Verify Certification and System Requirements

Ensure that Oracle GoldenGate is installed on supported hardware and operating systems. For more information, see the Certification Matrix for the release.

Oracle tests and verifies the performance of your product on all certified systems and environments. As new certifications occur, they are added to the proper certification document. New certifications can occur at any time, and for this reason the certification documents are kept outside of the documentation libraries and are available on Oracle Technology Network.

Here are some additional details about the supported platforms:

• Cross Endian Support: Most Oracle GoldenGate products support cross endian replication, which means that the source and target database can be a different platform (or even endian) than the actual server where Oracle GoldenGate is installed.

• Fully Certified Criteria: Oracle GoldenGate certifications are often phased in, for a particular new release of the product. Oracle typically supports Oracle databases first and then the various non-Oracle and Big Data technologies. In some cases, Oracle GoldenGate may support the data store you are looking for, but you may need to check the certification matrix for a previous release. Platforms that are in the certification matrix are platforms where either full regression testing is done or where basic validation is performed for continuity purposes.

• Fully Supported by Inference: There are other technologies that are supported for Oracle GoldenGate that may not be explicitly listed in the certification matrix. For example, Oracle certify its technologies based on a combination of Chipset, Operating System, Data Store Type, and Data Store Version. As long as these four criteria are met, support is available.

• Fully Supported through Open Source Compatibility: There are a number of Open Source technologies that Oracle GoldenGate is certified with such as Big Data and non-Oracle databases. Sometimes, users may have open source environments and need Oracle GoldenGate to provide support with such unique infrastructures, such as Apache HBase on Azure Data Lake. In such cases, Oracle GoldenGate does support any unique open source environment if the Chipset, Operating System, Open Source Framework and Framework Version are certified by Oracle GoldenGate. For example, in case of Apache HBase, Oracle GoldenGate support needs to check the version of Apache HBase, for which Oracle GoldenGate is certified, and if that version happens to be running on some Cloud, then Oracle GoldenGate will be supported. In each of these Open Source examples (that are not explicitly certified), Oracle GoldenGate support is available using the base open source configurations, such as Apache on certified hardware. However, Oracle may not be obligated to support each possible infrastructure combination that users may select.

• Java JDBC Support: Many SQL, NoSQL and Big Data technologies support Java JDBC capabilities. Oracle GoldenGate for Distributed Applications and Analytics enables replication of transactions into any JDBC compliant drivers. Individual drivers may vary in terms of performance and metadata coverage, so there is no specific guarantee that Oracle GoldenGate JDBC support will work with every JDBC driver, but most common JDBC drivers and commercial implementations usually work with Oracle GoldenGate JDBC and these are supported. If you don’t find your technology in the certification matrix, but you know that there is a JDBC drive available, then it could be that you may have both technical compatibility and a supported configuration.

• Managed and Unmanaged Data Stores: With the advent of managed Cloud services such as native cloud services, many data stores are now available with automated lifecycle, patching, and other conveniences. In many cases, managed data stores are fully compatible and consistent with Oracle GoldenGate certifications and support. However, in some cases, a cloud vendor may turn-off or restrict access to features that Oracle GoldenGate requires for full features compatibility, particularly with Oracle GoldenGate Extract capabilities. If you have a question about a third party cloud managed service for a data store that Oracle GoldenGate may usually support, but you do not see that managed service listed in the Oracle GoldenGate certification matrix, directly contact Oracle GoldenGate product management.