Upgrading Oracle GoldenGate from OUI

You can use Oracle Universal Installer (OUI) on any of the Linux, UNIX, and Windows platforms that OUI supports and which Oracle GoldenGate supports. OUI is supported for Oracle versions 11g and later. An instance of Oracle GoldenGate can be installed for only one Oracle version in any given Oracle home. You can install multiple instances of Oracle GoldenGate for the same or different database versions on the same host.

The installer registers the Oracle GoldenGate home directory with the central inventory that is associated with the selected database. The inventory stores information about all Oracle software products installed on a host, provided the product was installed using OUI.

To perform the upgrade using OUI, perform the following steps:

1. Unzip and untar the installation file.

2. From the unzipped directory, run the runInstaller program on UNIX or Linux, or run setup.exe on Windows.

3. On the Select Installation Option page, select the Oracle GoldenGate build to install, and then click Next to continue.

4. On the Specify Installation Details page, specify the following:

   • For Software Location, specify the Oracle GoldenGate installation directory. It can be a new or existing directory. The default location is under installing user's home directory, but Oracle recommends changing it to a local directory that is not mounted and has no quotas. The specified directory cannot be a registered home in the Oracle central inventory. If installing in a cluster, install Oracle GoldenGate on shared storage that is accessible by all of the cluster nodes.

   • (Optional) Select Start Manager to perform configuration functions, such as creating the Oracle GoldenGate sub-directories in the installation folder, setting library paths, and starting Manager on the specified port number. To proceed, a database must exist on the system. When Start Manager is selected, the Database Location and Manager Port fields are displayed.

     • The database must have a registered home in the Oracle central inventory. The installer registers the Oracle GoldenGate home directory with the central inventory.

     • For Manager Port, accept the default port number or enter a different unreserved, unrestricted port number for the Manager process to use for inter-process communication. The default port is the first available one starting with 7809. If you are installing multiple instances of Oracle GoldenGate on the same system, each must use a different port number.

5. Click Next to continue. In case of upgrading existing Oracle GoldenGate Installation, OUI prompts that the selected Software location has files or directories. Click on Yes.

6. The Create Inventory page is displayed if this is the first Oracle product to be installed from OUI on a host that does not have a central inventory.

   • For Inventory Directory, specify a directory for the central inventory. It can be a new directory or an existing directory that is empty and has the amount of disk space shown on the screen. The directory cannot be on a shared drive.

   • Select an operating system group in which the members have write permission to the inventory directory. This group is used to add inventory information to the Oracle GoldenGate sub-folder.

7. On the Summary page, confirm that there is enough space for the installation and that the installation selections are correct. Optionally, click Save Response File to save the installation information to a response file. You can run the installer from the command line with this file as input to duplicate the results of a successful installation on other systems. You can edit this file or create a new one from a template.

8. Click Install to begin the installation or Back to go back and change any input specifications. When Upgrading existing Oracle GoldenGate Installation, OUI will notify that the software location has files or directories. Click Yes to continue. You are notified when the installation is finished.

9. If you created a central inventory directory, you are prompted to run the INVENTORY_LOCATION/orainstRoot.sh script. This script must be executed as the root operating system user. This script establishes the inventory data and creates sub-directories for each installed Oracle product (in this case, Oracle GoldenGate).