1.1 New and Changed Features
This section outlines the new features that are being introduced in various releases of the Oracle GoldenGate Enterprise Manager Plug-In.
1.1.1 New and Changed Parameters and Commands
1.1.2 Release 13.4.1.0.1 — September 2020
Oracle GoldenGate Enterprise Manager now supports discovering and monitoring Secure Oracle GoldenGate Micrservices targets. For more information, see Prerequisites to Discover Secure Microservices in the Oracle GoldenGate System Monitoring Plug-In User Guide.
You can now see details for the following Microservices targets: Deployment, Distribution Server, and Receiver Server. For more information, see Microservices Target Types in the Oracle GoldenGate System Monitoring Plug-In User Guide.
Oracle GoldenGate Enterprise Manager Plug-in includes separate discover modules for Oracle GoldenGate Classic and Oracle GoldenGate Microservices.
For more information, see Discovering Oracle GoldenGate Targets in the Oracle GoldenGate System Monitoring Plug-In User Guide.1.2 Installation and Upgrades
For installation and upgrade instructions, see Installing Oracle GoldenGate Enterprise Manager Plug-In.
1.3 Corrected Problems
For questions about specific BugDB bug identification number or Service Request (SR) ticket numbers, contact Oracle Customer Support.
1.3.1 Release 13.4.1.0.1 — September 2020
Bug 31141546 - GoldenGate Discovery module log is not loading in Enterprise Manager UI
This issue is fixed. You can now view the GoldenGate Discovery module log.
Bug 30830393 - Report File, Discard tab is not available for Oracle GoldenGate Microservices
This issue is fixed. You can now view the Report files and Discard files in Oracle GoldenGate Microservices.
Bug 25811348 - Oracle GoldenGate targets are not getting removed via "Remove Target" option
This issue is fixed. You can now remove any parent component and the corresponding child targets are automatically removed from the target page.
Bug 31550463 - Multiple extract/Replicat targets should be selected for Promotion
This issue fixed. You can now select multiple (both classic and MA) Extract and Replicat targets for promotion at once.
1.3.2 Release 13.4.1.0 — March 2020
Bug 30624043 - ADF_FACES-60097 error when trying to access GoldenGate targets from main menu
This issue is fixed. The error is not displayed when you access the Oracle GoldenGate targets from the main menu.
Bug 30275035 - GoldenGate targets from OME returns ADF_FACES-60097 & ADF_FACES-60096:Server Exception during PPR #33
This issue is fixed. If the user navigates to the Oracle GoldenGate Home page without discovering any proceses, then the ADF error is not displayed.
Bug 30848875 - ADF Error is triggered if user promote the E/R with Alias name
This issue is fixed. ADF Error is not triggered if you promote the E/R with the Alias name.
Bug 30849134 - EM is displaying OGG Home screen as blank page with service manager name created with Alias
This issue is fixed. The Enterprise Manager displays all the Oracle GoldenGate Microservices Architecture target names if the service manager is promoted with the Alias name.
1.4 Known Issues
For questions on specific bugs or ticket numbers, consult Oracle Customer Support. SR is the Oracle Support SR number, and BugDB is the bug identification number.
1.4.1 Release 13.4.1.0.1 — September 2020
When you click Seconds Since Last OGG Checkpoint on the OGG Home page, it doesn't redirect to the Seconds Since Last OGG Checkpoint page on the All metrics page.
Bug 31551487 - User is Unable to promote Distribution, pmsrvr and Receiver server together
From the Setup Discovery page, you cannot promote the Distribution Server, Performance Metrics Server, and the Receiver Server together.
Workaround: You need to promote the Distribution Server, Performance Metrics Server, and the Receiver Server separately.
Bug 31772746 - Lag displaying multiple times in incident alert page in an upgrade environment
You can set a metric alert for lag using either the Metrics and Collections page or the All Metrics page. However, while defining a rule in the Incident alert page, lag is displayed twice.
Workaround: You will have to set alert for both the lags, while defining the Incident Rule.
Bug 31654769 - Distribution path and receiver path incident alerts are not supported
You cannot set alerts for metrics like status for Receiver Server paths and Distribution Server paths.
Bug 31570168 - Incidents alert is not displaying for Receiver server in OGG Home page if process is down
In the OGG Home page, if the Receiver Server process is down, then the Incidents alert is not displayed. Incident alert is seen in Incident alert page, although the incident count doesn't get incremented in the OGG Home page.
1.4.2 Release 13.4.1.0.0 — March 2020
The Report File, Discard tab are not available for Oracle GoldenGate Microservices Architecture.
Bug 30973066 - Start/stop button are enabled for OGG MA even user reset invalid monitor credentials
Workaround: You need to first change the username, save it, and then again use the same username and the respective password.
Bug 30974526 - OGG EM Plugin un-deploy failed with ERROR pluginca.PluginCADriver - Missing IN or OUT parameter at index::1
The undeployment of the managed server fails and throws an exception.
- Remove
noexec
on/tmp
folder with the help of sysadmin. - Stop the Agent:
$agent_inst/bin/emctl stop agent
. - Set the below environment variables to any other location:
On Unix:
export TMP=
export TMPDIR=
On Windows:
set TMPDIR=
set TMP=
- Start the agent:
$agent_inst/bin/emctl start agent
.
Bug 30941290 - Target does not exist error occurs if user creates alias for OGG Classic instance and rediscoveres the same instance without alias name
If you create an Oracle GoldenGate classic instance after renaming the target and rediscover the same instance without renaming the target name, then an error occurs indicating that the target does not exist.
Workaround: Restart the OMS server.
Bug 30830226 - EM should delete child process automatically if parent process is deleted
Workaround: You can select all the targets at once and then delete them.
Bug 29801809 — Cumulative metrics are not shown for Parallel Replicat in Oracle GoldenGate classic
Cumulative metrics are not shown for parallel replicat in Oracle GoldenGate classic. The metrics are shown correctly for Oracle GoldenGate Microservices Architecture for parallel replicat.
Bug 30105644 — User should rediscover Oracle GoldenGate Microservices instances after upgrade from 13.2.2 to 13.2.3
After upgrade from 13.2.2 to 13.2.3, user needs to rediscover Oracle GoldenGate Microservices instances.Bug 29928885 — User is not able to monitor parallel replicat metrics with Enterprise Manager Plug-in for Oracle GoldenGate Classic
User cannot monitor parallel replicat metrics with Enterprise Manager for Oracle GoldenGate Classic.
Bug 30083182 - Can't find resource for bundle java.util.PropertyResourceBundle. Error when user deselects a few process in the Custom Promotion page.
An error is displayed when the user deselects a few processes in the Custom Promotion page.
Bug 31006043 - Target Type is not updated after EM 13.2 upgrade to EM 13.4 with jAgent Upgrade
If you upgrade any jAgent (prior to BP5) to Oracle GoldenGate Monitor Agent Bundle Patch 12.2.1.2.200131, then the newly added Metric Point process-mode that was included in BP 5 (Oracle GoldenGate Monitor Bundle Patch 12.2.1.2.190530) will not be reflected.
1.5 Getting Help with My Oracle Support
You can use My Oracle Support to find knowledge solutions, workarounds, and other information that is reported by customers, partners, and Oracle employees. My Oracle Support also enables you to open an SR ticket. If a patch is required to resolve an SR, you will receive instructions about how to download it from My Oracle Support.
Note:
If you purchased Oracle GoldenGate and support through a distributor, contact your distributor instead of attempting to create a service request through My Oracle Support.
1.5.1 Viewing the Oracle GoldenGate Knowledge Base
To view the Oracle GoldenGate Knowledge Base, follow these steps:
- Browse to the My Oracle Support web site at
http://support.oracle.com
. - Select your language and then log in with your email and Oracle password.
- Click the Knowledge tab.
- In the Select a product or product line field, enter GoldenGate, and then select an Oracle GoldenGate product from the context-sensitive list to narrow your results. (You may have to wait a few seconds for this list to appear).
- In the Enter search terms field, enter a search keyword or multiple keywords to focus the query.
Additional information about how to use this tab is obtained by clicking Help.
1.5.2 Creating an Oracle GoldenGate SR Ticket
If you cannot find an answer to your question or problem in the Knowledge Base, you can open a support request ticket with Oracle Support by following these steps:
- Browse to the My Oracle Support web site at
http://support.oracle.com
. - Select your language, and then sign in with your credentials. If you have not done so, you will have to register to use this web site.
- Click the Service Requests tab.
- Click Create SR.
- Use the Create Service Request wizard to complete and submit your SR. Additional information about how to use this tab is obtained by clicking Help.
1.6 Audience
This guide is intended for installers, database administrators, and system administrators who are installing, configuring and running Oracle GoldenGate.
1.7 Related Information
The other Oracle GoldenGate Veridata documents for this release are as follows:
- Upgrading Oracle GoldenGate Veridata
- Using Oracle GoldenGate Veridata
- Oracle GoldenGate Veridata Release Notes
- Installing Oracle GoldenGate Veridata
The Oracle GoldenGate Product Documentation Libraries are found at
https://docs.oracle.com/en/middleware/goldengate/index.html
For additional information on Oracle GoldenGate, refer to, https://www.oracle.com/middleware/technologies/goldengate.html
1.8 Conventions
The following text conventions are used in this document:
Convention | Meaning |
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boldface |
Boldface type indicates graphical user interface elements associated with an action, such as "From the File menu, select Save." Boldface also is used for terms defined in text or in the glossary. |
italic
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Italic type indicates placeholder variables for which you supply particular values, such as in the parameter statement: |
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Monospace type indicates code components such as user exits and scripts; the names of files and database objects; URL paths; and input and output text that appears on the screen. Uppercase monospace type is generally used to represent the names of Oracle GoldenGate parameters, commands, and user-configurable functions, as well as SQL commands and keywords. |
UPPERCASE |
Uppercase in the regular text font indicates the name of a utility unless the name is intended to be a specific case. |
{ } |
Braces within syntax enclose a set of options that are separated by pipe symbols, one of which must be selected, for example: |
[ ] |
Brackets within syntax indicate an optional element. For example in this syntax, the |
1.9 Documentation Accessibility
For information about Oracle's commitment to accessibility, visit the Oracle Accessibility Program website at http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=docacc
.
Access to Oracle Support
Oracle customers that have purchased support have access to electronic support through My Oracle Support. For information, visit http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=info
or visit http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=trs
if you are hearing impaired.
Oracle Fusion Middleware Release Notes for Oracle GoldenGate Enterprise Manager Plug-In, 13.4.1.0
F24270-02
September 2020
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