What is DISCARDFILE?

What is DISCARDFILE?

Description. The DISCARD FILE command removes the definition of a file from the local CICS® system, so that the system no longer has access to the file; that is, it revokes the earlier installation of a FILE resource definition of the same name.

How do I read a discard file?

To view the discard file, use a text editor or use the VIEW REPORT command in GGSCI. See Oracle GoldenGate Commands. The default discard file has the following properties: The file is named after the process that creates it, with a default extension of .

What is discard file GoldenGate?

The file is created in the dirrpt sub-directory of the Oracle GoldenGate installation directory. The maximum file size is 50 megabytes. At startup, if a discard file exists, it is purged before new data is written.

What is Globals file in GoldenGate?

GLOBALS files: Oracle Golden Gate provides facility to set GLOBAL parameters. The GLOBALS file stores parameters that relate to the Oracle GoldenGate instance as a whole. The default location of Golden Gate parameter file is a dirprm directory under Golden Gate installation directory.

How do I check my Golden Gate logs?

To view the error log, use any of the following:

1. Standard shell command to view the ggserr. log file within the root Oracle GoldenGate directory.
2. Oracle GoldenGate Director or Oracle GoldenGate Monitor.
3. VIEW GGSEVT command in GGSCI. See Oracle GoldenGate Commands.

How can the Golden Gate gap be resolved?

How to Reduce the Lag Time of Oracle GoldenGate Replication

1. Use Heartbeat Table to Find Where Lag Happens. You first need to break down the lag time using the heartbeat table, this can help you to find out where the lag happens.
2. Tune the Extract. If it happens on extract side, you can.
3. Tune the Pump.
4. Tune the Replicat.

How do I monitor Golden Gate processes?

The primary way to view processing information is through GGSCI. For more information about these commands, see Reference for Oracle GoldenGate for Windows and UNIX. Run status, checkpoints, approximate lag, and environmental information. Statistics on processing volume, such as number of operations performed.

How do you verify Golden Gate replication?

How to Verify the Installation of an Oracle GoldenGate Instance

1. Switch to the Oracle GoldenGate administrative user.
2. Run the ggsci utility.
3. Stop the extract and the replicat processes.
4. Stop the manager processes.
5. Exit the ggsci utility.
6. If the replicat processes are configured, kill all remaining server processes.

How do I monitor my GoldenGate process?

18 Monitoring Oracle GoldenGate Processing

1. Using the Information Commands in GGSCI.
2. Monitoring an Extract Recovery.
3. Monitoring Lag.
4. Monitoring Processing Volume.
5. Using the Error Log.
6. Using the Process Report.
7. Using the Discard File.
8. Maintaining the Discard and Report Files.

How do you know if Golden Gate is running?

Start the manager as well as the configured extract and the replicat processes using the ggsci utility. Check if the instance goes online. Repeat this until all processes show the status as RUNNING. Stop the Oracle GoldenGate instance using the ggsci utility.

How can I check my Golden Gate home?

How do you check logs in Golden Gate?