Oracle TimesTen v5.

1:
Replication
Student Guide

D19304GC20
2.0
May 2005
D19462

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Introduction and Course Overview

Course Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Intended Audience and Course Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Course Outline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

Overview of TimesTen Replication

Module Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
TimesTen Replication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
TimesTen Replication Concepts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
Basic Asynchronous Replication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Optional Return Receipt Replication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Replication Usage Scenarios: Hot Standby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Replication Usage Scenarios: Split Workload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
Replication Usage Scenarios: General Workload. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
Replication Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11
Replication States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
Replication Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14
Replication Quiz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15
Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17

Configuring TimesTen Replication

Module Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Replication Schemes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Configuring Replication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
SQL Syntax to Define Replication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
SQL Examples: Unidirectional Replication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
Bi-directional Replication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Managing the Replication Daemon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
Example: Configuring Replication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
Changing the Replication Scheme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15
Replication Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17
Replication Configuration Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19

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Configuring Other
Replication Features
Module Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Timestamp-based Update Conflict Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Propagator Data Store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
SQL Example: Defining Single-hop Replication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
What if a subscriber data store doesnt exist? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
Example: Subscriber store doesnt exist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
Return Receipt Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
Return Receipt Built-in Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
Data Store Upgrades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18
The Replication State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
Changing the State of a Subscriber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21
Replicating a Temporary Data Store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-25
Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-26

TimesTen Replication Diagnostics

Module Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Unconfiguring Replication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Unconfiguring Replication Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Data Store or System Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Setting the Log Threshold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Subscriber Data Store Failure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
If the Subscriber Must be Re-created. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
Master Data Store Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11
Bi-directional Replication: master fails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12
Uni-directional Replication: master fails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13
The Replication Bookmark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-15
Troubleshooting Replication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17
Troubleshooting (continued) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-18
Troubleshooting Replication(continued). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20
Troubleshooting Replication Example. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-22
Replication System Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-24
Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-26

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