What's new in SharePlex 10.2. (4296265)

What's new in SharePlex 10.2.

In SharePlex 10.2 the following new features have been implemented:

• Extended Data Types Support

SharePlex supports replication of data with Extended Data Types for the Oracle-to-Oracle replication. The following maximum sizes are now supported for the following data types:

+VARCHAR2 (4000-32767).

+NVARCHAR2 (4000-16383).

+RAW (2000-32767).

LIMITATIONS: The following limitations apply to support for Extended Data Types:

+Horizontal partitioning is not supported by tables containing the Extended Data Type columns.

+Extended Data Types are not supported for the Copy command.

+SharePlex does not support the Extended Data Type size on a key column.

+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.

• Database Setup for Oracle in Silent Mode

​Users can now run the Database Setup (ora_Setup) utility for Oracle in the background. This utility can be run in silent mode without user intervention. The ora_setup utility runs in an unattended mode by reading required parameter details from config file prepared in a specific format.

NOTE: Database setup for Oracle in silent mode supports only on the Linux platform.

• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Support

SharePlex now supports the following Oracle Cloud Infrastructure:

+Oracle Exadata Cloud Service (ExaCS).

+Oracle Exadata Cloud@Customer (ExaCC)*.

+Oracle Database Cloud Service (DBCS).

NOTE: *Issues on Oracle Exadata Cloud@Customer will be tested against Oracle Exadata Cloud Service for reproduction purposes.

• JRE/JAVA Support

We have upgraded the JRE/JAVA version from 1.8.0_192 to 1.8.0_312.

• Other New Features

+This release includes support for data replication from Oracle to Azure SQL Managed instance.

+DDL changes can now be captured during Activation from SCN.

+Upgraded the log4j version to 2.17.1.