1 GGSCI Commands

The Oracle GoldenGate Command Interface (GGSCI) allows the command-line interface between the users and Oracle GoldenGate functional components. It gives the access to the users to edit, modify, update, synchronize, replicat, trail, database, and etc.

This chapter describes the purpose and syntax for Oracle GoldenGate GGSCI commands used on the HP NonStop Guardian platform.

The following table summarizes the functions that you can control with Oracle GoldenGate commands.

Command Group	Purpose
Manager commands	Start and stop the Manager program and determine whether it is running.
Extract commands	Establish Extract checkpoints and manage and monitor Extract processing.
Replicat commands	Establish Replicat checkpoints. Manage and monitor Replicat processing.
ER commands	Allow you to manage Extract and Replicat groups as a unit with a single command. The commands you can use are the same `INFO`, `KILL`, `SEND`, `START`, `STAT`, and `STATUS` commands you would use for the Extract or Replicat.
Logger commands	Add and alter Logger configuration and manage Logger processes.
Trail commands	Create and manage Oracle GoldenGate trails.
Database commands	Supply information about data definitions and tables and encrypt logon password.
Audit trail commands	Determine audit trail management parameters and whether audit trail files are still required.
Remote checkpoint commands	Establish remote checkpoints that Manager checks before purging data used by Replicat processes.
TMF commands	Manage TMF dump information.
Coordinator commands	Start and stop the Coordinator program, manage and monitor Coordinator processing.
Process commands	Enable you to send commands to a process name instead of a group name.
Marker commands	Enable you to insert application-specific markers into audit trails or Logger trails to identify critical points in Extract and Replicat processing.
Programs commands	Bind `GGSLIB` intercept library into application programs for non-TMF audited database extraction.
Syncfile commands	Set up and manage Syncfile processes for duplicating files from one location to another.
Report commands	Allow you to scroll through Extract and Replicat processing reports.
Miscellaneous commands	Control various other aspects of Oracle GoldenGate.