GGSCI -- (Oracle) GoldenGate Software Command Interpreter

How to Invoke?
C:\GG> ggsci.exe
[oracle@prod gg]$ ./ggsci

Commands
ggsci> HELP [command] [object]
ggsci> help

GGSCI Command Summary:

Object: Command:
SUBDIRS CREATE
ER INFO, KILL, LAG, SEND, STATUS, START, STATS, STOP
EXTRACT ADD, ALTER, CLEANUP, DELETE, INFO, KILL, LAG, SEND, START, STATS,
STATUS, STOP
EXTTRAIL ADD, ALTER, DELETE, INFO
GGSEVT VIEW
MANAGER INFO, REFRESH, SEND, START, STOP, STATUS
MARKER INFO
PARAMS EDIT, VIEW
REPLICAT ADD, ALTER, CLEANUP, DELETE, INFO, KILL, LAG, SEND, START, STATS,
STATUS, STOP
REPORT VIEW
RMTTRAIL ADD, ALTER, DELETE, INFO
TRACETABLE ADD, DELETE, INFO
TRANDATA ADD, DELETE, INFO
CHECKPOINTTABLE ADD, DELETE, CLEANUP, INFO
Commands without an object:
(Database) DBLOGIN, LIST TABLES, ENCRYPT PASSWORD
(DDL) DUMPDDL
(Miscellaneous) FC, HELP, HISTORY, INFO ALL, OBEY, SET EDITOR, SHELL, SHOW,
VERSIONS, !

For help on a specific command, type HELP [command] [object]

Example: HELP ADD REPLICAT
Note: You must type the word COMMAND after the ! to display the ! help topic.
i.e.: GGSCI> help ! command

ggsci> help add rmttrail

ggsci> CREATE SUBDIRS -- To create default directories within Oracle GoldenGate

home directory

ggsci> INFO ALL [TASKS | ALLPROCESSES] -- To display the status of all Manager,
Extract, and Replicat processes
ggsci> info all
Program Status Group Lag Time Since Chkpt
MANAGER RUNNING
EXTRACT STOPPED EXTR 00:01:15 00:00:07
REPLICAT ABENDED REP 00:00:00 00:00:04
ggsci> info all tasks
ggsci> info all allprocesses

ggsci> INFO MANAGER -- To determine whether or not the Manager process is running
ggsci> INFO MGR

ggsci> INFO MARKER [COUNT number_of_items] -- To review recently processed markers

from a NonStop system
ggsci> info marker

ggsci> INFO EXTRACT group_name [, SHOWCH [n]] [, DETAIL] [, TASKS | ALLPROCESSES]

-- To display Status of Extract, Approximate Extract lag, Checkpoint information,
Process run history
ggsci> info extract emp_ext
ggsci> info extract cust_ext, detail
ggsci> info extract ext*, showch
ggsci> info extract *, detail
ggsci> info extract hr, tasks

ggsci> INFO REPLICAT group_name [, SHOWCH [n]] [, DETAIL] [, TASKS | ALLPROCESSES]

-- To display status of Replicat, Approximate replication lag, the trail from which
Replicat is reading, Replicat run history, including checkpoints in the trail,
Information about the Replicat environment.
ggsci> info replicat emp_rep
ggsci> info replicat emp_rep, detail
ggsci> info replicat prd*, detail, allprocesses
ggsci> info replicat *, tasks
ggsci> info replicat fin, showch

ggsci> INFO EXTTRAIL trail_name -- To retrieve configuration information for a

local trail
ggsci> info exttrail *
ggsci> info exttrail e:\ogg\dirdat\ex

ggsci> INFO RMTTRAIL trail_name -- To retrieve configuration information for a

remote trail
ggsci> info rmttrail *
ggsci> info rmttrail d:\ogg\dirdat\ex

ggsci> INFO TRANDATA user_name.table_names [, OLDFORMAT] [, USETRIGGER] -- To

determine whether logging/replication enabled or not
ggsci> info trandata hr.*
ggsci> info trandata fin.acct

ggsci> INFO CHECKPOINTTABLE [user_name.table_name] -- To confirm the existence of

a checkpoint table and view the date and time that it was created
ggsci> info checkpointtable gg_owner.chkpt_table

ggsci> INFO TRACETABLE [owner.table] -- To verify the existence of the

specified trace table
ggsci> info tracetable ora_trace

ggsci> INFO ER group_wildcard_specification -- To get information on multiple

Extract and Replicat groups as a unit
ggsci> info ER *ext*

ggsci> SHOW -- To display the Oracle GoldenGate environment

ggsci> SHOW ALL

ggsci> DBLOGIN {SOURCEDB|TARGETDB dsn | USERID user_name[, PASSWORD password]

[SYSDBA] |
SOURCEDB|TARGETDB dsn, USERID user_name[, PASSWORD password] [SYSDBA] [SQLID sqlid]
-- To establish a database connection
ggsci> dblogin sourcedb testdb
ggsci> dblogin targetdb repldb
ggsci> dblogin userid gg
ggsci> dblogin userid gg, password oracle
ggsci> dblogin userid system@localhost:1521/prod, password 12345678
ggsci> dblogin sourcedb ctdb@host1, userid gg_owner, password ggs sysdba

ggsci> ENCRYPT PASSWORD password [ENCRYPTKEY keyname] -- To encrypt a database

login password
ggsci> encrypt password oracle143 encryptkey spiderman

ggsci> LIST TABLES table_name -- To list all tables in the database that match
the specification
ggsci> list tables cust*

ggsci> EDIT PARAMS {MGR | ./GLOBALS | group_name | file_name} -- To create or

change a parameter file
ggsci> edit params mgr
ggsci> edit params ./GLOBALS
ggsci> edit params myload
ggsci> edit params rep_emp
ggsci> edit params e:\gg\dirprm\replp.prm

ggsci> VIEW PARAMS {MGR | group_name | file_name} -- To view the contents of a

parameter file
ggsci> view params mgr
ggsci> view params s_extr
ggsci> view params e:\prm\replp.prm

ggsci> VIEW GGSEVT -- To view GoldenGate error log (ggserr.log file)

ggsci> VIEW REPORT {group_name[n] | file_name} -- To view the process report that
is generated by Extract or Replicat
ggsci> view report ext6
ggsci> view report rep
ggsci> view report c:\ogg\dirrpt\orders.rpt

ggsci> ADD EXTRACT group_name

{, SOURCEISTABLE |, TRANLOG [bsds_name] |, VAM |, EXTFILESOURCE file_name |,
EXTTRAILSOURCE trail_name |, VAMTRAILSOURCE VAM_trail_name}
{, BEGIN {NOW | yyyy-mm-dd [hh:mi:[ss[.cccccc]]]} |, EXTSEQNO seqno, EXTRBA
relative_byte_address |, LOGNUM log_number, LOGPOS byte_offset |, EOF |, LSN value
|, EXTRBA relative_byte_address |, PAGE data_page, ROW row |
} [, THREADS n] [, PASSIVE] [, PARAMS parameter_file] [, REPORT report_file] [,
DESC "description"] -- To create an Extract group

Syntax for an alias Extract:

ADD EXTRACT group_name, RMTHOST {host_name | IP_address}, {MGRPORT port} | {PORT
port} [, RMTNAME name] [, DESC "description"]

ggsci> add extract s_extr, tranlog, begin now

ggsci> add extract finext, tranlog, begin now, threads 4
ggsci> add extract fin, tranlog, begin now, passive
ggsci> add extract ext_ms, extseqno 111, begin now
ggsci> add extract hr_ext, extrba 567890, begin 2012-02-02 12:00:00
ggsci> add extract initload, sourceistable
ggsci> add extract pump, exttrailsource /oracle/gg11/dirdat/hr
ggsci> add extract fin, vam -- VAM - Vendor Access Module
ggsci> add extract fin, vamtrailsource /ogg/dirdat/vt
ggsci> add extract finA, rmthost host123, mgrport 7810, rmtname fin

ggsci> ADD REPLICAT group_name

{, SPECIALRUN |, EXTFILE full_path_name |, EXTTRAIL full_path_name}
[, BEGIN {NOW | YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM[:SS[.CCCCCC]]} |, EXTSEQNO seqno, EXTRBA rba] [,
CHECKPOINTTABLE owner.table | NODBCHECKPOINT]
[, PARAMS parameter_file] [, REPORT report_file] [, DESC "description"] -- To
create a Replicat group
ggsci> add replicat repl, exttrail C:\OGG10G\dirdat\lt
ggsci> add replicat t_rep, exttrail /oracle/gg11/dirdat/lt, checkpointtable
gg_owner.checkpoint
ggsci> add replicat initload, specialrun
ggsci> add replicat sales, exttrail /oracle/gg11/dirdat/lt, nodbcheckpoint

ggsci> ADD EXTTRAIL trail_name, EXTRACT group_name [, MEGABYTES n] [, SEQNO n] --

To create a trail for online processing on local system
ggsci> add exttrail /oracle/gg11/dirdat/lt, extract s_extr
ggsci> add exttrail C:\OGG10G\dirdat\et, extract emp_ext
ggsci> add exttrail c:\ogg\dirdat\fi, extract fin, megabytes 30

ggsci> ADD RMTTRAIL trail_name, EXTRACT group_name [, MEGABYTES n] [, SEQNO n] --

To create a trail for online processing on remote system
ggsci> add rmttrail C:\OGG10G\dirdat\hr, extract extr
ggsci> add rmttrail /u01/app/oracle/ogg/dirdat/ms, extract msextr
ggsci> add rmttrail /u01/app/oracle/ogg/dirdat/my, extract mysql, megabytes 50

ggsci> ADD TRANDATA user_name.table_names [, COLS (column_list)] [, INCLUDELONG |

EXCLUDELONG]
[, LOBSNEVER | LOBSALWAYS | LOBSIFCHANGED | LOBSALWAYSNOINDEX] [, NOKEY] [,
OLDFORMAT] [, USETRIGGER] -- To enable Oracle GoldenGate to acquire the
transaction information it needs from the transaction records
ggsci> add trandata hr.*
ggsci> add trandata emp.employees
ggsci> add trandata fin.acct, cols (name, address)
ggsci> add trandata fin.acct, nokey, cols (name, pid)
ggsci> add trandata fin.acct, lobsalwaysnoindex

ggsci> ADD CHECKPOINTTABLE [user_name.table_name] -- To create a checkpoint table

in the target database
ggsci> add checkpointtable
ggsci> add checkpointtable gg_owner.checkpoint

ggsci> ADD TRACETABLE [owner.table] -- To create a trace table in the Oracle

database
ggsci> add tracetable
ggsci> add tracetable ora_trace

ggsci> REGISTER EXTRACT extract_group_name LOGRETENTION

ggsci> register extract extr logretention

ggsci> START MANAGER -- To start Manager process

ggsci> START MGR
ggsci> START *

ggsci> START EXTRACT extract_name -- To start Extract process

ggsci> start extract extr

ggsci> START REPLICAT group_name [SKIPTRANSACTION | ATCSN csn | AFTERCSN csn] --

To start Replicat process
ggsci> start replicat rep
ggsci> start replicat fin, atcsn 5238306 -- commit sequence number (CSN)
ggsci> start replicat fin, aftercsn 0X000006B1:0002334D:0004

ggsci> START ER group_wildcard_specification -- To start multiple Extract and

Replicat groups as a unit
ggsci> start er *rep*

ggsci> STOP MANAGER [!] -- To stop Manager process

ggsci> stop manager
ggsci> stop manager ! -- will not ask for confirmation

ggsci> STOP EXTRACT extract_name -- To stop Extract gracefully

ggsci> stop extract extr

ggsci> STOP REPLICAT replicat_name [!] -- To stop Replicat gracefully

ggsci> stop replicat rep

ggsci> STOP ER group_wildcard_specification -- To stop multiple Extract and

Replicat groups as a unit
ggsci> stop er *ext*

ggsci> STATUS MANAGER -- To determine whether or not the Manager process is

running

ggsci> STATUS EXTRACT group_name [, TASKS | ALLPROCESSES] -- To determine whether

or not Extract is running
ggsci> status extract extr_hr
ggsci> status extract ext*, tasks
ggsci> status extract *ext*, allprocesses

ggsci> STATUS REPLICAT group_name [, TASKS | ALLPROCESSES] -- To determine whether

or not Replicat is running
ggsci> status replicat emp_rep
ggsci> status replicat cust_rep, allprocesses
ggsci> STATUS ER group_wildcard_specification -- To check the status of multiple
Extract and Replicat groups as a unit
ggsci> status er *EX*

ggsci> STATS EXTRACT group_name [, statistic] [, TABLE table] [, TOTALSONLY

table_specification] [, REPORTFETCH | NOREPORTFETCH] [, REPORTRATE HR|MIN|SEC]
[, ... ] -- To display statistics for one or more Extract group
ggsci> stats ext_hr
ggsci> stats extract ext
ggsci> stats extract ext2 reportrate sec
ggsci> stats extract fin, total, daily
ggsci> stats extract fin, total, hourly, table acct, reportrate min, reset,
reportfetch

ggsci> STATS REPLICAT group_name [, statistic] [, TABLE table] [, TOTALSONLY

table_specification] [, REPORTDETAIL | NOREPORTDETAIL] [, REPORTRATE HR|MIN|SEC] [,
... ] -- To display statistics for one or more Replicat groups
ggsci> stats rep_hr
ggsci> stats replicat fin, total, table acct, reportrate hr, reset, noreportdetail

ggsci> STATS ER group_wildcard_specification -- To get statistics on multiple

Extract and Replicat groups as a unit
ggsci> stats er ext*

ggsci> REFRESH MANAGER -- not available in Oracle 11g

ggsci> SEND MANAGER [CHILDSTATUS [DEBUG]] [GETPORTINFO [DETAIL]]

[GETPURGEOLDEXTRACTS] -- To retrieve the status of the active Manager process or
to retrieve dynamic port information as configured in the Manager parameter file
ggsci> send manager childstatus
ggsci> send manager childstatus debug
ggsci> send manager getportinfo
ggsci> send manager getportinfo detail
ggsci> send manager getpurgeoldextracts

ggsci> SEND EXTRACT group_name,

{ CACHEMGR {CACHESTATS | CACHEQUEUES | CACHEPOOL} | FORCESTOP | FORCETRANS id
[THREAD n] [FORCE] | GETLAG | GETTCPSTATS | LOGEND | REPORT | ROLLOVER | SHOWTRANS
[id] [THREAD n] [COUNT n] [DURATION duration_unit] [TABULAR] [FILE file_name
[DETAIL]] | SKIPTRANS id [THREAD n] [FORCE] | STATUS | STOP | TLTRACE {DEBUG | OFF
| level} [SIZELIMIT size] [DDLINCLUDE | DDL[ONLY]] [FILE] file_name | TRACE[2]
{tracefile | OFF} | TRACEINIT | TRANLOGOPTIONS {PURGEORPHANEDTRANSACTIONS |
NOPURGEORPHANEDTRANSACTIONS} | TRANLOGOPTIONS TRANSCLEANUPFREQUENCY minutes |
VAMMESSAGE "Teradata_command" | VAMMESSAGE {ARSTATS | INCLUDELIST [filter] |
EXCLUDELIST [filter]} | VAMMESSAGE OPENTRANS
} -- To communicate with a running Extract process
Teradata_command = {"control:terminate" | "control:suspend" | "control:resume" |
"control:copy database.table"
ggsci> send extract exthr status
ggsci> send extract extr, getlag
ggsci> send extract group_name tltrace file file_name ddlinclude
ggsci> send extract fin, rollover
ggsci> send extract fin stop
ggsci> send extract fin, vammessage control:suspend
ggsci> send extract fin, tranlogoptions transcleanupfrequency 15
ggsci> send extract fin, showtrans count 10
ggsci> send extract fin, skiptrans 5.17.27634 thread 2

ggsci> SEND REPLICAT group_name,

{ FORCESTOP | GETLAG | HANDLECOLLISIONS [table_specification] | NOHANDLECOLLISIONS
[table_specification] | REPORT [HANDLECOLLISIONS [table_specification]] | STATUS |
STOP | TRACE[2] [DDLINCLUDE | DDL[ONLY]] [FILE] file_name | TRACE[2] OFF |
TRACEINIT
} -- To communicate with a starting or running Replicat process
ggsci> send replicat fin, handlecollisions
ggsci> send replicat fin, report handlecollisions fin_*
ggsci> send replicat fin, getlag

ggsci> SEND ER group_wildcard_specification -- To send instructions to multiple

Extract and Replicat groups as a unit
ggsci> send er *ext

ggsci> ALTER EXTRACT group_name [, ADD_EXTRACT_attribute] [, THREAD number] [,

ETROLLOVER] -- To change the attributes of an Extract group, To increment a trail
to the next file in the sequence
ggsci> alter extract fin, begin 2012-02-16
ggsci> alter extract fin, etrollover
ggsci> alter extract fin, extseqno 26, extrba 338
ggsci> alter extract accounts, thread 4, begin 2012-03-09
ggsci> alter extract sales, lsn 1234:123:1

ggsci> ALTER REPLICAT group_name ,

[, BEGIN {NOW | YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM[:SS[.CCCCCC]]} |, EXTSEQNO seqno, EXTRBA rba] [,
PARAMS parameter_file] [, REPORT report_file] [, DESC "description"] -- To change
the attributes of a Replicat group
ggsci> alter replicat fin, begin 2011-09-28 08:08:08
ggsci> alter replicat fin, extseqno 53
ggsci> alter replicat fin, extrba 666

ggsci> ALTER EXTTRAIL trail_name, EXTRACT group_name [, MEGABYTES n] -- To change

the attributes of a trail (on the local system)
ggsci> alter exttrail c:\ogg\dirdat\aa, extract fin, megabytes 30

ggsci> ALTER RMTTRAIL trail_name, EXTRACT group_name [, MEGABYTES n] -- To change

the attributes of a trail (on a remote system)
ggsci> alter rmttrail c:\ogg\dirdat\et, extract fin, megabytes 25

ggsci> CLEANUP EXTRACT group_name [, SAVE count] -- To delete run history for
specified Extract group
ggsci> cleanup extract fin
ggsci> cleanup extract e*, save 6

ggsci> CLEANUP REPLICAT group_name [, SAVE count] -- To delete run history for
specified Replicat group
ggsci> cleanup replicat fin
ggsci> cleanup replicat *, save 10

ggsci> CLEANUP CHECKPOINTTABLE [user_name.table_name] -- To remove checkpoint

records from the checkpoint table
ggsci> cleanup checkpointtable ggs.fin_check
ggsci> DELETE EXTRACT group_name [!] -- To delete an Extract group
ggsci> delete extract emp_ext
ggsci> delete extract emp_ext ! -- will not ask for confirmation

ggsci> DELETE REPLICAT group_name [!] -- To delete a Replicat group

ggsci> delete replicat emp_ext
ggsci> delete replicat emp_ext ! -- will not ask for confirmation

ggsci> DELETE EXTTRAIL trail_name -- To delete the record of checkpoints

associated with a trail on a local system
ggsci> delete exttrail /home/ogg/dirdat/et

ggsci> DELETE RMTTRAIL trail_name -- To delete the record of checkpoints

associated with a trail on a remote system
ggsci> delete rmttrail /home/ogg/dirdat/et

ggsci> DELETE TRANDATA user_name.table_names [, OLDFORMAT] [, USETRIGGER] -- To

delete logging/replication data
ggsci> delete trandata fin.acct
ggsci> delete trandata fin.cust*
ggsci> delete trandata emp.hr, usetrigger

ggsci> DELETE CHECKPOINTTABLE [user_name.table_name] [!] -- To drop checkpoint

table from database
ggsci> delete checkpointtable ggs.fin_check

ggsci> DELETE TRACETABLE [owner.table] -- To delete a trace table

ggsci> delete tracetable ora_trace

ggsci> KILL EXTRACT group_name -- To kill an Extract process running in regular

or PASSIVE mode
ggsci> kill extract fin

ggsci> KILL REPLICAT group_name -- To kill a Replicat process

ggsci> kill replicat fin

ggsci> KILL ER group_wildcard_specification -- To forcefully terminate multiple

Extract and Replicat groups as a unit
ggsci> kill er *x*

ggsci> LAG EXTRACT group_name -- To determine a true lag time between Extract
and the datasource
ggsci> lag extract ext*
ggsci> lag extract *

ggsci> LAG REPLICAT group_name -- To determine a true lag time between Replicat
and the trail
ggsci> lag replicat myrepl
ggsci> lag replicat *

ggsci> LAG ER group_wildcard_specification -- To get lag information on multiple

Extract and Replicat groups as a unit
ggsci> lag er *ext*

ggsci> DUMPDDL [SHOW] -- To view the data in the Oracle GoldenGate DDL history
table
ggsci> dumpddl

ggsci> HISTORY [n] -- To view the most recently issued GGSCI commands since the
session started
ggsci> history -- by default, shows last 10 commands
ggsci> history 30

ggsci> SET EDITOR program_name -- To change the default text editor for the
current session of GGSCI, default editors are Notepad for Windows and vi for UNIX
ggsci> set editor wordpad

ggsci> VERSIONS -- To display operating system and database version information

ggsci> FC [n | -n | string] -- To display edit a previously issued GGSCI command

and then execute it again
ggsci> fc
ggsci> fc 9
ggsci> fc -3
ggsci> fc sta
FC editor commands
i text -- Inserts text
r text -- Replaces text
d -- Deletes a character
replacement_text -- Replaces the displayed command with the text that we enter on
a one-for-one basis.

ggsci> SHELL shell_command -- To execute shell commands from within GGSCI

interface
ggsci> shell ls -l /u01/app/oracle/gg/dirdat
ggsci> shell dir dirprm\*
ggsci> shell rm ./dat*

ggsci> ! [n | -n | string] -- To execute previous GGSCI command

ggsci> !
ggsci> ! 6 -- To run the command 6 listed in the history
ggsci> ! -3
ggsci> ! sta
ggsci> help ! command

ggsci> OBEY ggsci_script -- To process a file that contains a list of

GoldenGate commands.
ggsci> shell more /u01/app/oracle/gg/startup.txt
START MANAGER
START EXTRACT EXT3
START EXTRACT DPUMP
INFO ALL
ggsci> OBEY /u01/app/oracle/gg/startup.txt
ggsci> OBEY ./mycommands.txt

ggsci> EXIT
[10:07:23 PM] Ganapathi Nunna (Rolta): GGSCI (dc2sfdb07) 2> send RONLINE1 trace2
trace2_RONLINE1.out
Sending trace2 request to REPLICAT RONLINE1 ...
Trace file /goldengate/goldengate_target/trace2_RONLINE1.out opened.

GGSCI (dc2sfdb07) 3> send ronline1 trace2 off

Sending trace2 request to REPLICAT RONLINE1 ...
All trace files are closed..
[10:07:37 PM] Ganapathi Nunna (Rolta): $ grep -i SFV4_1131952P.RCM_CAND_INFO
ronline4.prm
map sfv4_1131952P.RCM_CAND_INFO, target sfaudituser_1131952P.RCM_CAND_INFO ,
map sfv4_1131952P.RCM_CAND_INFO_D, target sfaudituser_1131952P.RCM_CAND_INFO_D ,
oracle@dc8orapc2n1[DC8AUD01] [/goldengate/goldengate_target/dirprm]

send rods7z logend