Creating a Connection to Oracle

Create an SAP Replication Server connection to Oracle using ExpressConnect for Oracle (ECO).

ECO requires only the tnsnames.ora file to establish location transparency, unlike ECDA for Oracle, which also requires an interfaces file to set up connections between Oracle and SAP Replication Server.
  1. Copy the tnsnames.ora file used by ECDA for Oracle to the RS_installation_directory\REP-15_5\connector\oraoci\network\admin directory.
  2. Use the value previously given to the connect_string configuration parameter of ECDA for Oracle as the data_server in the SAP Replication Server create connection command. See create connection in the SAP Replication Server Reference Manual.
    Note: The connect_string configuration parameter is same as <tnsnames_alias> in the tnsnames.ora file obtained from the ECDA for Oracle installation.
Related tasks
Configuring ExpressConnect for Oracle