DBFS and XAG for Goldengate P2

In order to use agctl commands, we need to know goldengate instance_name.

Unfortunately, agctl does not work the same way as srvctl where it’s possible to determine what is configured.

ggsuser@hawk1 ~ $ $ORACLE_HOME/bin/srvctl config database
DBFS

ggsuser@hawk1 ~ $ $GRID_HOME/bin/agctl config goldengate
XAG-212: Instance '' is not yet registered.
ggsuser@hawk1 ~ $ 

How do we find out what the goldengate instance name is? IFF XAG is configured, then grep for it.

ggsuser@hawk1 ~ $ $GRID_HOME/bin/crsctl stat res -t|grep -A2 xag
xag.gg_xx-vip.vip
      1        ONLINE  ONLINE       hawk1                STABLE
xag.gg_xx.goldengate
      1        ONLINE  ONLINE       hawk1                STABLE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

ggsuser@hawk1 ~ $ $GRID_HOME/bin/agctl status goldengate gg_xx
Goldengate  instance 'gg_xx' is running on hawk1
ggsuser@hawk1 ~ $ 

Some other useful commands to gather configurations info.

ggsuser@hawk1 ~ $ $GRID_HOME/bin/crsctl stat res|grep xag
NAME=xag.gg_xx-vip.vip
NAME=xag.gg_xx.goldengate
TYPE=xag.goldengate.type
ggsuser@hawk1 ~ $ 

ggsuser@hawk1 ~ $ $GRID_HOME/bin/crsctl stat res|grep -i type|sort -u
TYPE=app.appvipx.type
TYPE=local_resource
TYPE=ora.asm.type
TYPE=ora.cluster_vip_net1.type
TYPE=ora.cvu.type
TYPE=ora.database.type
TYPE=ora.diskgroup.type
TYPE=ora.listener.type
TYPE=ora.mgmtdb.type
TYPE=ora.mgmtlsnr.type
TYPE=ora.network.type
TYPE=ora.oc4j.type
TYPE=ora.ons.type
TYPE=ora.scan_listener.type
TYPE=ora.scan_vip.type
TYPE=xag.goldengate.type

ggsuser@hawk1 ~ $ $GRID_HOME/bin/crsctl stat res -w "TYPE = xag.goldengate.type" -p
NAME=xag.gg_xx.goldengate
TYPE=xag.goldengate.type
ACL=owner:ggsuser:rwx,pgrp:dba:r-x,other::r--
ACTIONS=
ACTION_SCRIPT=%CRS_HOME%/bin/aggoldengateas
ACTION_TIMEOUT=60
ACTIVE_PLACEMENT=0
AGENT_FILENAME=%CRS_HOME%/bin/scriptagent
AUTO_START=restore
CARDINALITY=1
CHECK_INTERVAL=30
CHECK_TIMEOUT=0
CLEAN_TIMEOUT=60
CRITICAL_EXTRACTS=
CRITICAL_REPLICATS=
CRS_ATTRIBUTES=
DATABASES= (No DB dependencies - User Exits)
DATAGUARD_AUTOSTART=no
DB_SERVICES=
DEGREE=1
DELETE_TIMEOUT=60
DESCRIPTION="Oracle GoldenGate Clusterware Resource"
ENABLED=1
ENVIRONMENT_VARS=
FAILOVER_DELAY=0
FAILURE_INTERVAL=600
FAILURE_THRESHOLD=5
FILESYSTEMS=dbfs_mount
GG_HOME=/u03/gg/12.2.0
GG_INSTANCE_TYPE=target
HOSTING_MEMBERS=hawk1 hawk2
INSTANCE_FAILOVER=1
INTERMEDIATE_TIMEOUT=0
JAGENT_AUTOSTART=no
LOAD=1
LOGGING_LEVEL=1
MODIFY_TIMEOUT=60
MONITOR_EXTRACTS=
MONITOR_REPLICATS=
OFFLINE_CHECK_INTERVAL=0
ORACLE_CLIENT_HOME=
ORACLE_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/db_1
PLACEMENT=restricted
RELOCATE_BY_DEPENDENCY=1
RESTART_ATTEMPTS=5
SCRIPT_TIMEOUT=60
SERVER_CATEGORY=
SERVER_POOLS=
START_CONCURRENCY=0
START_DEPENDENCIES=hard(xag.gg_xx-vip.vip,dbfs_mount) pullup(xag.gg_xx-vip.vip,dbfs_mount)
START_TIMEOUT=300
STOP_CONCURRENCY=0
STOP_DEPENDENCIES=hard(xag.gg_xx-vip.vip,intermediate:dbfs_mount)
STOP_TIMEOUT=300
UPTIME_THRESHOLD=10m
USER_WORKLOAD=no
USE_STICKINESS=0
VERSION=2
VIP_CREATED=1
VIP_NAME=xag.gg_xx-vip.vip
ggsuser@hawk1 ~ $ 

You might be thinking, if there are no dependencies for database, then why is it referencing Database Home?

ggsuser@hawk1 ::/u03/gg/12.2.0
$ ldd ggsci 
	linux-vdso.so.1 =>  (0x00007ffcaa8ff000)
	librt.so.1 => /lib64/librt.so.1 (0x00007f6a02c5b000)
	libdl.so.2 => /lib64/libdl.so.2 (0x00007f6a02a56000)
	libgglog.so => /u03/gg/12.2.0/./libgglog.so (0x00007f6a02630000)
	libggrepo.so => /u03/gg/12.2.0/./libggrepo.so (0x00007f6a023ba000)
	libdb-6.1.so => /u03/gg/12.2.0/./libdb-6.1.so (0x00007f6a01fd5000)
	libggperf.so => /u03/gg/12.2.0/./libggperf.so (0x00007f6a01da5000)
	libggparam.so => /u03/gg/12.2.0/./libggparam.so (0x00007f6a00c8d000)
	libicui18n.so.48 => /u03/gg/12.2.0/./libicui18n.so.48 (0x00007f6a0089d000)
	libicuuc.so.48 => /u03/gg/12.2.0/./libicuuc.so.48 (0x00007f6a0051c000)
	libicudata.so.48 => /u03/gg/12.2.0/./libicudata.so.48 (0x00007f69fed57000)
	libpthread.so.0 => /lib64/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007f69feb3a000)
	libxerces-c.so.28 => /u03/gg/12.2.0/./libxerces-c.so.28 (0x00007f69fe574000)
	libantlr3c.so => /u03/gg/12.2.0/./libantlr3c.so (0x00007f69fe35b000)
	libnnz12.so => /u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/db_1/lib/libnnz12.so (0x00007f69fdc36000)
	libclntsh.so.12.1 => /u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/db_1/lib/libclntsh.so.12.1 (0x00007f69fabbf000)
	libons.so => /u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/db_1/lib/libons.so (0x00007f69fa97a000)
	libclntshcore.so.12.1 => /u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/db_1/lib/libclntshcore.so.12.1 (0x00007f69fa406000)
	libggnnzitp.so => /u03/gg/12.2.0/./libggnnzitp.so (0x00007f69f9922000)
	libm.so.6 => /lib64/libm.so.6 (0x00007f69f9620000)
	libc.so.6 => /lib64/libc.so.6 (0x00007f69f925e000)
	/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00005624a8090000)
	libstdc++.so.6 => /lib64/libstdc++.so.6 (0x00007f69f8f56000)
	libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib64/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00007f69f8d3f000)
	libmql1.so => /u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/db_1/lib/libmql1.so (0x00007f69f8ac8000)
	libipc1.so => /u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/db_1/lib/libipc1.so (0x00007f69f8750000)
	libnsl.so.1 => /lib64/libnsl.so.1 (0x00007f69f8537000)
	libaio.so.1 => /lib64/libaio.so.1 (0x00007f69f8335000)

Would’t be much better if Goldengate installation is self contained without having to download and install 2 components!