1 Introduction to Oracle Data Integrator
This chapter includes the following sections:
What is Oracle Data Integrator?
Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) features an active integration platform that includes all styles of data integration: data-based, event-based and service-based. ODI unifies silos of integration by transforming large volumes of data efficiently, processing events in real time through its advanced Changed Data Capture (CDC) framework, and providing data services to the Oracle SOA Suite. It also provides robust data integrity control features, assuring the consistency and correctness of data. With powerful core differentiators - heterogeneous E-LT, Declarative Design and Knowledge Modules - Oracle Data Integrator meets the performance, flexibility, productivity, modularity and hot-pluggability requirements of an integration platform.
Oracle Data Integrator Components
The Oracle Data Integrator platform integrates in the broader Fusion Middleware platform and becomes a key component of this stack. Oracle Data Integrator provides its run-time components as Java EE applications, enhanced to fully leverage the WebLogic Application Server. Oracle Data Integrator components include exclusive features for Enterprise-Scale Deployments, high availability, scalability, and hardened security. The ODI architecture relies on the following components that collaborate together:
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Repositories
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ODI Studio and User Interfaces
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Design-time Projects
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Run-time Agent
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ODI Console
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Oracle Enterprise Manager Fusion Middleware Control
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Management Pack for Oracle Data Integrator
For more information regarding ODI components see the Understanding the Oracle Data Integrator Component Architecture section in Understanding Oracle Data Integrator.
Basic Tasks for Configuring and Managing Oracle Data Integrator
The following provides a summary of the steps you need to take to configure and manage a basic Oracle Data Integrator environment after you have installed the software:
Table 1-1 Roadmap for Configuring and Managing Oracle Data Integrator
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1. Create a master and work repository schema |
See the Creating the Oracle Data Integrator Master and Work Repository Schema section in Installing and Configuring Oracle Data Integrator. |
2. Create additional work repositories |
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3. Configure a domain for Oracle Data Integrator agents |
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4. Create an agent |
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5. Start an agent |
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6. Configure load balancing on a Standalone agent |
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7. Configure high availability for Oracle Data Integrator |
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8. Configure security |
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9. Set up a topology |
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10. Set up data services |
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11. Run, debug, and monitor integration processes |
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12. Use Enterprise Manager to manage ODI environment |
See ODI Domain, Oracle Enterprise Manager Fusion Middleware Control, and Management Pack for Oracle Data Integrator. |
13. Stop an agent |
See the Stopping Your Oracle Data Integrator Agents section in Installing and Configuring Oracle Data Integrator. |