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  1. Preface
  2. Installing Fast Clone
  3. Upgrading Fast Clone
  4. Appendix A: Installed Fast Clone Directories and Files

Installation and Upgrade Guide

Installation and Upgrade Guide

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Fast Clone Installation Overview

Fast Clone Installation Overview

Fast Clone rapidly unloads Oracle data and loads it to heterogenous databases and data warehouse appliances. You can use Fast Clone to back up a source or to materialize or synchronize a target. Typically, you install Fast Clone on the Oracle source system.
Informatica provides a platform-specific .zip file or .tar.gz file for installing Fast Clone on a supported Linux, UNIX, or Windows system. To install Fast Clone, unzip or untar the installation file. You do not need to run a separate installer to get the product directories, executables, and files.
Prior to installation, it is important that you work with your Oracle DBA, system administrator, and target database administrators to plan the best Fast Clone implementation for your environment.
Depending on the unload method and target type that you use, you might need to perform some additional tasks on the source or target system to set up user permissions or connectivity.
Fast Clone supports the following unload methods:
  • Direct path unload. Reads data directly from Oracle data files, without using the Oracle Call Interface (OCI). This method is much faster than the conventional path unload method. However, you cannot use the direct path unload method to run unload jobs from a system that is remote from the Oracle source, perform SQL JOIN operations on two or more tables, or unload data from views or cluster tables.
  • Conventional path unload. Uses the OCI to retrieve metadata and data from the Oracle source. This method is slower than the direct path unload method, but it does not have the limitations of the direct path unload method.
If you use the direct path unload method, you must install Fast Clone on the Oracle source system and grant some system and object permissions to the Fast Clone user.
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