Oracle GoldenGate Veridata 23c – How to apply patch?

In this article, we will be seeing on how to apply the newly released Oracle GoldenGate Veridata 23c patch which is 23.2.0.0.0.

37311334 – OGG Veridata Bundle Patch 23.2.0.0.0 (Server+Agent)

The current version of Oracle GoldenGate Veridata is 23.1.0.0.241015. You can check this by clicking on the “i” (About) icon on the top right corner of the Veridata 23c UI.

To download the patch from the MOS, you can either directly search with the patch number or by providing the product details as below,

I have installed and configured Veridata 23c under /scratch/vdt23c and this is the Veridata Home.

I have downloaded and moved the patch to my Veridata 23c server as below,

Please unzip the patch using the below command.

unzip -q p37311334_231000_Linux-x86-64.zip

Make sure you had set the JAVA_HOME to JDK 17

java -version
echo $JAVA_HOME

Now, to apply the patch, we need to stop the Veridata Server. Stop the Veridata Server using the below command.

cd $VERIDATA_HOME/bin
./run.sh stop

Export ORACLE_HOME variable to your veridata installation location (Veridata Home).

Navigate to the patch folder.

Apply the patch using the below command.

$ORACLE_HOME/OPatch/opatch apply

Check if the patch has been applied correctly.

$ORACLE_HOME/OPatch/opatch lsinventory

Start the veridata Server using the below command.

cd $VERIDATA_HOME/bin
./run.sh

(when prompoted for MySQL password, you can optionally hit ‘Enter’ to use wallet)

The Veridata Server has been started. Check if it is up and running.

ps -ef |grep veridata

The patch has been successfully applied. You can check this by clicking on the “i” icon (About) on the top right corner of the Veridata 23c UI.

Note: Make sure to restart all the agents after applying the patch.

Cheers 🙂