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Change GoldenGate Default extract profile
As part of a GoldenGate setup automation, changing the
Defaultprofile of your extracts and replicats seems like a good start if you don't want to deal with custom profiles or changing each…
GoldenGate's undocumented 'all' role you should know about
Let me tell you a story about how I discovered an undocumented role in GoldenGate that could break your automation.

Deployment creation
INS-85037error with GoldenGate 26ai for DB2 z/OSAmong all the automation I was doing around a GoldenGate installation for DB2, I recently ended up with an
INS-85037error when running the configuration assistantoggca.sh.
Creating path connections with GoldenGate REST API
When automating your GoldenGate deployment management, you might want to create path connections with the GoldenGate REST API.

Credential errors (
OGG-15409) with GoldenGate Migration UtilityThe GoldenGate migration utility provided by Oracle allows you to quickly upgrade your classic architecture into GoldenGate 26ai with Microservices Architecture.

OGG-12020payload error in GoldenGate Migration UtilityWhile migrating a GoldenGate classic architecture setup with the migration utility, I recently had the following
OGG-12020error: It is a very cryptic error at first glance, but let's try to…
USERIDsyntax warning in GoldenGate Migration UtilityWhen running the GoldenGate migration utility, which I presented in a previous blog post, you might encounter the following warning on
USERIDsyntax: This is not really a surprise, sinceUSERID…
OGG-08048after patching GoldenGate: explanations and solutionsWhen patching GoldenGate Classic Architecture, you might encounter an
OGG-08048error when restarting your extracts and replicats.
Create a new GoldenGate deployment with the REST API
Is it possible to create a new GoldenGate deployment with the REST API ? This is the question I will try to answer in this blog, based on my experience with the REST API.

Creating an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure VM using the CLI
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) provides an easy-to-use command line interface named
oci, with which you can do a lot of administrative tasks.
Relocate trail files with convchk when migrating GoldenGate to the Microservices Architecture
Depending on the location of your GoldenGate trail files, you might have to use the
convchkutility to relocate them before migrating to the Microservices Architecture.
Production-ready GoldenGate REST client in Python
*Updated in June 2026, based on the latest version of the client.