Reviewing the operation modes of Oracle GoldenGate BigQuery Handler

by Vyacheslav Rasskazov
8 min read
Jan 31, 2019 12:00:00 AM
GoldenGate for Big Data 12.3.2.1.1 introduces a new target - Google BigQuery. BigQuery handler can work in two Audit log modes: 1. auditLogMode = true 2. auditLogMode = false I want to review the differences between these two operation modes supported by the BigQuery handler. I’m going to use a simple, single table using Oracle -> BigQuery replication. Let's create the source table: [code lang="sql"] SQL> create table rasskazov.tst(id number primary key, name1 varchar2(20), name2 varchar2(20), name3 varchar2(20)); Table created. [/code] I’m going to use the following extract and pump configuration files. This configuration is suitable for testing purposes only. Production systems should use password encryption. I’m using a non-default remote host port because GoldenGate for Big Data is running on the same test VM. [code lang="bash"] [oracle@ol6-121-rac1 dirprm]$ cat bigext.prm EXTRACT bigext USERID ggate@testdb, PASSWORD ... EXTTRAIL ./dirdat/or TABLE RASSKAZOV.TST; oracle@ol6-121-rac1 dirprm]$ cat bigpump.prm EXTRACT bigpump userid ggadmin@testdb, password "..." RMTHOST ol6-121-rac1, MGRPORT 7839 RMTTRAIL /u01/app/oracle/product/oggbd/dirdat/or TABLE RASSKAZOV.TST; [/code] Let’s enable supplemental logging and create the extracts: [code lang="bash"] GGSCI (ol6-121-rac1.localdomain) 1> dblogin USERID ggate@testdb, PASSWORD ... Successfully logged into database. GGSCI (ol6-121-rac1.localdomain as ggate@testdb) 2> add trandata rasskazov.tst Logging of supplemental redo data enabled for table RASSKAZOV.TST. TRANDATA for scheduling columns has been added on table 'RASSKAZOV.TST'. TRANDATA for instantiation CSN has been added on table 'RASSKAZOV.TST'. GGSCI (ol6-121-rac1.localdomain as ggate@testdb) 3> add extract bigext, INTEGRATED TRANLOG, BEGIN NOW EXTRACT (Integrated) added. GGSCI (ol6-121-rac1.localdomain as ggate@testdb) 4> add exttrail ./dirdat/or, extract bigext EXTTRAIL added. GGSCI (ol6-121-rac1.localdomain as ggate@testdb) 5> ADD EXTRACT bigpump, EXTTRAILSOURCE ./dirdat/or EXTRACT added. GGSCI (ol6-121-rac1.localdomain as ggate@testdb) 6> ADD RMTTRAIL /u01/app/oracle/product/oggbd/dirdat/or, EXTRACT bigpump RMTTRAIL added. GGSCI (ol6-121-rac1.localdomain as ggate@testdb) 7> start extract bigext Sending START request to MANAGER ... EXTRACT BIGEXT starting GGSCI (ol6-121-rac1.localdomain as ggate@testdb) 8> start extract bigpump Sending START request to MANAGER ... EXTRACT BIGPUMP starting [/code] Now I'm going to prepare the replicats. Sample parameter files are located in $OGGHOME/AdapterExamples/big-data/bigquery directory. I’m going to create two replicats, one for each audit mode. The auditLogMode = true replicat uses the following bigquery.props file: [code lang="bash"] [oracle@ol6-121-rac1 dirprm]$ cat bigquery.props gg.handlerlist=bigquery gg.handler.bigquery.type=bigquery gg.handler.bigquery.projectId=goldengate-test-project gg.handler.bigquery.datasetId=testdataset gg.handler.bigquery.credentialsFile=/u01/app/oracle/product/oggbd/dirprm/credentials.json gg.handler.bigquery.connectionTimeout=20000 gg.handler.bigquery.readTimeout=30000 gg.handler.bigquery.pkUpdateHandling=delete-insert # If audit log mode is set to true, specify the metacolumns template as well gg.handler.bigquery.auditLogMode=true gg.handler.bigquery.metaColumnsTemplate=${optype},${position} goldengate.userexit.writers=javawriter javawriter.stats.display=TRUE javawriter.stats.full=TRUE gg.log=log4j gg.log.level=INFO gg.report.time=30sec # Set the classpath here to the BigQuery Java Client driver # Link to the Google BigQuery Client Library website # https://developers.google.com/api-client-library/java/apis/bigquery/v2 # Download the other required jars from Maven Central website # https://search.maven.org/ gg.classpath=/home/oracle/bigquery/libs/*:/home/oracle/bigquery/* javawriter.bootoptions=-Xmx512m -Xms32m -Djava.class.path=.:ggjava/ggjava.jar [/code] The second replicat is using the noaudbq.props parameter file. The only difference between bigquery.props and noaudbq.props files is gg.handler.bigquery.auditLogMode. It's set to "true" in bigquery.props and to "false" in noaudbq.props. We also need to download required Java classes, set up the gg.classpath parameter and download the JSON credentials file. I've also created the project and the BigQuery dataset. These are replicat's parameter files: [code lang="bash"] [oracle@ol6-121-rac1 dirprm]$ cat rbigq.prm REPLICAT rbigq TARGETDB LIBFILE libggjava.so SET property=dirprm/bigquery.props DDL INCLUDE ALL GROUPTRANSOPS 1000 MAPEXCLUDE dbo.excludetable MAP rasskazov.tst, TARGET A.TST; [oracle@ol6-121-rac1 dirprm]$ cat rnoaud.prm REPLICAT rnoaud TARGETDB LIBFILE libggjava.so SET property=dirprm/noaudbq.props DDL INCLUDE ALL GROUPTRANSOPS 1000 MAPEXCLUDE dbo.excludetable MAP rasskazov.tst, TARGET B.TST; [/code] Lets' create and start our replicats: [code lang="bash"] GGSCI (ol6-121-rac1.localdomain) 2> add replicat rbigq, exttrail dirdat/or REPLICAT added. GGSCI (ol6-121-rac1.localdomain) 3> start rbigq Sending START request to MANAGER ... REPLICAT RBIGQ starting GGSCI (ol6-121-rac1.localdomain) 2> add replicat rnoaud, exttrail dirdat/or REPLICAT added. GGSCI (ol6-121-rac1.localdomain) 3> start replicat rnoaud Sending START request to MANAGER ... REPLICAT RNOAUD starting GGSCI (ol6-121-rac1.localdomain) 5> info all Program Status Group Lag at Chkpt Time Since Chkpt MANAGER RUNNING REPLICAT RUNNING RBIGQ 00:00:00 00:00:05 REPLICAT RUNNING RNOAUD 00:03:17 00:00:06 [/code] Let's insert the first record. [code lang="sql"] SQL> insert into rasskazov.tst values(1, 'a', 'b', 'c'); 1 row created. SQL> commit; Commit complete. [/code] I did not create the destination BigQuery tables but GoldenGate created A_TST and B_TST tables automatically: [code lang="sql"] rasskazov@cloudshell:~ (goldengate-test-project)$ bq show goldengate-test-project:testdataset.A_TST Table goldengate-test-project:testdataset.A_TST Last modified Schema Total Rows Total Bytes Expiration Time Partitioning Labels ----------------- -------------------------------- ------------ ------------- ------------ ------------------- -------- 22 Jan 18:39:51 |- optype: string (required) 0 0 |- position: string (required) |- ID: string |- NAME1: string |- NAME2: string |- NAME3: string rasskazov@cloudshell:~ (goldengate-test-project)$ bq show goldengate-test-project:testdataset.B_TST Table goldengate-test-project:testdataset.B_TST Last modified Schema Total Rows Total Bytes Expiration Time Partitioning Labels ----------------- -------------------------------- ------------ ------------- ------------ ------------------- -------- 22 Jan 18:43:01 |- deleted: boolean (required) 0 0 |- ID: string |- NAME1: string |- NAME2: string |- NAME3: string rasskazov@cloudshell:~ (goldengate-test-project)$ bq query --nouse_legacy_sql 'select * from `goldengate-test-project.testdataset.A_TST` order by position' Waiting on bqjob_re6ae9ce752ffa19_0000016874bd2153_1 ... (0s) Current status: DONE +--------+----------------------+----+-------+-------+-------+ | optype | position | ID | NAME1 | NAME2 | NAME3 | +--------+----------------------+----+-------+-------+-------+ | I | 00000000000000002101 | 1 | a | b | c | +--------+----------------------+----+-------+-------+-------+ rasskazov@cloudshell:~ (goldengate-test-project)$ bq head goldengate-test-project:testdataset.B_TST +---------+----+-------+-------+-------+ | deleted | ID | NAME1 | NAME2 | NAME3 | +---------+----+-------+-------+-------+ | false | 1 | a | b | c | +---------+----+-------+-------+-------+ [/code] A_TST table is populated by RBIGQ replicat running in log mode. There is the "optype" column that stores operation type, 'I' for insert in our case. The "position" column determines the operations order. The B_TST table has a "deleted" column which replicat sets to true if a record has been deleted. Let's try to update our record: [code lang="sql"] SQL> update rasskazov.tst set name1 = 'd'; 1 row updated. SQL> commit; Commit complete. rasskazov@cloudshell:~ (goldengate-test-project)$ bq query --nouse_legacy_sql 'select * from `goldengate-test-project.testdataset.A_TST` order by position' Waiting on bqjob_r12c48e37f4f19771_0000016874d4c43b_1 ... (0s) Current status: DONE +--------+----------------------+----+-------+-------+-------+ | optype | position | ID | NAME1 | NAME2 | NAME3 | +--------+----------------------+----+-------+-------+-------+ | I | 00000000000000002101 | 1 | a | b | c | | U | 00000000000000002251 | 1 | d | NULL | NULL | +--------+----------------------+----+-------+-------+-------+ rasskazov@cloudshell:~ (goldengate-test-project)$ bq head goldengate-test-project:testdataset.B_TST +---------+----+-------+-------+-------+ | deleted | ID | NAME1 | NAME2 | NAME3 | +---------+----+-------+-------+-------+ | false | 1 | d | NULL | NULL | +---------+----+-------+-------+-------+ [/code] We can see the first problem: B_TST table running in auditLogMode = false mode lost the NAME2 and NAME3 values. To prevent this, we have to enable supplemental logging for all columns. Let's do it and run the same update statement: [code lang="sql"] GGSCI (ol6-121-rac1.localdomain as ggate@testdb) 2> add trandata rasskazov.tst allcols Logging of supplemental redo log data is already enabled for table RASSKAZOV.TST. TRANDATA for all columns has been added on table 'RASSKAZOV.TST'. TRANDATA for instantiation CSN has been added on table 'RASSKAZOV.TST'. SQL> update rasskazov.tst set name1 = 'd'; 1 row updated. SQL> commit; Commit complete. rasskazov@cloudshell:~ (goldengate-test-project)$ bq query --nouse_legacy_sql 'select * from `goldengate-test-project.testdataset.A_TST` order by position' Waiting on bqjob_r516eb3d42790f52_0000016874dbf7a4_1 ... (0s) Current status: DONE +--------+----------------------+----+-------+-------+-------+ | optype | position | ID | NAME1 | NAME2 | NAME3 | +--------+----------------------+----+-------+-------+-------+ | I | 00000000000000002101 | 1 | a | b | c | | U | 00000000000000002251 | 1 | d | NULL | NULL | | U | 00000000000000002461 | 1 | d | b | c | +--------+----------------------+----+-------+-------+-------+ rasskazov@cloudshell:~ (goldengate-test-project)$ bq head goldengate-test-project:testdataset.B_TST +---------+----+-------+-------+-------+ | deleted | ID | NAME1 | NAME2 | NAME3 | +---------+----+-------+-------+-------+ | false | 1 | d | b | c | +---------+----+-------+-------+-------+ [/code] Everything looks much better now. We have three records in A_TST table running in log mode and a single record in B_TST table. Let's test the delete operation: [code lang="sql"] SQL> delete rasskazov.tst; 1 row deleted. SQL> commit; Commit complete. rasskazov@cloudshell:~ (goldengate-test-project)$ bq query --nouse_legacy_sql 'select * from `goldengate-test-project.testdataset.A_TST` order by position' Waiting on bqjob_r1155550c7cdaaf07_0000016874de3322_1 ... (0s) Current status: DONE +--------+----------------------+----+-------+-------+-------+ | optype | position | ID | NAME1 | NAME2 | NAME3 | +--------+----------------------+----+-------+-------+-------+ | I | 00000000000000002101 | 1 | a | b | c | | U | 00000000000000002251 | 1 | d | NULL | NULL | | U | 00000000000000002461 | 1 | d | b | c | | D | 00000000000000002629 | 1 | d | b | c | +--------+----------------------+----+-------+-------+-------+ rasskazov@cloudshell:~ (goldengate-test-project)$ bq head goldengate-test-project:testdataset.B_TST +---------+----+-------+-------+-------+ | deleted | ID | NAME1 | NAME2 | NAME3 | +---------+----+-------+-------+-------+ | true | 1 | d | b | c | +---------+----+-------+-------+-------+ [/code] Everything works as expected. There is one new record with optype='D' in A_TST table and the deleted field is set to true in B_TST table. But wait, how this can work for B_TST table running in auditLogMode = false, assuming that GoldenGate does not use DML statements because of BigQuery limitations? The answer is Streaming Buffer. Let's insert another row, but update it after a while, when the Streaming Buffer is disconnected from a table. [code lang="sql"] SQL> insert into rasskazov.tst values(2, 'x', 'y', 'z'); 1 row created. SQL> commit; Commit complete. rasskazov@cloudshell:~ (goldengate-test-project)$ bq query --nouse_legacy_sql 'select * from `goldengate-test-project.testdataset.A_TST` order by position' Waiting on bqjob_r62df928333cdddc7_0000016874e09267_1 ... (0s) Current status: DONE +--------+----------------------+----+-------+-------+-------+ | optype | position | ID | NAME1 | NAME2 | NAME3 | +--------+----------------------+----+-------+-------+-------+ | I | 00000000000000002101 | 1 | a | b | c | | U | 00000000000000002251 | 1 | d | NULL | NULL | | U | 00000000000000002461 | 1 | d | b | c | | D | 00000000000000002629 | 1 | d | b | c | | I | 00000000000000002775 | 2 | x | y | z | +--------+----------------------+----+-------+-------+-------+ rasskazov@cloudshell:~ (goldengate-test-project)$ bq head goldengate-test-project:testdataset.B_TST +---------+----+-------+-------+-------+ | deleted | ID | NAME1 | NAME2 | NAME3 | +---------+----+-------+-------+-------+ | true | 1 | d | b | c | | false | 2 | x | y | z | +---------+----+-------+-------+-------+ [/code] We can see Streaming Buffer statistics by "bq show --format=prettyjson" command: [code lang="sql"] rasskazov@cloudshell:~ (goldengate-test-project)$ bq show --format=prettyjson goldengate-test-project:testdataset.B_TST { "creationTime": "1548146579832", "etag": "AORyfYL9EKY4VyHTy5tmhQ==", "id": "goldengate-test-project:testdataset.B_TST", "kind": "bigquery#table", "lastModifiedTime": "1548146581019", "location": "US", "numBytes": "0", ... "streamingBuffer": { "estimatedBytes": "64", "estimatedRows": "5", "oldestEntryTime": "1548146580000" }, ... rasskazov@cloudshell:~ (goldengate-test-project)$ bq show goldengate-test-project:testdataset.B_TST Table goldengate-test-project:testdataset.B_TST Last modified Schema Total Rows Total Bytes Expiration Time Partitioning Labels ----------------- -------------------------------- ------------ ------------- ------------ ------------------- -------- 22 Jan 18:43:01 |- deleted: boolean (required) 0 0 |- ID: string |- NAME1: string |- NAME2: string |- NAME3: string [/code] We can see five estimated rows in the Streaming Buffer, but 0 rows for our B_TST table. I assume that GoldenGate uses streaming inserts in de-duplication mode providing insertId property. But this doesn’t work if the record is not in the Streaming Buffer. Let’s wait for a while and do an update when the Streaming Buffer does not have our row [code lang="sql"] rasskazov@cloudshell:~ (goldengate-test-project)$ bq show goldengate-test-project:testdataset.B_TST Table goldengate-test-project:testdataset.B_TST Last modified Schema Total Rows Total Bytes Expiration Time Partitioning Labels ----------------- -------------------------------- ------------ ------------- ------------ ------------------- -------- 22 Jan 20:01:59 |- deleted: boolean (required) 2 26 |- ID: string |- NAME1: string |- NAME2: string |- NAME3: string SQL> update rasskazov.tst set name1 = 'd' where id = 2; 1 row updated. SQL> commit; Commit complete. rasskazov@cloudshell:~ (goldengate-test-project)$ bq head goldengate-test-project:testdataset.B_TST +---------+----+-------+-------+-------+ | deleted | ID | NAME1 | NAME2 | NAME3 | +---------+----+-------+-------+-------+ | true | 1 | d | b | c | | false | 2 | x | y | z | | false | 2 | d | y | z | +---------+----+-------+-------+-------+ [/code] We can see an inconsistency here. There are two records with the same ID and there is no way to determine which is the correct one. Let’s wait again until the Streaming Buffer is flushed and run a delete statement: [code lang="sql"] SQL> delete rasskazov.tst; 1 row deleted. SQL> commit; Commit complete. rasskazov@cloudshell:~ (goldengate-test-project)$ bq head goldengate-test-project:testdataset.B_TST +---------+----+-------+-------+-------+ | deleted | ID | NAME1 | NAME2 | NAME3 | +---------+----+-------+-------+-------+ | true | 1 | d | b | c | | false | 2 | x | y | z | | false | 2 | d | y | z | | true | 2 | d | y | z | +---------+----+-------+-------+-------+ [/code] Here is the third record with ID=2. In summary, "auditLogMode = false" behavior depends on whether the record is in the Streaming Buffer or not. This mode should be used very carefully because it can lead to inconsistent data.
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