Oracle Streams Replication Administrator's Guide describes the features and functionality of Oracle Streams that can be used for data replication. This document contains conceptual information about Oracle Streams replication, along with information about configuring and managing an Oracle Streams replication environment.
This Preface contains these topics:
Oracle Streams Replication Administrator's Guide is intended for database administrators who create and maintain Oracle Streams replication environments. These administrators perform one or more of the following tasks
Plan for an Oracle Streams replication environment
Configure an Oracle Streams replication environment
Configure conflict resolution in an Oracle Streams replication environment
Administer an Oracle Streams replication environment
Monitor an Oracle Streams replication environment
Perform necessary troubleshooting activities for an Oracle Streams replication environment
To use this document, you must be familiar with relational database concepts, SQL, distributed database administration, general Oracle Streams concepts, Advanced Queuing concepts, PL/SQL, and the operating systems under which you run an Oracle Streams environment.
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Many of the examples in this book use the sample schemas of the sample database, which is installed by default when you install Oracle Database. Refer to Oracle Database Sample Schemas for information about how these schemas were created and how you can use them yourself.
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