The Oracle Data Pump utility is expected to gain popularity over Export/Import due to the advantages like speed, flexibility, etc. It is expected that Oracle would deprecate Export/Import in near future. Hence the question arises as to whether Shareplex is compatible with Oracle Data Pump utility.
Though there is no mention of Oracle Data Pump in Shareplex documentation, its use should be transparent to Shareplex. In a way it is like Export/Import, with the difference being it is much faster. The Oracle Export/Import finds it mention in Shareplex Admin Guide in places like first time sync and activation. Whatever applies to Oracle Export/Import should also apply to Oracle Data Pump. With Export/Import on the verge of deprecation, this utility will be used more than Export/Import and one should be able to use it in conjunction with Shareplex wherever Export/Import is being used.
The following is an excerpt from OTN which briefly introduces the Oracle Data Pump:
Oracle Data Pump is a feature of Oracle Database 11g that enables very fast bulk data and metadata movement between Oracle databases. Oracle Data Pump provides new high-speed, parallel Export and Import utilities (expdp and impdp) as well as a Web-based Oracle Enterprise Manager interface.
Data Pump Export and Import utilities are typically much faster than the original Export and Import Utilities. A single thread of Data Pump Export is about twice as fast as original Export, while Data Pump Import is 15-45 times fast than original Import.
Data Pump jobs can be restarted without loss of data, whether or not the stoppage was voluntary or involuntary.
Data Pump jobs support fine-grained object selection. Virtually any type of object can be included or excluded in a Data Pump job.
Data Pump supports the ability to load one instance directly from another (network import) and unload a remote instance (network export).
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