Installation of Oracle GoldenGate v11.2.1.0.1 for Oracle 11g on Linux x86-64

This document details the installation and configuration of Oracle GoldenGate v11.2.1.0.1 for Oracle 11g on Linux x86-64. Configuration of the GoldenGate instance and other processes will be detailed in upcoming posts. These initial steps need to be done on both the source and target system.

This document assumes that the Oracle 11g Database software is installed on the source and target server and that source and target databases exist. It is further assumed that network connectivity between the target and source is in place.

Create a GoldenGate OS user

[root@ggt1 ~]# useradd –G oinstall ggadmin

[root@ggt1 ~]# passwd ggadmin

Changing password for user ggadmin.

New UNIX password:

Retype new UNIX password:

passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully.

[root@ggt1 ~]#










Make the GoldeGate software home

[root@ggt1 ~]# cd /u01/app/oracle

[root@ggt1 oracle]# mkdir ggs ggs/11.2.0

[root@ggt1 oracle]# chown -R ggadmin:ggadmin ggs/

[root@ggt1 oracle]#