Before beginning the installation, ensure that you have verified your system environment (Roadmap for Verifying Your System Environment).
By the end of this section, you will have installed Oracle GoldenGate Studio.
The installation process requires specific information from you.
Table 2-1 lists important items that you must know before, or decide during, Oracle GoldenGate Studio installation.
Table 2-1 Installation Checklist
Information | Example Value | Description |
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Environment variable that points to the Java JDK home directory. |
Database host name |
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Name and domain of the host where the database is running. |
Database port |
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Port number that the database listens on. The default Oracle database listen port is 1521. |
Database service name |
|
Oracle databases require a unique service name. The default service name is |
DBA user name |
|
Name of user with database administration privileges. The default DBA user on Oracle databases is |
DBA password |
ExamplePassword1 |
Password of the user with database administration privileges. |
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Directory you will install your software in. This directory will include Oracle GoldenGate Studio. |
RCU utility |
|
Path to the Repository Creation Utility (RCU). |
RCU schema prefix |
|
Prefix for names of database schema used by Oracle GoldenGate Studio. |
RCU schema password |
ExamplePassword1 |
Password for the database schema used by Oracle GoldenGate Studio. |
Before running the installation program, you must verify the JDK and prerequisite software is installed.
To start the installation program:
Note:
You can also start the installer in silent mode using a saved response file instead of launching the installer screens. For more about silent or command line installation, see Using the Oracle Universal Installer in Silent Mode in Oracle Fusion Middleware Installing Software with the Oracle Universal Installer.
When the installation program appears, you are ready to begin the installation.
The installer shows a series of screens where you verify or enter information about your installation.
The following table lists the order in which installer screens appear. If you need additional help with an installation screen, click the screen name. You can also click Help on the installation screens for additional instructions.
Table 2-2 Oracle GoldenGate Studio Install Screens
Screen | Description |
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On UNIX operating systems, this screen opens if this is the first time you are installing any Oracle product on this host. Specify the location where you want to create your central inventory. Make sure that the operating system group name selected on this screen has write permissions to the central inventory location. For more about the central inventory, see About the Oracle Central Inventory in Oracle Fusion Middleware Installing Software with the Oracle Universal Installer. This screen does not appear on Windows operating systems. |
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This screen introduces you to the product installer. |
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Use this screen to search for the latest software updates, including important security updates, via your My Oracle Support account. |
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Use this screen to specify your Oracle home directory location. The Oracle home location you specify on this screen should be a new, empty directory. You can click View to verify and ensure that you are installing Oracle GoldenGate Studio in the correct Oracle home. For more about Oracle Fusion Middleware directory structure, see About the Directories for Installation and Configuration in Oracle Fusion Middleware Planning an Installation of Oracle Fusion Middleware. |
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Use this screen to select the installation type and consequently, the products and feature sets you want to install. Complete Install is the only installation type for Oracle GoldenGate Studio. This option is already selected by default. |
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Verify that your system meets the minimum necessary requirements. To view the list of tasks that get verified, select View Successful Tasks. To view log details, select View Log. If there are warning or error messages, see one of the documents in Roadmap for Verifying Your System Environment. |
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Use this screen to verify the installation options you selected. If you want to save these options to a response file, click Save Response File and enter the response file location and name. You can use response files later if you perform a silent installation. All feature sets that are installed after installation is complete are listed here. For more about silent or command line installation, see Using the Oracle Universal Installer in Silent Mode in Oracle Fusion Middleware Installing Software with the Oracle Universal Installer. Click Install to begin the installation. |
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This screen shows the installation progress. When the progress bar reaches 100% complete, click Finish to dismiss the installer or click Next to see a summary. |
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Review the summary information on this screen, then click Finish to dismiss the installer. |
After installing the software, you should be able to start Oracle GoldenGate Studio from the ORACLE_HOME/oggstudio/bin
directory. However, at this point, you will not be able to use the product. You must first create the repository using the Repository Creation Utility (RCU).
For more information on how to start Oracle GoldenGate Studio, see Starting Oracle GoldenGate Studio.
After you complete the installation, verify it was successful by completing a series of tasks.
viewInventory
script.Review the contents of the installation log files to make sure that the installer did not encounter any problems.
By default, the installer writes logs files to the Oracle_Inventory_Location/logs
(on UNIX operating systems) or Oracle_Inventory_Location\logs
(on Windows operating systems) directory.
For a description of the log files and where to find them, see Installation Log Files in Oracle Fusion Middleware Installing Software with the Oracle Universal Installer.
The contents of your installation vary based on the options you selected during the installation.
For more information about the directory structure after installation, see What Are the Key Oracle Fusion Middleware Directories? in Oracle Fusion Middleware Understanding Oracle Fusion Middleware.
You can view the contents of the Oracle home using the viewInventory
script.
For more information, see Viewing the Contents of an Oracle Home in Oracle Fusion Middleware Installing Software with the Oracle Universal Installer.