02 - Download and Install Dbvisit Replicate

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Last updated: Feb 17, 2015 by Chris Lawless (Unlicensed)

If your host computer has Internet connectivity, a 30 day trial version of Dbvisit Replicate can be downloaded from the Dbvisit website. This is a full feature evaluation version. Note that this version can only be used for evaluation purposes.

If your host machine doesn't have Internet connectivity, a version of Dbvisit Replicate has been included as part of the RepAttack setup files in the Rep Attack 11g XE/shared directory but it's always recommended that you download the latest version from the website if possible.

1. On your host computer, use your Internet browser and go to the Dbvisit download page for Dbvisit Replicate: http://www.dbvisit.com/products/downloads/#replicate

2. Click on Download Free Trial

 

3. Fill in your personal details

4. The email link for the download will be sent to the email provided. Click on the email link to bring you to the download page

5. Right click the Linux 64bit RPM and select to copy the URL

We need the RPM version of the software so make sure you select the Linux 64 bit RPM and not the TAR file.

6. Copy the RPM into the REP_HOME/Rep Attack 11g XE/shared directory on your host computer. This will make the RPM available to the virtual machines for installation. 

on the source machine:
mkdir /u01/app/oracle/software
cp /media/sf_shared/dbvisit_replicate-2.7.06-1.x86_64.rpm /u01/app/oracle/software/dbvisit_replicate-2.7.06-1.x86_64.rpm
ssh oracle@target 'mkdir /u01/app/oracle/software; cp /media/sf_shared/dbvisit_replicate-2.7.06-1.x86_64.rpm /u01/app/oracle/software/dbvisit_replicate-2.7.06-1.x86_64.rpm'

 

Install Dbvisit Replicate on the Source Machine

  1. Using the SSH terminal emulation program on your host machine (eg PuTTy on Windows or Terminal on Mac) or log on to the putty window open on your VM,  log in to the oracle account (password is oracle)
  2. su to the root user to install the RPM (password is root)
  3. Install the RPM
su -
rpm -ivh /u01/app/oracle/software/dbvisit_replicate-2.7.x86_64.rpm
Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
   1:dbvisit_replicate      ########################################### [100%]

Exit back to the oracle user account.

exit

Test that the dbvrep executable works by invoking it with the version parameter.

[oracle@source software]$ dbvrep version
Initializing......done
Dbvisit Replicate version 2.7
Copyright (C) Dbvisit Software Limited.  All rights reserved.
No DDC file loaded.
Dbvisit Replicate version 2.7
OK-0: Completed successfully.

The first time dbvrep starts, it takes longer than usual because it extracts files to /tmp/par-oracle. Subsequent times dbvrep is started will be much faster.

Install Dbvisit Replicate on the Target Machine


Installing Dbvisit Replicate on the target machine is exactly the same as on the source machine.

  1. Using the SSH terminal emulation program on your host machine (eg PuTTy on Windows or Terminal on Mac) or the Putty window open on the VM, log in to the oracle account (password is oracle)
  2. su to the root user to install the RPM
  3. Install the RPM
su -
rpm -ivh /u01/app/oracle/software/dbvisit_replicate-2.7.x86_64.rpm
Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
   1:dbvisit_replicate      ########################################### [100%]

Exit to user oracle, and test that the dbvrep executable works.

exit

[oracle@target software]$ dbvrep version
Initializing......done
Dbvisit Replicate version 2.7
Copyright (C) Dbvisit Software Limited.  All rights reserved.
No DDC file loaded.
Dbvisit Replicate version 2.7
OK-0: Completed successfully.