For a Quick Start guide that provides instructions for
installation and sample configuration of all the Mirror Activator
for Oracle components, refer to Appendix A, “Quick Start.”.
The Mirror Replication Agent 12.6 product is distributed on the Mirror Replication Agent 12.6 distribution media. See the Mirror Activator for Oracle Release Bulletin for the current distribution media catalog numbers.
Mirror Replication Agent must be installed on a machine from which
it can directly access a copy of the original redo logs.
The following sections describe how to install the Mirror Replication Agent 12.6 software on a Linux, Microsoft Windows, or UNIX platform, using InstallShield:
All procedures give you the following installation options:
Typical – The Mirror Replication Agent software product will be installed with the recommended products and features.
Full – All software products and features on the CD will be installed.
Custom – From a list of all products and features on the CD, you can select the specific products and features that you want to install.
The following products and features are included on the Mirror Replication Agent 12.6 distribution media:
Mirror Replication Agent 12.6
jConnect (the Sybase JDBC driver)
Debug Classes (for advanced jConnect troubleshooting)
Javadocs
Documentation for jConnect (in English, French, German, and Japanese)
Free utilities for jConnect:
jisql (the JDBC version of the interactive SQL isql utility)
Ribo (a tool for troubleshooting JDBC-to-database communications)
Samples (jConnect sample code)
SySAM (the Sybase Software Asset Management license manager)
Shared (JREs for each supported platform)
For a minimal Mirror Replication Agent installation, choose the Custom installation option, and select only the Mirror Replication Agent 12.6 product. The following products and features are installed automatically when you select only the Mirror Replication Agent 12.6 product:
Mirror Replication Agent 12.6
jConnect
SySAM
Shared (JREs for each supported platform)
If you encounter problems during the installation, see “Installation troubleshooting”.
For information about installing ECDA 12.6 or Replication
Server 12.6 software, which is included on separate distribution
media in the Mirror Activator for Oracle 12.6 solution package for each platform,
see the Replication Server 12.6 or the ECDA installation and configuration guides
for your platform.
