Bobby Curtis presented on 5 keys to success before moving an Oracle GoldenGate implementation to the cloud: 1. Understanding the environment. 2. Keeping the implementation simple. 3. Ensuring the implementation is error-free. 4. Securing the implementation. 5. Orienting the implementation towards performance. He mapped these keys to baseball fundamentals and discussed tools and techniques for applying each key.

1. ORACLE GOLDENGATE &
BASEBALL:
5 KEYS BEFORE MOVING TO
THE CLOUD
SPEAKER: BOBBY CURTIS, EMBA, ACED
SAN FRANCISCO EDITION
September 2016

2. SPEAKER
Bobby Curtis
Infrastructure Principal
Accenture Enkitec Group
Douglasville, GA
Contact:
bobby.l.curtis@accenture.com
curtisbl@gmail.com
Social/Blog
@dbasolved
http://dbasolved.com

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4. AGENDA
‣ Baseball Fundamentals Terms
‣ GoldenGate, what is that .. a bridge?
‣ What are the 5 key of success?
‣ Building a Flexible Framework
‣ Implementing the skills
‣ Questions (feel free to ask throughout)

5. BASEBALL FUNDAMENTALS
TERMS
1. Running Speed
2. Hitting for Average
3. Fielding
4. Arm Strength
5. Hitting for Power

6. What is Oracle GoldenGate?
“I want it to go fast”!!!!

7. Why do you need to know these keys for
implementations?

8. WHAT ARE THE 5
APPROACHES/KEYS
1. Understanding of Environment
2. Keep It Simple
3. Error Free
4. Secure
5. Performance Oriented

9. UNDERSTAND THE
ENVIRONMENT
The simplest item of the 5 keys! Possible to enhance speed of environment by improving items
related to network and systems. This also includes understanding the schema architectures that will
be replicated between environments (metadata, keys, etc…)

10. KEEP IT SIMPLE
Face it, anyone can configure a basic GoldenGate setup (always have to have a starting place).
Knowing how to configure GoldenGate for any environment is a different story. GoldenGate is a tool
that starts off simple and gets deep as architecture changes.
Year: 2016
Player: Madison Bumgardner
Position: Pitcher
ERA: 2.49
Hitting Ave: .167
HR: 3

11. ERROR FREE
Good Hands equal Great Environments! Knowing your role as a GoldenGate Administrator will result
in your environments looking like a well oiled machine and making GoldenGate look error free.
GoldenGate Administrators must understand the basics of database administration, GoldenGate, how
to evaluate a problem, and develop a strategy for resolving issues while making it look easy and being
successful.
Year: 2016
Player: Brandon Crawford
Position: ShortStop
Fielding Percentage: .979
Hitting Ave: .276
HR: 12
Ref: http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/crawfbr01.shtm
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12. SECURING
Oracle GoldenGate provides different layers where security can be implemented. Yet, security is
often overlooked due to needing to meet deadlines or is an afterthought. What if, an unauthorized
person gains access to the GoldenGate environment? This is why understanding security within
Oracle GoldenGate is a much needed key/skill!
Year: 2016
Player: Johnny Cueto
Position: Pitcher
ERA: 2.98

13. PERFORMANCE ORIENTED
Performance is critical when it comes to Oracle GoldenGate! Knowing the basics of GoldenGate will
get you started; however, being performance oriented will take your environment to the next level.
Knowledge and understanding the complex nature of an Oracle GoldenGate environment will enable
you to taylor the environment to process more transactions in smaller amounts of time. Leading to a
higher demands for your skills.
Year: 2016
Player: Buster Posey
Position: Catcher
Batting Avg: .298
Ref: http://www.espn.com/mlb/team/stats/batting/_/name/sf/san-
francisco-giants

14. BUILDING A FLEXIBLE
FRAMEWORK
(MAPPING KEYS TO BASEBALL SKILLS)
Environment  Running Speed  Architecture Diagrams
Environment  Running Speed  Data Loading Processes
Keep it Simple  Hitting for Average  Parameter Files
Error Free  Fielding  Macro & Obey Files
Securing  Arm Strength  Security
Performance  Hitting for Power  Tuning Requirements

15. IMPLEMENTING THE SKILLS

16. RUNNING SPEED
Architecture Diagrams:
✴Logical representations of a GoldenGate environment
✴Provides understanding of for environment
Associated Tools:
‣ Microsoft Visio (Windows)
‣ OmniGraffle (Mac)
‣ Oracle GoldenGate Studio (Java Based)

17. RUNNING SPEED
Data Loading Options:
1. Oracle Data Pump with FLASHBACK_SCN
2. Recovery Manager (RMAN) using FLASHBACK_SCN
3. Special Run Extracts (Direct Loads)
4. Flat File via SQL Loader
5. SQL over DBLinks (Insert /*+ APPEND */)

18. HITTING FOR AVERAGE
Parameter Files:
In any environment, you have three/four parameter files (mgr, extract,
data-pump, replicat). Basic parameter can be used to configure
simple setups.

19. FIELDING
Macro Files:
Reusable files that can be used within parameter files. Designed to
reduce errors and simplify manageability of environment

20. FIELDING
Obey Files:
Minimizes typing and increases the successful run of commonly used
commands for anything in Oracle GoldenGate.

21. ARM STRENGTH
Security:
Security is important at every level of Oracle GoldenGate.
Options:
✴Password Security
✴Command Security
✴Trail File Encryption

22. ARM STRENGTH
Encryption Security:
keygen - Utility to used to create one or more encrypted passwords to
use with ENCKEYS file
KEYGEN [ keylength ] [ # ]

23. ARM STRENGTH
Command Security:
CMDSEC - File used to control access to GoldenGate functions
command_name command_object OS_group OS_user { YES | NO }

24. ARM STRENGTH
Trail File Encryption:
ENCRYPTTRAIL - controls whether GoldenGate encrypts data written
to the trail file
2 Methods
Master Key & Wallet - one-time AES key for each trail file (stored in
header)
ENCKEYS - keys store file

25. HITTING FOR POWER
Tuning Requirements:
Top - Down approach to tuning Oracle GoldenGate
Tuning Oracle GoldenGate can only be done once the other skills
have been learned.

26. RECAP
1. Running Speed = Understanding of Environment
2. Hitting for Average = Keep It Simple
3. Fielding = Error Free
4. Arm Strength = Secure
5. Hitting for Power = Performance Oriented

27. ANY QUESTIONS???!!!!!