Great news today, ODI 12c is GA! See the Welcome Oracle Data Integration 12c posting from Irem. Great to see the hard work from our development teams come to light. Looking forward to MUCH MUCH MORE TOO!
Happy Birthday ODI 12c!
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ODI 12c is GA
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OWB - 11.2.0.4 Windows standalone client released
The 11.2.0.4 release of OWB containing the 32 bit and 64 bit standalone Windows client is released today, I had previously blogged about the Linux standalone client here. Big thanks to Anil for spearheading that, another milestone on the Data Integration roadmap.
Below are the patch numbers;
- 17743124- OWB 11.2.0.4 STANDALONE CLIENT FOR Windows 64 BIT
- 17743119 - OWB 11.2.0.4 STANDALONE CLIENT FOR Windows 32 BIT
This is the terminal release of OWB and customer bugs will be resolved on top of this release. We are excitedto share information on the Oracle Data Integration 12c release in our upcoming launch video webcast on November 12th.
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OWB to ODI Migration Utility released.
The much awaited OWB to ODI Migration utility has been released.
The migration utility is a command-line tool that enables you to migrate design-time metadata from OWB 11.2.0.4 to ODI 12c.The migration utility is provided in patch number 17547241 for your OWB 11gR2 (11.2.0.4) installation.
Migration is supported on Linux 64-bit x86 systems only.Before migrating, ensure that the following requirements are met:
OWB 11.2.0.4 installed (OWB 11.2.0.4 plus patch number 17547241)
ODI 12.1.2.0.0 installed (ODI 12.1.2.0.0 plus patch number 17053768)
ODI is Oracle's strategic product for heterogeneous data integration.Because many Oracle Database customers have significant investment in OWB, Oracle supports a phased migration from OWB 11gR2 (11.2.0.4) to ODI 12c (12.1.2).
ODI 12c supports an easier mapping between OWB 11gR2 concepts and objects and their ODI 12c counterparts.A migration utility is provided that automatically translates many OWB objects and mappings into their ODI equivalents.More information about the migration utility is here
http://docs.oracle.com/middleware/1212/odi/ODIMG/index.html
In addition to enabling the migration, the ODI 12c patch also comes
with
new components such as Pivot, Unpivot, Subquery filter and Table
Functions.
They're documented in the following appendix:
http://docs.oracle.com/middleware/1212/odi/ODIDG/app_12c_patch.htm
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Planning the journey from Oracle Warehouse Builder to Oracle Data Integrator
Check out the blog post here on the OWB integration and migration capabilities in ODI 12c. Julien and myself give an overview of what you can see and expect in the recent release. This is an overview which will give you some insights and pointers to the documentation.
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OWB to ODI Migration Utility Webcast - Thu 12th December
On Thursday 12th December there is a webcast on the OWB to ODI 12c migration utility, there will be a demo and drill down into the utility. Check the meeting URL here - its at 10am PST on 12th December. Check out the blog post here on getting the utility. Good chance to get the inside scoop on the utility and ask questions to the PM and development team.
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OWB to ODI Migration Utility released for Windows 64 bit.
The OWB to ODI Migration Utility is now available for Windows 64-bit platforms. It can be downloaded from the Oracle support site. It is available as Patch number17830453. It needs to be applied on top of a OWB 11.2.0.4 standalone install.
More information about the Migration Utility is available here.
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OWB to ODI Migration Utility now available for OWB 11.2.0.3 +CP3 Linux and Windows 64-bit standalone installation.
The OWB to ODI Migration now supports migration from OWB version 11.2.0.3+CP3 to ODI 12c.
It is available as "Patch 17224695: OWB-ODI MIGRATION PATCH FOR 11.2.0.3 64BIT STANDALONE INSTALL" and can be downloaded from the support website.
This patch(17224695) supports migration from Linux 64-bit and Windows 64-bit standalone OWB 11.2.0.3 + CP3( Patch 16568042) to ODI 12.1.2.0.0 + Patch 17053768.
More information about the migration utility is here http://docs.oracle.com/middleware/1212/odi/ODIMG/index.html
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OWB to ODI 12c Migration in action
The OWB to ODI 12c migration utility provides an easy to use on-ramp to Oracle's strategic data integration tool. The utility was designed and built by the same development group that produced OWB and ODI.
Here's a screenshot from the recording below showing a project in OWB and what it looks like in ODI 12c;
There is a useful webcast that you can play and watch the migration utility in action. It takes an OWB implementation and uses the migration utility to move into ODI 12c.
http://oracleconferencing.webex.com/oracleconferencing/ldr.php?RCID=df8729e0c7628dde638847d9511f6b46
It's worth having a read of the following OTN article from Stewart Bryson which gives an overview of the capabilities and options OWB customers have moving forward.
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/articles/datawarehouse/bryson-owb-to-odi-2130001.html
Check it out and see what you think!
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ODI 12c - Migrating from OWB to ODI - PLSQL Procedures
Check the blog post below for supporting PLSQL procedures within ODI and how you can get 100s of percentage fold improvements;
https://blogs.oracle.com/dataintegration/entry/odi_12c_migrating_from_owb
Cheers
David
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OWB-TO-ODI MIGRATION PATCH FOR OWB 11.2.0.4 TO ODI 12.2.1 released
The OWB to ODI Migration now supports migration from OWB version 11.2.0.4 to ODI 12.2.1
It is available as "Patch 21977765 : OWB-TO-ODI MIGRATION PATCH (MP3) FOR OWB 11.2.0.4 TO ODI 12.2.1" and can be downloaded from the support website.
This patch(21977765) only supports migration from Linux 64-bit and Windows 64-bit standalone OWB 11.2.0.4 to ODI 12.2.1.
For Migrating to ODI 12.1.2 and ODI 12.1.3 please use patch no 18537208
More information about the migration utility is here
http://docs.oracle.com/middleware/1221/odi/install-migrate-owb-odi/toc.htm
It is available as "Patch 21977765 : OWB-TO-ODI MIGRATION PATCH (MP3) FOR OWB 11.2.0.4 TO ODI 12.2.1" and can be downloaded from the support website.
This patch(21977765) only supports migration from Linux 64-bit and Windows 64-bit standalone OWB 11.2.0.4 to ODI 12.2.1.
For Migrating to ODI 12.1.2 and ODI 12.1.3 please use patch no 18537208
More information about the migration utility is here
http://docs.oracle.com/middleware/1221/odi/install-migrate-owb-odi/toc.htm
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How to Configure The SSL Certificate For Oracle Warehouse Builder Repository Browser
The Repository Browser is a browser-based tool that generates reports from data stored in Oracle Warehouse Builder (OWB) repositories. It use OC4j as the web server. Users need to use HTTPS to access the web interface. ( HTTP on top of the SSL/TLS protocol)
If the Repository Browser Listener is running on a computer named owb_server, then typing the following address will start the Repository Browser:
https://owb_server:8999/owbb/RABLogin.uix?mode=design
or
https://owb_server:8999/owbb/RABLogin.uix?mode=runtime
On the server side, the SSL certificate for the browser is required. Users can create it by themselves.
First, uses can user the JRE's util "keytool" to generate a keystore, name it keystore.jks.
For example: keytool -genkey -keyalg RSA -alias mykey -keystore keystore.jks -validity 2000 -storepass welcome1
Please pay attention to the password of the store, it need to be the same as the credentials of keystoreadmin in the file called "system-jazn-data.xml".
If the password is not the same, the error message like "Keystore was tampered with, or password was incorrect" will be generated.
In order to change the credentials, there are two files you can edit.
- http-web-site.xml: It is in the path of %OWB_HOME%/j2ee/config. The password is stored as clear text in the http-web-site.xml, Users can change it to fit the password they use to generate the keysotre. For the security reason, if users don't want to store clear text, they can use the point (->keystoreadmin) to point another file named system-jazn-data.xml.
- system-jazn-data.xml: User can find "system-jazn-data.xml" in the %OWB_HOME%/j2ee/config. There is a entry in it called "keystoreadmin". Password store in this file is encrypted password. The pointer mentioned above is pointing to this place. In order to change the password, you can edit "system-jazn-data.xml", change the value "<credentials>" of the entry "keystoreadmin". Please added "!" in front of your password. For example, if you want to change the password to welcome,change it to <credentials>!welcome</credentials>
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Database 11.2.0.4 Patchset Released
The 11.2.0.4 database patchset was released today, checking twitterland you can see news is already out. Tom Kyte tweeted 'look what slipped into 11.2.0.4' amongst others. There will be a standalone OWB 11.2.0.4 image also based on the database 11.2.0.4 components coming soon so I am told.
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OWB - 11.2.0.4 standalone client released
The 11.2.0.4 release of OWB containing the 32 bit and 64 bit clients is released today. Big thanks to Anil for spearheading that, another milestone on the Data Integration roadmap.
Below are the patch numbers;
- 17389934 - OWB 11.2.0.4 STANDALONE CLIENT FOR LINUX X86 64 BIT
- 17389949 - OWB 11.2.0.4 STANDALONE CLIENT FOR LINUX X86 32 BIT
The windows releases will come in due course. This is the terminal release of OWB and customer bugs will be resolved on top of this release.
Sure and Stedfast has been a steady motto through my life, it came from way back in my old Boys Brigade days back in Scotland. Working in Oracle I have always reflected back on that over the years, can still hear 'Will your anchor hold in the storms of life' ringing in my ear. The ride through different development organizations from Oracle Tools, through Oracle Database and Oracle Middleware groups, from buildings 200, to 400 to 100, 7th floor, 9th floor, 5th floor, countless acquisitions and integrations. Constant change in some aspects, but zeroes and ones remain zeroes and ones, for our group the direction and goals were well understood. Whilst its been quiet on the OWB blogging front, the data integration development organization has been busy, very busy releasing versions of OWB and ODI over the past few years and building the 12c release.
So to 12c... our data integration product roadmap has been a strong focal point in our development over the past few years and that's what we have been using to focus our energy and and our direction. Like personal life we need a goal, a vision and a roadmap for getting there. There have been plenty of challenges along the way; technical, political and personal - its been a tough and challenging few years on all of those fronts, its when you are faced with momentous personal challenges that the technical ones look trivial. The most gratifying aspect is when you see light at the end of the tunnel. It's that light at the end of the tunnel that gives you added strength to finish the job at hand. Onwards and upwards!
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OWB - 11.2.0.4 Documentation Updates for 12c database
The OWB 11.2.0.4 documentation is updated on OTN with information on operating with 12c databases including install/upgrade and pluggable databases. It's worth starting with the release notes for further information. You will need either 11.2.0.3 plus CP2 (CP3 advised) or 11.2.0.4 of OWB to operate with 12c database.
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OWB - Making the Move to ODI
Yesterday's session on Making the Move to Oracle Data Integrator at OOW13 after the America's Cup finale was a great way to round off the day (the garlic at the Stinking Rose was even better but we will stick with the technology here), the session was hosted by Julien Testut from product management and was under the Oracle safe harbor statement below. There was an overview by Jyotin Gautam the ODI development director and then some demonstrations from Oracle partners Stewart Bryson and Holger Friedrich.
The session lay down the options for OWB customers moving forward;
- execute and monitor OWB jobs within ODI
- migrate all or parts of OWB mappings with the migration utility
- develop new ETL in ODI
...or a mixture of all of these. Stewart demonstrated the execution of OWB jobs from within ODI and highlighted the immediate value-add of doing this. ODI load plans provide a restartability capability that is a key part of an ETL infrastructure (this had to be manually constructed in OWB). Its great hearing the genuine excitement and enthusiasm Stewart presents with and using words like 'beautiful' are icing on the cake (I can still hear his comments a few years ago of 'all I want is a mapper' ringing in my ears). Holger demonstrated the migration utility that migrates the OWB design metadata into ODI, migrating a complex mapping with many operators and multiple targets into a ODI 12c mapping and like many was surprised with the simplicity of the solution and the maintainability of the new design in ODI.
There was a bunch of tweeting going on in the session and Mark Rittman quick succinctly summarized the session below;
It was a well attended session with a mix of OWB and ODI customers and customers looking to move to ODI in general. The guys in development were happy to see this finally getting their. Sure and steadfast ;-)
The session was under Oracle's safe harbor statement...'The following is intended to outline our general product direction. It is intended for information purposes only, and may not be incorporated into any contract. It is not a commitment to deliver any material, code, or functionality, and should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions. The development, release, and timing of any features or functionality described for Oracle’s products remains at the sole discretion of Oracle.'
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ODI 12c is GA
Great news today, ODI 12c is GA! See the Welcome Oracle Data Integration 12c posting from Irem. Great to see the hard work from our development teams come to light. Looking forward to MUCH MUCH MORE TOO!
Happy Birthday ODI 12c!
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OWB - 11.2.0.4 Windows standalone client released
The 11.2.0.4 release of OWB containing the 32 bit and 64 bit standalone Windows client is released today, I had previously blogged about the Linux standalone client here. Big thanks to Anil for spearheading that, another milestone on the Data Integration roadmap.
Below are the patch numbers;
- 17743124- OWB 11.2.0.4 STANDALONE CLIENT FOR Windows 64 BIT
- 17743119 - OWB 11.2.0.4 STANDALONE CLIENT FOR Windows 32 BIT
This is the terminal release of OWB and customer bugs will be resolved on top of this release. We are excitedto share information on the Oracle Data Integration 12c release in our upcoming launch video webcast on November 12th.
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OWB to ODI Migration Utility released.
The much awaited OWB to ODI Migration utility has been released.
The migration utility is a command-line tool that enables you to migrate design-time metadata from OWB 11.2.0.4 to ODI 12c.The migration utility is provided in patch number 17547241 for your OWB 11gR2 (11.2.0.4) installation.
Migration is supported on Linux 64-bit x86 systems only.Before migrating, ensure that the following requirements are met:
OWB 11.2.0.4 installed (OWB 11.2.0.4 plus patch number 17547241)
ODI 12.1.2.0.0 installed (ODI 12.1.2.0.0 plus patch number 17053768)
ODI is Oracle's strategic product for heterogeneous data integration.Because many Oracle Database customers have significant investment in OWB, Oracle supports a phased migration from OWB 11gR2 (11.2.0.4) to ODI 12c (12.1.2).
ODI 12c supports an easier mapping between OWB 11gR2 concepts and objects and their ODI 12c counterparts.A migration utility is provided that automatically translates many OWB objects and mappings into their ODI equivalents.More information about the migration utility is here
http://docs.oracle.com/middleware/1212/odi/ODIMG/index.html
In addition to enabling the migration, the ODI 12c patch also comes with
new components such as Pivot, Unpivot, Subquery filter and Table Functions.
They're documented in the following appendix:
http://docs.oracle.com/middleware/1212/odi/ODIDG/app_12c_patch.htm
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Planning the journey from Oracle Warehouse Builder to Oracle Data Integrator
Check out the blog post here on the OWB integration and migration capabilities in ODI 12c. Julien and myself give an overview of what you can see and expect in the recent release. This is an overview which will give you some insights and pointers to the documentation.
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OWB to ODI Migration Utility Webcast - Thu 12th December
On Thursday 12th December there is a webcast on the OWB to ODI 12c migration utility, there will be a demo and drill down into the utility. Check the meeting URL here - its at 10am PST on 12th December. Check out the blog post here on getting the utility. Good chance to get the inside scoop on the utility and ask questions to the PM and development team.
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