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SharePlex 11.0 - SharePlex Installation and Setup Guide

About this Guide Conventions used in this guide Revision History SharePlex pre-installation checklist Download the SharePlex installer Installation and setup for Oracle cluster Installation and setup for remote capture Install SharePlex on Linux and UNIX Assign SharePlex users to security groups Set up an Oracle environment for replication Set up replication from Oracle to a different target type Generic SharePlex demonstration-all platforms Advanced SharePlex demonstrations for Oracle Advanced SharePlex Demonstrations for PostgreSQL Solve Installation Problems Database Setup Utilities General SharePlex Utilities Uninstall SharePlex Advanced installer options Install SharePlex as root Run the installer in unattended mode SharePlex installed items

SharePlex installed items

The following describes the items that are installed during the SharePlex setup process.

SharePlex directories

SharePlex uses two main directories:

The product directory: This is the SharePlex installation directory, where the SharePlex programs and libraries are stored.

The variable-data directory: This is the SharePlex working directory, where the queue files, log files and other components that comprise the current replication environment are stored.

Note: These directories are often referred to as productdir and vardir, respectively.

Do not remove, rename or edit any files or directories installed by SharePlex. Some directories contain hidden files that are essential for replication. Some files appear empty but must exist under their original names because they are referenced by one or more SharePlex processes. Some items in the directories are for use only under the supervision of Quest Technical Support.

Programs meant for general use in a production environment are documented in the published SharePlex documentation. If you do not find documentation for a program in a SharePlex directory, do not attempt to run it. Contact Quest Technical Support first.

Files and directories can vary from version to version of SharePlex, but the basic structure appears as follows.

SharePlex product directory
Sub-directory Contents
BACKUP Uninstall information
bin SharePlex executable files
config Internally used content.
data Default parameter settings
doc Catalog of exception messages
install (Unix and Linux only) Scripts related to installation, licensing and upgrades
lib SharePlex shared libraries
log SharePlex log files
mks_oe Runtime installation files for third-party software used by SharePlex.
util SharePlex utilities
.app-modules (Unix and Linux only) Hidden internal directory that contains raw executables. Do not use the contents of this directory to launch processes.
.meta-inf (Unix and Linux only) Hidden internal directory that contains meta information used during the installation process.
SharePlex variable-data directory
Sub-directory Contents
config Configuration files for this installation of SharePlex.
data Status Database, configuration activation information, user-defined parameter settings, and other user-defined files that direct replication activities.
db Configuration internal database for each activation of a configuration file.
downgrd Information about SharePlex targets that are a lower version than the source.
dump Core files (if a process fails)
log SharePlex log files
rim Queue files (working data files)
save Information about active and inactive configurations.
state Information about the current state of SharePlex when a configuration is active, such as the object and sequence caches.
temp Used by the copy and append features and other SharePlex sync-related processes.
oos Stores the transactions that contain out-of-sync operations when the SP_OPO_SAVE_OOS_TRANSACTION parameter is enabled.

SharePlex installed objects

Much of the replication process is controlled and tracked through a series of internal objects that are installed into the source or target database during the installation of SharePlex. They are essential for SharePlex to operate, so do not alter them in any way.

NOTE: Not all objects are used for all databases. Most are used for Oracle databases. If you do not see an object in your database, it is not relevant to the database, or the information is stored internally within the SharePlex configuration. If you see an object that is in your database but not in this list, it is not being used in the current release.

Table

Object type

 Description
DEMO_SRC

Table

 Used as the source table for the SharePlex demonstrations.
DEMO_DEST

Table

 Used as the target table for the SharePlex demonstrations.
SHAREPLEX_ACTID

Table

 Used by Capture to checkpoint its state.
SHAREPLEX_ANALYZE

Table

 Used by the analyze command.
SHAREPLEX_CHANGE_OBJECT

Table

 Used by users to stop and resume replication for an object.
SHAREPLEX_COMMAND

Table

 Used for the flush, abort and purge commands.
SHAREPLEX_CONFIG

Table

 Used by the activation and Capture processes to mark the start of a new activation.
SHAREPLEX_DATA

Table

 Used by the SharePlex wallet for Oracle TDE replication.
SHAREPLEX_DATAEQUATOR

Table

 Used by the compare and repair commands and the Post process to synchronize their operations.
SHAREPLEX_DATAEQUATOR_INSERT_TEMP

Table

 Used as a temporary table by the compare and repair commands.
SHAREPLEX_DATAEQUATOR_UPDATE_TEMP

Table

 Used as a temporary table by the compare and repair commands.
SHAREPLEX_DATAEQUATOR_DELETE_TEMP

Table

 Used as a temporary table by the compare and repair commands.
SHAREPLEX_DDL_CONTROL

Table

 Used to refine control of DDL that is enabled for replication by the SP_OCT_REPLICATE_ALL_DDL parameter.

SHAREPLEX_JOBID

Sequence

Used by the sp_cnc process and the compare, repair, and copy commands to provide a unique job ID.

SHAREPLEX_JOBS

Table

 Used by the sp_cnc process and the compare, repair, and copy commands to store information about a job.
SHAREPLEX_JOB_STATS

Table

 Used by the sp_cnc process and the compare, repair, and copy commands to store information about a job.
SHAREPLEX_JOBS_CONFIG

Table

 Used by the disable jobs and enable jobs commands.
SHAREPLEX_LOB_CACHE

Table

 Used by the Capture process when processing VARRAYs stored as LOB.
SHAREPLEX_LOBMAP

Table

 Used by the Capture process to map LOBIDs and rows when a table with LOB columns does not have PK/UK logging enabled.
SHAREPLEX_LOGLIST

Table

 Used by the Capture process to track inactive RAC instances.
SHAREPLEX_MARKER

Table

 Used by the Read process when PK/UK logging is not enabled.
SHAREPLEX_OBJMAP

Table

 Used by the activation and Capture processes to define the objects in replication.
SHAREPLEX_PARTITION_CACHE

Table

 Used by the Capture process to map Oracle partition IDs to tables in replication.
SHAREPLEX_SYNC_MARKER

Table

 Used by the copy command and the Read and Post processes to sync their operations.

SHAREPLEX_TRANS

or

SHAREPLEX_OPEN_TRANS

Table

 Used by the Post process to store checkpoints and to mark transactions that were applied in a primary-to-primary configuration.
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