Support

TDE

SharePlex supports Tablespace Encryption and Column Encryption, both source and target.

The SharePlex  copy/append command does not support TDE.

TDE is not supported for sources on RDS.

SharePlex only supports the AES and DES encryption algorithms.

OLS

By default, SharePlex cannot process rows that are protected by OLS (Oracle Label Security) because users granted DBA privileges (like SharePlex) do not have enough privileges to access those rows. However, if privilege is granted from the OLSSYS user, SharePlex can support OLS. SharePlex was tested under the following OLS configuration:

  • The SharePlex user was granted full privilege to the objects in replication.
  • Test tables with OLS security were created.
  • Data was replicated using INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, ROLLBACK, and TRUNCATE operations, and ALTER TABLE to add and drop columns.

Note: If the OLS policy data label column is defined as hidden, the data in that column cannot be replicated by SharePlex.

Compression

For HCC compression: SharePlex does not support query low compression. Supported types of compression are query high, archive low and archive high.

For Advanced Row (OLTP) Compression: Under certain conditions, Oracle does not provide enough information in the redo log for SharePlex to replicate a DML operation on a OLTP compressed object. Testing of OLTP compressed objects is advised.

Supported Operations and Objects for DDL replication

SharePlex provides default and optional DDL support.

Note: Support for DDL on compressed Oracle objects is limited to ALTER TABLE to ADD COLUMN and ALTER TABLE to DROP COLUMN are supported on Basic, Advanced Row (OLTP) Compression, and HCC compressed Oracle objects for replication to all Oracle and Open Targets.

 

SharePlex does not support:

  • ANALYZE TABLE and ANALYZE INDEX
  • DDL to ALTER TABLE ADD OVERFLOW to an IOT in replication
  • DDL operations issued by the SharePlex database user
  • DDL to ALTER INDEX to an IOT in replication

Oracle-to-Oracle DDL Support

This section outlines both default and optional DDL support.

DDL on objects listed in the active configuration file

SharePlex supplies default and optional DDL replication for objects whose names are listed in the configuration file explicitly or by wildcard. See "Conditions of support" following this table for additional information.

For details about the controlling parameter, see the SharePlex Reference Guide.

Supported object Supported DDL Operation

Enabled by default?

Controlling parameter

Table and IOT

(when they exist in the source at the time of configuration activation)

Truncate

Alter to add, drop, modify columns

Alter to add, modify, drop, split, coalesce, move, truncate, exchange partition or subpartition1

Drop Table

Yes

SP_OCT_REPLICATE_DDL=3

Table and IOT

(when they are added to the source after configuration activation)

Create

Create as Select2

Yes

SP_OCT_AUTOADD_ENABLE=1

Table Alter Table Rename Yes SP_OCT_DDL_UPDATE_CONFIG=1
Index

Create

Alter

Drop

Yes

SP_OCT_AUTOADD_ENABLE=1

Materialized View3

Create

Drop

No

SP_OCT_AUTOADD_ENABLE=1 and

SP_OCT_AUTOADD_MVIEW=1 and

SP_SYS_TARGET_COMPATIBILITY=8.6.2 or higher

Sequences4

Create, Drop

No

SP_OCT_AUTOADD_ENABLE=1 and

SP_OCT_AUTOADD_SEQ=1 and

SP_SYS_TARGET_COMPATIBILITY=8.6.3 or higher

Trigger

Create, Drop

No

 SP_OCT_REPLICATE_TRIGGER=1

Synonym

Create, Drop

No

 SP_OCT_REPLICATE_SYNONYM=1
Grant5 Create, Drop

No

 SP_OCT_REPLICATE_GRANT=1
Conditions of support
  1. ALTER TABLE has the following conditions of support:
    • ALTER TABLE DDL that involves multiple tables, such as EXCHANGE PARTITION between tables, requires all tables involved to be in replication.
    • Default DDL support for ALTER TABLE on partitions/subpartitions applies to user-named interval partitions/subpartitions. For system-named (system generated) interval partitions/subpartitions, SharePlex supports only ALTER TABLE to DROP and TRUNCATE the system-named partitions. To enable support for DROP and TRUNCATE of system-named partitions, set the SP_OCT_TRUNC_PARTITION_BY_ID parameter to 1, and ensure that both source and target are updated to SharePlex version 8.6.4 or later.

NOTE: This requirement has changed from previous SharePlex releases in that the parameter must now be set regardless of the Oracle version, including for Oracle 12.2 and later.

    • SharePlex does not support TRUNCATE of a system-generated sub-partition if the sub-partition is empty. In such cases, Post stops with error SP-OPO01002. To configure Post to ignore this error, stop Post, set the SP_OPO_CONT_ON_ERR parameter to 1, and add error number SP-OPO01002 to the top of the oramsglist file. See the SharePlex Reference Guide for more information about this parameter.
  1. For CREATE TABLE AS SELECT, SharePlex supports the following datatypes: LONG, DATE, RAW, LONG RAW, ROWID, LONG VARCHAR, CHAR, CLOB, BLOB, CFILE, BFILE, TIMESTAMP, INTERVAL YEAR TO MONTH, INTERVAL DAY TO SECOND and ANYDATA.

  2. For CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW the following applies:

    • SharePlex supports the following datatypes for CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW: LONG, DATE, RAW, LONG RAW, ROWID, UROWID, LONG VARCHAR, CHAR, CLOB, BLOB, CFILE, BFILE, TIMESTAMP, INTERVAL YEAR TO MONTH, INTERVAL DAY TO SECOND and ANYDATA. SharePlex does not support ALTER MATERIALIZE VIEW.
    • SharePlex converts a CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW to a CREATE TABLE, applies the CREATE TABLE to the target, and then replicates the DML that populates the view. SharePlex does not replicate materialized views to materialized views.

  3. To replicate sequences, the supplemental logging of primary and unique keys must be enabled at the database level, or you must enable supplemental logging for primary keys on the sys.seq$ table.

  4. Amazon RDS restricts DBA users from issuing the GRANT command. Because SharePlex runs as the DBA user, SharePlex cannot replicate GRANT to or from an RDS database.

DDL on objects not listed in the active configuration file

SharePlex provides expanded DDL support for Oracle objects that are not listed in the configuration file. SharePlex replicates the DDL statements for these objects, but does not maintain synchronization of the objects through DML replication. Expanded DDL replication is optional and is enabled with the following parameter setting:

SP_OCT_REPLICATE_ALL_DDL=1

Note: Expanded DDL replication supports not only tables and sequences but also a wide range of other objects such as procedures, functions, users, and views, which are not part of replication. Some of these objects may have underlying objects that are in replication. In those cases, Expanded DDL replication applies to the underlying objects in replication, as well as to the object that is not in replication.

See "Table Notes" following this table for additional information.

Supported object Supported Operation
Sequence Create
Drop
Alter
View Create
  Alter
  Drop
  Comment on view
Table and IOT Create table
Create table as select
Alter table add column
Alter table drop column
Drop table
Truncate
Comment on table
Comment on columns
Associate Statistics
Disassociate Statistics
Cluster Create cluster
Crop cluster

Partition/

Subpartition

 Add
Split
Merge
Drop
Modify
Coalesce
Exchange
Move
Truncate
Rename
Set
Index Create
Alter
Drop
Synonym Create
Drop
Directory1 Create
Drop
User-defined type Create type
Alter type
Drop type
Create type body
Drop type body
Stored procedure Create
Alter
Drop
Stored function Create
Alter
Drop
Package Create package
Create package body
Alter package
Alter package body
Drop package
Drop package body
User Create user
Alter user
Drop user
Grant1
Revoke
Role Create role
Alter role
Drop role
Grant1
Revoke
Table Notes:

Amazon RDS restricts DBA users from issuing certain commands on an Amazon RDS database instance. Because SharePlex runs as the DBA user, SharePlex cannot replicate the following commands to or from an RDS database:

  • CREATE or DROP DIRECTORY
  • GRANT

Oracle to Open Target DDL support

SharePlex provides limited DDL support for replication from Oracle to Open Target. The involved objects must be listed in the active configuration file explicitly or with a wildcard. There is no optional DDL support for replication from Oracle to Open Target.

The default Oracle to Open Target configuration is represented by the following parameter setting:

SP_OCT_REPLICATE_DDL=3

See "Table Notes" following this table for additional information.

Supported object Supported Operation
Table and IOT Truncate1
Alter table add column2
Alter table drop column
Table Notes:

  1. TRUNCATE TABLE is not supported from Oracle compressed objects to Open Target targets.

  2. The default mappings of Oracle data types to their Open Target counterpart for replicated ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN DDL is shown in Source and Target System Requirements and Data Types. When SharePlex adds the column, it defines it with the default data type. This mapping applies to the entire configuration (not per table).

Non-supported Oracle Features

This is a list of commonly used Oracle features which SharePlex does not replicate and are not listed elsewhere in this document. Since both Oracle and SharePlex continually change and improve, this list of exclusions cannot be considered complete. Unless an item is stated here as being supported, assume that SharePlex does not replicate it.

Object/operation/feature Not supported
Oracle operations Operations that do not appear in the redo logs. This includes any DML or DDL not in the redo logs, and also PL/SQL packages which do not write results to the redo logs, for example, dbms_shared_pool.keep and related packages.

dbms_scheduler.create_job

This object is not supported.

Flashback

SharePlex does not support the Oracle Flashback Table feature. If the SP_REPLICATE_ALL_DDL parameter is enabled (value of 1), SharePlex may try to replicate the flashback DDL, which will return an error. To perform Flashback Table on a table that is in replication, use the following procedures in the SharePlex Administrator Guide to work around this issue:

  1. Remove source objects from replication
  2. Perform the flashback
  3. Add or change objects in an active configuration

Supported / non-supported SharePlex Features for Open Targets

The following table shows whether specific SharePlex features are supported for replication from Oracle to Open Target targets.

SharePlex feature Supported for Open Target Not Supported for Open Target
reconcile command (target instantiation) X  
compare/compare using and repair/repair using commands   X
copy/copy using and append/append using commands   X
Hash horizontally partitioned replication   X
Column-based horizontally partitioned replication X  
Vertically partitioned replication X  
Column mapping X  
Key definition X  
Build configuration with scripts   X
Named queues X  
Commit Reduction (feature of Post Enhanced Performance) X  
Dependency Checking (feature of Post Enhanced Performance)   X
Transformation   X
Conflict resolution   X
Peer-to-peer replication (bi-directional)   X
Consolidated replication (many to one) X  
Broadcast replication (one to many) X  
High availability replication (active/passive bi-directional)   X
Change tracking target (CDC)   X
Data encryption X  
Data compression X  
SSH X  
auth_hosts file X  
Monitoring scripts X  
SNMP monitoring X  
Continue posting on error (SP_OPX_CONT_ON_ERR) X  
Suspend on out of sync errors (SP_OPX_OUT_OF_SYNC_SUSPEND) X  
Reduced key (SP_OPX_REDUCED_KEY) X  
Logical Transaction Rollback on out-of-sync transactions   X

System Requirements for Replication of OLTP Compressed Data

This chapter contains the requirements when capturing OLTP compressed data from an Oracle source database and replicating it to a supported target database.

Supported Operating Systems

The following operating systems are supported for capture from a supported Oracle database and replication to a supported target database.

SharePlex supports only the 64-bit version of the listed operating systems.

NOTE: For OLTP, SharePlex supports the Windows Server 2022 operating systems only.

Supported Oracle Database Version/s

SharePlex supports Oracle 19c database version for replicating the OLTP compressed data.

Known issues

Known Issues in this Release

The following is a list of issues, including those attributed to third-party products, known to exist at the time of release.

Issue ID Known Issues Component
SPO-21339 The SharePlex Capture process is getting stuck when users change the Oracle compatibility parameter from 11g to 12c. This issue is observed on the 12c 4 node RAC database. Capture
SPO-19872 The SharePlex Poster process is slower when processing rollback transactions, whether full or partial. Poster
SPO-24119 SharePlex Poster is displaying the ODBC Driver Invalid precision value error when replicating the BLOB data type with the data size of more than 8000 bytes. Poster
SPO-22342 Performance issue is observed while performing the DML operations in bulk. DML
SPO-21993 While activating a config file with an Oracle SCN number, users are not able to delete a column in a DDL activity. DDL
SPO-14372 In replication from an Oracle source to a non-Oracle target, SharePlex does not support ALTER TABLE to add a number column in which the scale is larger than the precision. DDL
SPO-15585 In replication from an Oracle source to a non-Oracle target, SharePlex does not support ALTER TABLE...ADD COLUMN DDL operations when the column name is more than 30-bytes in length. DDL
SPSQL-5454 Poster stops with an error after activating the configuration for a hash-partitioned table on a target machine with a host name containing '-' Partition table
SPO-22517 Performance issue is observed during replication while using partition table over the cloud. Partition table
SPO-20841 Post will fail with ORA-14400 performing DML on partitioned table with VARAY residing in an OLTP compressed tablespace. Partition table
SPSQL-5664 The Copy command is failing with the 'Internal error occurred in server' error while replicating a table from Oracle to Oracle. Copy
SPO-19626 SharePlex copy is not supported for tables created with "MAPPING TABLE" clause. Copy
SPO-16453 The BINARY_FLOAT and BINARY_DOUBLE data types are not supported for the copy command. Copy
SPO-20843 Copy job status shows 'Locked' even when competed. Copy
SPO-20785 Installing on Windows 2019 as Windows Administrator user will cause sp_wallet and qview to fail. Workaround: Set NUT_TREAT_ADMINS_AS_ROOT environment variable to 1 for the Windows Administratoruser before starting any SharePlex utilities or applications. Windows
SPO-12905 Post gets Oracle error "ORA-14400: inserted partition key does not map to any partition" on a Windows 2016 system. Windows
SPO-20910 During installation when upgrading from 9.2.x it is possible to get a file not found error in the PTC NuTCRACKER Platform Components.
Workaround: Rename or remove the mks_oe directory under the SharePlex installation directory before upgrading.		 PTC NuTCRACKER
SPO-20141 A compare of a partition can't be done if the partition is an Oracle hash partition. The compare can still be done on the whole table or with a specified where clause. Compare
SPO-20451 Compare/Repair using [schema].[table] may not work on AIX7.2 with Oracle19c due to establishing a network connection. Compare
SPO-20733 Compare will hang and the compare server will exit comparing table that has VARRAY containing UDT type. Compare
SPO-20842 On Oracle 19c processing large n-items can lead to OOS and/or missing commits. Oracle
SPO-11335

Replication of batch operations to ActiveMQ may cause a hang. The workaround is to set the SP_ORD_BATCH_ENABLE parameter to 0.

JMS

Product Licensing

Licensing

SharePlex licensing information can be found in the Quest Software Product Guide. Please contact your account manager if you have questions.

To activate a trial license

  2. Run the SharePlex command:

    ./splex_add_key 

    SharePlex License Utility
1) Read license key from file
2) Enter license key manually
3) Add license key for alternate host
q) Quit License Utility
Enter option:
  3. Enter option 2.
  4. Enter the key provided in the email from Quest Licensing.
  5. For the customer name, enter: Trial Version.

To activate a purchased commercial license

  2. Run the SharePlex command:

    ./splex_add_key 

    SharePlex License Utility
1) Read license key from file
2) Enter license key manually
3) Add license key for alternate host
q) Quit License Utility
Enter option:

  3. Enter option 2.

  4. Enter the key provided in the email from Quest Licensing.

  5. Enter the customer name provided in that email.

Third Party Contributions

 

Third Party Contributions in this Release

This product contains the following third-party components. For third-party license information, go to our website at https://www.quest.com/legal/third-party-licenses.aspx. Source code for components marked with an asterisk (*) is available at https://opensource.quest.com.

Table 1: List of Third-Party Contributions

Component

License or Acknowledgment

ActiveMQ-CPP 3

Copyright © 2019, The Apache Software Foundation.

Apache License 2.0.

Apache Commons Cli 1.2

Copyright © 2000-2014 The Apache Software Foundation. All Rights Reserved.

Apache License 2.0.

Apache Commons Collections 3.2.1

Copyright © 2000-2014 The Apache Software Foundation. All Rights Reserved.

Apache License 2.0.

Apache Commons IO 2.4

Copyright © 2002-2019 The Apache Software Foundation. All Rights Reserved.

Apache License 2.0.

Apache Commons Lang 3.1

Copyright © 2001-2019 The Apache Software Foundation. All Rights Reserved.

Apache License 2.0.

Apache Portable Runtime (APR) 1.3.9

Copyright © 2008-2019, The Apache Software Foundation.

Apache License 2.0.

bzip2 1.0.6

Copyright 2010 Julian R Seward. All rights reserved.

This program, "bzip2", the associated library "libbzip2", and all

documentation, are copyright (C) 1996-2010 Julian R Seward. All

rights reserved.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without

modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions

are met:

1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright

notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

2. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you must

not claim that you wrote the original software. If you use this

software in a product, an acknowledgment in the product

documentation would be appreciated but is not required.

3. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must

not be misrepresented as being the original software.

4. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote

products derived from this software without specific prior written

permission.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS

OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED

WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE

ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY

DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL

DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE

GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS

INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY,

WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING

NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS

SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

Julian Seward, jseward@bzip.org

bzip2/libbzip2 version 1.0.6 of 6 September 2010

gdb 7.6.1

Copyright Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St - Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.

GNU General Public License (GPL) 3

GNU standard C++ class library 3

ksh 20120801(Korn Shell)

(C) 1996 - 2000, David Korn

Eclipse Public License 1.0

The source code for this component may be found on the SharePlex AMI image in the /home/ec2-user/src directory.

libaio 0.3.109

Licensed under GNU Lesser General Public License Version 2.1.

The source code for this component may be found on the SharePlex AMI image in the /home/ec2-user/src directory.

librdkafka 1.6.1

Copyright (c) 2012-2020, Magnus Edenhill All rights reserved.

Copyright (C) 2013 Mark Adler Version 1.1 1, Aug 2013 Mark Adler

Copyright (c) 2014 Coda Hale

Copyright (c) 2011-2016, Yann Collet All rights reserved.

Copyright (c) 2006-2012, Thomas Pircher <tehpeh@gmx.net>

Copyright (c) 1991, 1993 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

Copyright (c) 2011 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved.

Copyright (c) 2012 Marcus Geelnard

Copyright (c) 2013-2014 Evan Nemerson

Copyright (c) 2002 Todd C. Miller <Todd.Miller@courtesan.com>

Copyright (c) 2000 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. All rights reserved.

MKS Toolkit

and

NuTCRACKER 10.4

On the Windows platform, SharePlex installs the MKS Toolkit® operating environment from Parametric Technology Corporation (PTC), formerly known as Mortice Kern Systems NuTCRACKER. This software enables SharePlex to be ported to all supported platforms in a uniform manner. Quest has an OEM agreement with PTC to use MKS Toolkit and there is no charge for this to SharePlex customers outside of the SharePlex license.

OpenJDK 1.8.0.192 *

The GNU General Public License (GPL),
Version 2, June 1991

Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA

The full text of the license may be found on our website at: https://www.quest.com/legal/third-party-licenses.aspx

The source code for this component may be found on our website at https://opensource.quest.com/.

Open SSL 1.0.2k

Copyright (c) 1998-2016 The OpenSSL Project. All rights reserved.

OpenSSL 1.0

This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit (http://www.openssl.org/)".

This product includes cryptographic software written by Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com).

This product includes software written by Tim Hudson (tjh@cryptsoft.com).

Oracle Instant Client 11.2.0.2

Redistribution of this component is not allowed.

This component may contain open source components for which source code is available upon written request submitted to:

Oracle America, Inc.

500 Oracle Parkway

Redwood City, CA 94065

Protobuf 3.5.1

Copyright 2008 Google Inc. All rights reserved.

Copyright 2013 Red Hat Inc. All rights reserved.

Copyright 2014 Bloomberg Finance LP. All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

* Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

* Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.

* Neither the name of Google Inc. nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,

DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

Code generated by the Protocol Buffer compiler is owned by the owner of the input file used when generating it. This code is not standalone and requires a support library to be linked with it. This support library is itself covered by the above license.

BSD 3-Clause License

pugixml 1.2

Copyright (c) 2006-2015 Arseny Kapoulkine

Licensed under the MIT License. http://sourceforge.net/projects/stemkit

Ruby 1.8.7

Ruby is copyrighted free software by Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@netlab.jp>.

Licensed under the Ruby License. Copyright 2007 Yukihiro Matsumoto. Source was not modified. The original distribution can be found via the Ruby home page at http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/.

2-clause BSDL

snakeyaml 1.11.0

Apache 2.0

STEMKIT-CPP 0.52

Licensed under the MIT License.

The full text of the license may be found on our website at https://www.quest.com/legal/third-party-licenses.aspx.

StompConnect 1.1.0

Apache 2.0

Tecla 1.6.1

http://www.astro.caltech.edu/~mcs/tecla/ Copyright (c) 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2012, 2014 by Martin C. Shepherd. All rights reserved.

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, provided that the above copyright notice(s) and this permission notice appear in all copies of the Software and that both the above copyright notice(s) and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR HOLDERS INCLUDED IN THIS NOTICE BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, OR ANY SPECIAL INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. Except as contained in this notice, the name of a copyright holder shall not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written authorization of the copyright holder.

  • TSC-BUILD 0.2
  • TSC-TPM 0.2

Licensed under the BSD 4.4 License. http://sourceforge.net/projects/tsc-tpm/

Copyright 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

The full text of the license may be found on our website at https://www.quest.com/legal/third-party-licenses.aspx.

unixODBC 2.3.1

This component is governed by the GNU LGPL 2.1 license.

Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. <http://fsf.org/>

The full text of the license may be found on our website at https://www.quest.com/legal/third-party-licenses.aspx.

The source code for this component may be found on our website at https://opensource.quest.com/.

yaml-cpp 0.3.0

Licensed under the MIT license.

Copyright 1987, 1988, 1995, 1996 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

The full text of the license may be found on our website at https://www.quest.com/legal/third-party-licenses.aspx.

  • zlib 1.2.7
  • zlib 1.2.8

Portions copyright 1995-2012 Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler.

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