Upgrading Oracle GoldenGate binaries

In this recipe you will learn how to upgrade GoldenGate binaries. You will also learn about GoldenGate patches and how to apply them.

Getting ready

For this recipe, we will upgrade the GoldenGate binaries from version 11.2.1.0.1 to 11.2.1.0.3 on the source system, that is prim1-ol6-112 in our case. Both of these binaries are available from the Oracle Edelivery website under the part number V32400-01 and V34339-01 respectively. 11.2.1.0.1 binaries are installed under /u01/app/ggate/112101.

How to do it...

The steps to upgrade the Oracle GoldenGate binaries are:

  1. Make a new directory for 11.2.1.0.3 binaries:
    mkdir /u01/app/ggate/112103
    
  2. Copy the binaries ZIP file to the server in the new directory.
  3. Unzip the binaries ...

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