Upgrade and Migration Procedures for Replication Agent for Oracle

Replication Agent for Oracle 15.7.1 SP100 does not have to be installed on the same machine as the primary Oracle data server.

Using any of the upgrade procedures described here, the new Replication Agent for Oracle 15.7.1 SP100 instances will have the same configuration as previously existing instances, including instance names, administrative user IDs and passwords, and administrative port numbers.

Replication Agent for Oracle 15.7.1 SP100 does not have to be installed on the same machine as the primary Oracle data server. However:
If you install Replication Agent for Oracle 15.7.1 SP100 on the same host on which the primary Oracle server is running, you must:
  1. Obtain a local copy of the Oracle timezone file, so Replication Agent can correctly process the Oracle timestamp with timezone datatype.
  2. Configure the pdb_timezone_file parameter.
Note: For upgrades within a common release level, as in the case of an ESD applied to a particular version of Replication Agent, use the ra_admin -u option applied to a particular instance of Replication Agent or to all instances of Replication Agent. See the Replication Agent Administration Guide.