OpenLogReplicator – logdump functionality

A side product of OpenLogReplicator is the ability to create logs which are in a very simular form as the logdump command from Oracle database.

To create such dump you need to configure parameter in the OpenLogReplicator CFG file.

"dumplogfile": "2",

There are 2 allowed values:

1. create classic ‘logdump’ output
2. create classic ‘logdump’ output enhanced with interpretation of additional fields for which logdump does not print any information – like supplemental log data

You can also configure a second parameter:

"dumpdata": "1",

This parameter would cause to add a binary dump of the redo log vector before the text interpretation of the data. Here is an example of the output – the binary log has been highlighted with reverse colors:

For every redo log file OpenLogReplicator would create a separate logdump-alike dump named DUMP-xxx.trace where xxx is the redo log sequence number.

Of course OpenLogReplicator displays interpretation for very few Op codes – which itself would be able to analyze and use for CDC replication. In next versions the list of supported Op codes may increase.