This chapter provides a summary of points you should understand before you upgrade Oracle GoldenGate Veridata from the 11g and 12c (12.1.3) releases to the 12c (12.2.1) release.
This chapter includes the following sections:
Section 1.1, "Overview of the Oracle GoldenGate Veridata Upgrade Process"
Section 1.2, "Oracle GoldenGate Veridata Server Upgrade Roadmap"
Section 1.3, "Pre-Upgrade Requirements for Oracle GoldenGate Veridata Upgrade"
The upgrade process described in this document applies to upgrades from Oracle GoldenGate Veridata Release 11g (11.2.1.0.0) and greater and 12c (12.1.3) to Oracle GoldenGate Veridata Release 12c (12.2.1).
The following table describes the directories and the variables that are used when referring to those directories in this book.
Table 1-1 Directories in an Oracle GoldenGate Veridata Installation
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Follow the steps below to upgrade Oracle GoldenGate Veridata:
Before you upgrade, back up your existing environment then ensure that all pre-upgrade requirements are met. See "Pre-Upgrade Requirements for Oracle GoldenGate Veridata Upgrade".
Ensure that all upgrade prerequisites are met. See Section 1.4, "Understanding the Upgrade Prerequisites".
Install Oracle GoldenGate Veridata 12c (12.2.1). See Installing and Configuring Oracle GoldenGate Veridata.
Install Oracle GoldenGate Veridata Agent 12c (12.2.1). See Oracle GoldenGate Installing, Configuring, and Upgrading Oracle GoldenGate Monitor Agent.
Perform a readiness check then upgrade your existing environment to Oracle GoldenGate Veridata 12c (12.2.1). See Chapter 2, "Upgrading Oracle GoldenGate Veridata".
Perform the necessary post-installation tasks. See Chapter 3, "Performing Post-Upgrade Tasks".
Before you upgrade, you must do the following:
Ensure that no jobs are running in your existing Veridata instance.
Stop your existing Veridata Server.
Stop all of your existing Veridata Agents.
Back up the Veridata Agent configuration files.
Back up the Veridata repository.
Back up old report files. Do not delete the existing report location if you want to retain old reports.
Following are the prerequisites for upgrading your existing Oracle GoldenGate Veridata Server to 12c (12.2.1):
JDK 8 must be installed on the target machine. For more information about the JDK 8 installation, see the Java Platform, Standard Edition Installation Guide at
https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/guides/install/install_overview.html
Oracle WebLogic Server 12c (12.2.1) with JRF installed on the target machine. For more information, see Installing and Configuring the Oracle Fusion Middleware Infrastructure.
If required, upgrade the Veridata repository database. For more details about the supported databases, see the system requirements document at