General Requirements

  • Portable Application Solution Environment (PASE) must be installed on the system.

  • Java 8 must be installed on the IBM i and the Linux host system where GoldenGate for IBM i will run.

  • OpenSSH is recommended to be installed on the system. OpenSSH is part of the IBM Portable Utilities licensed program and allows SSH terminal access to the system in the same manner as other Linux system.

  • A library/schema should be dedicated to each deployment of Oracle GoldenGate on the IBM i system. The value of the library/schema is taken from the Replication Schedma property.

  • The IBM Db2 for i Program temporary fixes (PTFs) that are required by release for Oracle GoldenGate are detailed in the following tables:

    IBM i7.3 Group PTF Level Name Notes

    SF99730

    23257

    Cumulative PTF

    NA

    SF99731

    12

    All PTF groups except cumulative PTF package

    .
    IBM i7.4 Group PTF Level Name Notes

    SF99740

    23313

    Cumulative PTF

    NA

    SF99741

    9

    All PTF groups except cumulative PTF package

    NA
    IBM i7.5 Group PTF Level Name Notes

    SF99750

    23306

    Cumulative PTF

    NA

    SF99751

    5

    All PTF groups except cumulative PTF package

    NA

    These required PTFs are the levels at which Oracle GoldenGate has been tested against for the 23ai releases. To check the group PTF levels, you must use the WRKPTFGRP command from a 5250 terminal session and check for the specific PTFs with the commands shown in the preceding tables. The specific extra PTFs must be at least temporarily applied.