This preface contains:
The following are changes in Oracle Database Global Data Services Concepts and Administration Guide for Oracle Database 12c Release 1 (12.1.0.2).
The following features are new in this release:
Support for administrator-managed Oracle RAC databases
In this release Global Data Services supports both administrator-managed and policy-managed Oracle RAC databases.
Support for Oracle GoldenGate
Global Data Services has had support for Oracle GoldenGate starting from the initial release of Oracle Database 12c; however, at that time there was no version of Oracle GoldenGate that could work with Oracle Database 12c. The limitation with using Oracle GoldenGate with Global Data Services is that role-based services and tracking of replication lag are not supported.
See "Global Data Services Use Cases," for new use cases including Oracle GoldenGate.
Support for export and import of data stored in the GDS catalog.
The Global Data Services administrator can create a logical backup of the GDS catalog by exporting the catalog to a file. The backup can be used to restore the catalog after a failure or to move the catalog to another database.