Before adding and running a Replicat for Amazon Redshift, ensure that you have the following:

• Amazon Redshift and Amazon S3 connections created and assigned to your target deployment.
• An Amazon Redshift cluster.
• Target tables created in Amazon Redshift.
• An Amazon S3 bucket configured in the same region with your Amazon Redshift cluster.
• An IAM role created to allow Amazon Redshift to access Amazon S3 buckets.

1. In the OCI GoldenGate deployment console, on the Administration Service Home page, click Add Replicat (plus icon).
2. In the Add Replicat panel, on the Replicat Information page, complete the fields as needed, and then click Next:
   • Select a Replicat Type:
     • Classic Replicat
     • Coordinated Replicat
   • Enter a Process Name, no more than 5 characters long.
   • Enter a Description, to help distinguish this process from others.
3. On the Replicat Options page, complete the fields as needed, and then click Next:
   • Replicat Trail:
     • Enter a Name.
     • Enter a Subdirectory, if you expect the Trail file to be in a location other than the default.
     • Select an Encryption profile. If an encryption profile wasn't created, the Local Wallet is selected by default.
     • For Begin, select the starting point for data processing:
       • Position in Log (default)
       • Now
       • Custom Time
   • Trail Position:
     • Enter the Sequence Number.
     • Enter the RBA Offset.
     • Select your Target from the dropdown.
       Note
       
       Depending on your target selection, you may have additional options to such as Streaming, Stage and Merge, and Staging locations.
   • Target Credentials:
     • Select a Domain.
     • Select an Alias within the specified Domain.
     • Select a Checkpoint Table. Leave the default selection or select the Checkpoint table you created for the target deployment.
     • Select the Max Threads Number (Coordinated Replicats only).
4. On the Managed Options page, complete the optional fields as needed, and then click Next:
   • Select a Profile Name, if one is available.
   • Enable Critical to deployment health.
   • Enable and configure Auto Start settings.
5. On the Parameter File page, you can add parameters to further configure your Replicat. For example:

   table source.table1;

   If using Coordinated Replicat, add TARGETDB LIBFILE libggjava.so SET property=/u02/Deployment/etc/conf/ogg/your_replicat_name.properties to the parameters file.

   Note
   
   

   GoldenGate uses Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) by default. Use SETENV to override the default setting for this Replicat process. This change doesn't apply to deployments. For example:

   setenv (TZ="US/Eastern")
   setenv (TZ="GMT+5")

6. On the Properties File page, configure the required properties as needed. Look for the ones marked as #TODO. And then click Next. Some properties to consider modifying include:
   1. gg.eventhandler.s3.region: name of the region where Amazon S3 bucket is located. Please make sure that Amazon S3 bucket and Amazon Redshift cluster are in the same region.
   2. gg.eventhandler.s3.bucketMappingTemplate: Amazon S3 bucket name that will be used as staging area.
   For information on this target's properties, see Amazon RedShift in the Oracle GoldenGate for Distributed Applications and Analytics guide.
7. Click Create and Run. If you click Create, then you can manually start the Replicat later from the Administration Service Home page.

Learn to add a replicat process for Amazon Redshift.

1. In the OCI GoldenGate deployment console, on the Administration Service Overview page, click Add Replicat (plus icon).
2. On the Add Replicat page, select a Replicat type, and then click Next.

   The types of Replicats are:

   • Classic Replicat
   • Coordinated Replicat
3. On the Replicat Options page, complete the following fields, and then click Next:
   1. For Process Name, enter a name for the Replicat process.
   2. (Optional) For Description, enter a brief description to distinguish this Replicat from others.
   3. If the source is Trail, then for Trail Name, enter the name of the Extract trail.
   4. For Target, select Amazon Redshift from the dropdown.
   5. For Available aliases for Amazon Redshift, select your alias from the dropdown.
   6. For Available staging locations, select Amazon S3 from the dropdown.
   7. For via staging alias, select Amazon S3 connection from the dropdown.
4. On the Parameter File page, you can specify parameters to further configure your Replicat.
   Note
   
   GoldenGate uses Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) by default. Use SETENV to override the default setting. For example:

   setenv (TZ="US/Eastern")
   setenv (TZ="GMT+5")

   Learn more about SETENV.

5. On the Properties File page, configure the required properties as needed. Look for the ones marked as #TODO. And then click Next. Some properties to consider modifying include:
   1. gg.eventhandler.s3.region: name of the region where Amazon S3 bucket is located. Please make sure that Amazon S3 bucket and Amazon Redshift cluster are in the same region.
   2. gg.eventhandler.s3.bucketMappingTemplate: Amazon S3 bucket name that will be used as staging area.
6. Click Create and Run. If you click Create, then you can manually start the Replicat later from the Administration Service Overview page.