Oracle GoldenGate Veridata Architecture

The Oracle GoldenGate Veridata architecture comprises the following:

Figure 1: Oracle GoldenGate Veridata Architecture

• Veridata Agent

  It is a light-weight Java program that runs either on DB systems or remotely. The Veridata agent interacts with the source or target DBs to fetch and return blocks of data rows, the column-level detail, and run queries for repairs.

• Veridata Server

  Compares data, confirms out-of-sync data, repairs data and produces reports. It also coordinates the jobs across all other components.

• Repository Database

  Oracle GoldenGate Veridata supports only MySQL Server database to store the metadata.

The architecture also consists of three main utilities.

• Vericom Utility

  It is a command line interface. Veridata Command Line Interface. All the administration tasks performed in GUI can be done via this utility.

• Export and Import Utilities

  Used to export from one setup or version to import into another setup or version. For example:

  • From test environment to production environment

  • Veridata Classic to Veridata Next Gen migration

  The utilities are mainly used in the migration process of Oracle GoldenGate Veridata Servers. The Import Utility also helps in creating Compare Pairs, Groups, and Jobs using the GoldenGate Replicat Process parameter file.