What's New?

The following topics describe new features introduced in Oracle GoldenGate Monitor 12c (12.1.3) and other significant changes in the product, and provides pointers to additional information. This document is the new edition of the formerly titled Oracle® GoldenGate Monitor Administrator's Guide.

The new features in Oracle GoldenGate Monitor 12c (12.1.3) are:

New Console Icons Can Start, Stop, and Kill Oracle GoldenGate Monitor Processes

You can now start, stop or kill a Replicat or Extract process from the Diagram Area of the Data and Alerts View tab, the Log tab, the Configuration tab, and the Problem Summary tab on the Oracle GoldenGate Monitor console by clicking one of the following icons:

Icon Purpose

Right arrow

Start

Colored square

Stop

Large X

Kill

Configuration Files are Editable

Configuration files (*.prm) are now editable. When you are on the Configuration tab with an instance selected, the configuration file for that instance appears in the lower panel on the tab. Clicking Edit in the bottom right corner of the panel converts it to a text editor where you can modify the configuration as you deem necessary.

Information Files Displayed in the Oracle GoldenGate Monitor Console

You can now see Discard and Report files and the GSSERR.log messages in a panel on the lower half of the Oracle GoldenGate Monitor console.

Discard and Report Files

Discard and report files are now displayed for selected instances at the bottom of the Logs tab. Separate tabs identify the report type. These tabs are divided into two sections, a list of reports, on the left and the report content on the right.

GGSERR.log Messages Rendered in the Logs Tab

The Oracle GoldenGate error log file is now displayed in the bottom half of the Logs tab. The messages are arrayed in descending order, with the most recent one at the top. Each line of the error log contains time stamp, severity, error code, process reporting the message, and the actual message. This enables you to track an error or warning to data on the associated report. Additionally, at the bottom of the report is the link Download ggserr.log. Clicking this link will download the ggserr.log file so you can view it.

JAgent Replaced by Oracle GoldenGate agent; New Functionality Added

JAgent has been replaced by Oracle GoldenGate agent. The agent is now a separate download and requires a separate installation process (described in Installing and Configuring Oracle GoldenGate Monitor Agent). You must install Oracle GoldenGate agent 12c (12.1.3) to ensure full functionality and take advantage of all command and control features (for example, edit, stop, and display logs). Additionally, in version 12c (12.1.3), the agent will recognize a new process or that an existing process has been deleted without requiring restart. For more information, see Chapter 3, "Using the Oracle GoldenGate Monitor Agent".

Partial Solutions Now Displayed

While in earlier versions of Oracle GoldenGate Monitor, the diagram view of a process would only show complete solutions (that is, process that begin and end at a database), in version 12c (12.1.3), the diagram view of a solution will now display any process that is strung together, even if it does not begin and end at a database (referred to as a partial solution).

Security Can Be Granted at Instance Level

Instance Level Security—that is, granting a user access to selected instances—is now featured in Oracle GoldenGate Monitor 12c (12.1.3) In addition to the current functional level of security the Instance level security restricts access for different users to different hosts/instances. For more information, see:.

A New Class Of "Delta" Metrics Has Been Added

Delta metrics are an extension to all existing total count metrics and track the change between samples. For example, if the total number of operations changes from 100 to 5000 between sample periods, the Delta Operations metric would be 4900 during the second sample period. If no change occurred in the third sample period, Delta Operations would become zero.

Globalized Object Names Now Supported In Parameter Files

The parameter files will support different character encoding, along with UTF-8 character set.

z/OS Support Added

Oracle GoldenGate Monitor 12c (12.1.3) now supports IBM's z/OS operating system. For more information, see Installing and Configuring Oracle GoldenGate for DB2 z/OS.

SSL Authentication Now Supported

Oracle GoldenGate Monitor 12c (12.1.3) now supports Secure Sockets Layer authentication. For more information, see Chapter 5, "Using SSL Communication".

Java 1.7 Support (JRE) Required

Oracle GoldenGate Monitor 12c (12.1.3) requires the Java 1.7 JRE. For more information, see "Install JDK 1.7 on the Target Machine" in Installing and Configuring Oracle GoldenGate Monitor Server.

Include Files Can be Displayed Using Hyperlinks

At the bottom of the console's Configuration table, you can see the content of the respective instance's configuration (.prm) file. If a configuration file contains one or more include files:

extract ext1
userid oggsrc,password oggsrc
discardfile ./dirdat/ext1.dsc,purge
exttrail ./dirdat/e1
table oggsrc.tcustmer;
include dirprm/my.inc

The filename(s) are hyperlinks. You can now click the filename to display the file. The file will appear in a separate tab labeled with the include file's name, in the configuration file area.

All Attributes Graphed

All numeric attributes collected for an instance can now be displayed in a graph view of the data.