Table of Contents

• Title and Copyright Information
• Preface
  • Audience
  • Related Documents
  • Conventions
• Changes in This Release for Oracle AI Database Global Data Services Concepts and Administration Guide
  • Changes in Oracle AI Database 26ai
    • Simplified Global Data Services Deployment
    • Global Data Services Support of True Cache
    • GDSCTL Commands Supporting RAFT Replication
  • Changes in Oracle Database 21c
    • New Features
      • GDSCTL Commands Supporting Coordinated Backup and Restore of a Sharded Database
      • GDSCTL Commands Supporting Sharding of Existing Databases
    • Deprecation and Desupport
      • Deprecation of Service Attribute Values
  • Changes in Oracle Database 19c
    • New Features
      • Multiple Table Family Support for System-Managed Sharding
      • GSMROOTUSER
    • Deprecation and Desupport
      • Desupport of Setting Passwords in GDSCTL Command Line
  • Changes in Oracle Database 18c Release 1 (18.1)
    • New Features
• 1 Introduction to Oracle AI Database Global Data Services
  • Challenges in Managing Distributed, Replicated, and Globally Deployed Databases
  • How Oracle GDS Addresses These Challenges
  • Benefits of Oracle Global Data Services
  • Oracle GDS vs Network Load Balancers Comparison
  • Capabilities of Global Data Services
• 2 Oracle GDS Architecture and Concepts
  • Overview
  • Global Data Services Architecture
  • GDS Concepts
    • Global Data Services Components
      • Global Data Services Pool
      • Global Data Services Region
      • Global Service Manager
      • Global Data Services Catalog
      • Oracle Notification Service Servers
• 3 Installation and Configuration
  • Oracle GDS Capacities and Requirements
  • Planning GDS Deployment
  • GDS Software Installation
    • Installing a Global Service Manager
  • GDS Catalog Database and GDS Catalog Setup
  • Global Data Services Configuration
    • Oracle GDS Deployment Steps
    • GDS Configuration Example
    • GDS Configuration Best Practices
• 4 GDS Administration
  • Overview of Global Data Services Administration
  • Managing the GDS Stack
    • Starting Up the GDS Stack
    • Shutting Down the GDS Stack
  • Monitoring the GDS Environment
  • Managing Global Data Services
    • Managing GDS Regions
    • Managing GDS Pools
    • Managing Member Databases
      • Valid Node Checking for Registration
      • Adding Oracle Data Guard Broker Managed Databases to a Database Pool
  • Managing Global Services
    • Creating a Global Service
    • Starting a Global Service
    • Stopping a Global Service
    • Enabling a Global Service
    • Disabling a Global Service
    • Modifying Global Service Attributes
    • Deleting a Global Service
    • Adding a Service to a Global Data Services Pool
    • Global Data Services Failover Across Regions Flow
    • Graceful Application Switchover
  • GDS Patching and Upgrading
    • Upgrading Global Data Services
    • GSM Out-of-Place Update Examples
    • Global Data Services Patching Example
  • Password Management in a GDS Environment
• 5 Using Global Data Services (Architectures, Use Cases, Application Development)
  • Distributed Databases
    • Using Global Data Services with Oracle Sharding
  • Using True Cache with Global Data Services
  • Supported Replication Technologies and Implementation Architectures
    • Using Oracle Active Data Guard with Global Data Services
    • Using Oracle GoldenGate with Global Data Services
    • Using RAFT Replication with Global Data Services
    • One GDS Infrastructure for Many Replicated Configurations
  • Summary: Replicated Databases vs Distributed Databases
  • GDS Use Case Summary
  • Application Development Considerations
    • Application Workload Suitability for Global Data Services
    • Using FAN ONS with Global Data Services
    • Client Side Configuration
    • Configuring FAN for Java Clients Using Universal Connection Pool
    • Configuring FAN for OCI Clients
    • Controlling Logon Storms
• 6 Troubleshooting Global Data Services
  • Obtaining the Status of GDS Components
  • Viewing GDS Configuration Information
  • Networking Issues
    • ORA-12514: TNS:listener does not currently know of service requested in connect descriptor
    • ORA-12516: TNS:listener could not find available handler with matching protocol stack
    • ORA-12541: TNS:no listener
    • GSM-40167: VNCR entry "<hostname>" is not resolvable on GSM host
  • add brokerconfig Related Issues
  • Invalid Objects Related Issues
  • User and Password Management Issues
    • ORA-01045: user GSMADMIN_INTERNAL lacks CREATE SESSION privilege; logon denied
  • Troubleshooting GDS Issues
    • GSM-45034: Connection to GDS catalog is not established
    • Connecting to GDS Configuration Databases When No Global Service Managers Are Running
    • Connecting to Catalog Databases When No Global Service Managers Are Running
    • Using SYS_CONTEXT Parameters in a GDS Environment
  • Troubleshooting GSM Issues
    • GSM-45054: GSM error or NET-40006: unable to start GSM
  • GDS Logs and Tracing
    • Using Global Data Services Log and Trace Files
    • Advanced Global Data Services Troubleshooting
• A GDSCTL Commands Used For Oracle Globally Distributed Database
• B GDSCTL Commands Used For Global Data Services
• C Global Data Services Control Utility (GDSCTL) Command Reference
  • add brokerconfig
  • add cdb
  • add credential
  • add database
  • add file
  • add gdspool
  • add gsm
  • add invitednode (add invitedsubnet)
  • add region
  • add service
  • add shard
  • add shardgroup
  • add shardspace
  • alter move
  • alter task
  • config
  • config backup
  • config cdb
  • config chunks
  • config credential
  • config database
  • config file
  • config gdspool
  • config gsm
  • config region
  • config sdb
  • config service
  • config shard
  • config shardgroup
  • config shardspace
  • config table family
  • config task
  • config vncr
  • configure
  • connect
  • copy ru
  • create gdscatalog
  • create restorepoint
  • create shardcatalog
  • databases
  • delete backup
  • delete catalog
  • deploy
  • disable backup
  • disable service
  • enable backup
  • enable service
  • exit
  • export catalog
  • help
  • import catalog
  • list backup
  • list restorepoint
  • modify catalog
  • modify cdb
  • modify credential
  • modify database
  • modify file
  • modify gdspool
  • modify gsm
  • modify region
  • modify service
  • modify shard
  • modify shardgroup
  • modify shardspace
  • move chunk
  • move ru
  • quit
  • recover shard
  • relocate chunk
  • relocate service
  • remove brokerconfig
  • remove cdb
  • remove credential
  • remove database
  • remove file
  • remove gdspool
  • remove gsm
  • remove invitednode (remove invitedsubnet)
  • remove region
  • remove ru
  • remove service
  • remove shard
  • remove shardgroup
  • remove shardspace
  • restore backup
  • resume services
  • rman
  • run backup
  • services
  • set dataguard_property
  • set gsm
  • set inbound_connect_timeout
  • set log_status
  • set outbound_connect_timeout
  • set trace_level
  • set trc_level
  • show ddl
  • split chunk
  • sql
  • start gsm
  • start observer
  • start ru
  • start service
  • status
  • status backup
  • status database
  • status gsm
  • status routing
  • status ru
  • status service
  • stop gsm
  • stop ru
  • stop service
  • suspend services
  • switchover ru
  • sync brokerconfig (synchronize brokerconfig)
  • sync database (synchronize database)
  • sync ru
  • sync schema (synchronize schema)
  • validate backup
  • validate catalog
  • validate
• Glossary
• Index