Steps to clean shut down replicationa and again re-startup process.

Question

Hi Folks,
I have implemented simple unidirectional repalication without Data pump in below setup:
Oracle RAC 11gr2 , 2 nodes
ASM
GG 11.1
I have shut down extract, Managre and replicate process on source and target after succesfull testing of replication.
Now I want to go for real implementation and cutover date. for that I will perform
1. initial load and
2. replication
Will there be any problem if I re-start the replication again after 3 - 4 days ?
What are the steps need to follow ?
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Edited by: LazyDBA11g on Aug 23, 2012 2:08 AM

Answer 1

Hi,
I assume , you want to stop all the replication process which was created for testing purpose then you want to use the same process for original tables. if i'm correct try the below steps. i think this like a new confguration setup.
1. Stop all the process on source and target environments.
2. Start the initial load from source to target (as per your initial load method.) (make sure there is no online transactions on the replication tables otherwise choose the SCN initial load method. then you have follow different steps. )
3. after completed the initila load process, make sure there is no transactions during initial load process and reconfirm both the databasein sync mode.
4. recheck the configuration parameters all the schema and table names are updated for orinal tables.
5. alter the extract process - alter extract <extname> tranlog , begin now. or you can start extracrt with particular timestamp.
6. alter the replicat process on target - alter replicat <repname> begin now
7. Now start the extract and check the stats whether changes are captured or not , if everthing ok
8. Start the replicat process.
Hopefully this will help you if i understtod your question properly.