4 Next Steps After Installing Oracle GoldenGate Studio

After installing the software and creating the repository schema, there are additional tasks you might want to perform to get started working with Oracle GoldenGate Studio.

• Setting the User Home Directory
  When you start Oracle GoldenGate Studio for the first time, a cache directory for GoldenGate Studio is created (unless this directory already exists from a previous installation). This directory is used to store binaries and user preferences for the installation. If you don’t want this information to be stored at the default location, you must define a custom directory.
• Starting Oracle GoldenGate Studio
  After you install the software and create your Oracle home, you can start and access Oracle GoldenGate Studio from the ORACLE_HOME/oggstudio/bin directory.
• Performing additional tasks with the Oracle GoldenGate Studio
  To get started, review these common tasks you will likely want to perform after installing Oracle GoldenGate Studio.

Setting the User Home Directory

When you start Oracle GoldenGate Studio for the first time, a cache directory for GoldenGate Studio is created (unless this directory already exists from a previous installation). This directory is used to store binaries and user preferences for the installation. If you don’t want this information to be stored at the default location, you must define a custom directory.

By default, the cache directory is created inside the user home directory:

(Linux) </home/exampleuser/.oggstudio>

(Windows) <C:\Users\exampleuser\AppData\Roaming\oggstudio>

If the default location is not appropriate for your environment, you can set the ide.user.dir environment variable on your system to specify your preferred user directory path.

For Example, set the following in oggstudio.conf

AddVMOption -Dide.user.dir=PATH

When you launch GoldenGate Studio for the first time, you can verify that the user home directory has been set to your preferred directory by accessing the Help menu, selecting About from the drop-down menu, selecting the Properties tab, and finding the definition for ide.user.dir.

Starting Oracle GoldenGate Studio

After you install the software and create your Oracle home, you can start and access Oracle GoldenGate Studio from the ORACLE_HOME/oggstudio/bin directory.

To start Oracle GoldenGate Studio:

1. Change to the following directory: ORACLE_HOME/oggstudio/bin .

   For example:

   cd ORACLE_HOME/oggstudio/bin

2. Run the following command:

   (Linux) <./oggstudio>

   (Windows) <oggstudioW.exe>

Performing additional tasks with the Oracle GoldenGate Studio

To get started, review these common tasks you will likely want to perform after installing Oracle GoldenGate Studio.

Table 4-1 Basic Tasks for Oracle GoldenGate Studio

Task	More Information
Use wizards that provide pre-configured solution and deployment templates.	See Understanding Solutions in Using Oracle GoldenGate Studio.
Develop solutions by dragging and dropping data servers and replication paths to the solution diagram.	See Working with Solutions and Deployment Profiles in Using Oracle GoldenGate Studio.
Define physical resources and assign them to your deployment profiles.	See Understanding Deployment Profiles in Using Oracle GoldenGate Studio.
Create multiple deployment profiles for a single solution. For example, separate profiles for testing and production team.	See Understanding Deployment Profiles in Using Oracle GoldenGate Studio.
Use Automap or manually map schema, table, and column mappings and assign to replication paths.	See Understanding Mapping Groups in Using Oracle GoldenGate Studio.
Reuse mapped groups in multiple replication paths and across different projects.	See Understanding Mapping Groups in Using Oracle GoldenGate Studio.
Add, remove, and fine tune any Oracle GoldenGate option or parameter.	See Using the Properties Inspector in Using Oracle GoldenGate Studio.
Generate parameter files and Oracle GoldenGate commands. Deploy them online to live Oracle GoldenGate instances or save them locally for manual deployment.	See Understanding Deployment Profiles in Using Oracle GoldenGate Studio.
Start, stop, and monitor all physical processes.	See Monitoring in Using Oracle GoldenGate Studio.
Monitor your solutions and view deployment history information.	See Understanding Deployment Profiles in Using Oracle GoldenGate Studio.
Export solutions and mappings to XML files that can be imported by other Oracle GoldenGate Studio users.	See Using the Projects Navigator in Using Oracle GoldenGate Studio.