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Title and Copyright Information
Preface
Audience
Related documents
Conventions
Documentation Accessibility
What's New
New features in Release 11.2.2.7.0
New features in Release 11.2.2.6.0
New features in Release 11.2.2.5.0
New features in Release 11.2.2.4.0
New features in Release 11.2.2.2.0
New features in Release 11.2.2.1.0
New features in Release 11.2.2.0.0
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TimesTen Application-Tier Database Cache Concepts
Data management design
Overview of a cache grid
Overview of cache groups
Cache instance
Cache group types
Transmitting updates between the TimesTen and Oracle databases
Loading data into a cache group: Explicitly loaded and dynamic cache groups
Sharing data across a cache grid: Local and global cache groups
Summary of cache group types
High availability caching solution
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Getting Started
Setting up the Oracle Database and TimesTen systems
Create users in the Oracle database
Create a DSN for the TimesTen database
Create users in the TimesTen database
Set the cache administration user name and password in the TimesTen database
Creating a cache grid
Creating cache groups
Create the Oracle Database tables to be cached
Start the cache agent
Create the cache groups
Start the replication agent for the AWT cache group
Attaching the TimesTen database to the cache grid
Performing operations on the read-only cache group
Manually load the cache group
Update the cached Oracle Database table
Performing operations on the dynamic updatable global cache group
Dynamically load the cache group
Update the TimesTen cache table
Cleaning up the TimesTen and Oracle Database systems
Detach the TimesTen database from the cache grid
Stop the replication agent
Drop the cache groups
Destroy the cache grid
Stop the cache agent and destroy the TimesTen database
Drop the Oracle Database users and their objects
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Setting Up a Caching Infrastructure
Configuring your system to cache Oracle Database data in TimesTen
TimesTen Application-Tier Database Cache environment variables for UNIX
TimesTen Application-Tier Database Cache environment variables for Microsoft Windows
Configuring the Oracle database to cache data in TimesTen
Create the Oracle database users
Grant privileges to the Oracle database users
Automatically create Oracle Database objects used to manage data caching
Manually create Oracle Database objects used to manage data caching
Configuring a TimesTen database to cache Oracle Database data
Define a DSN for the TimesTen database
Create the TimesTen users
Grant privileges to the TimesTen users
Set the cache administration user name and password
Configuring data management
Managing data locally
Configuring a cache grid
Modify the PROCESSES system parameter for ten or more grid nodes
Create a cache grid
Associate a TimesTen database with a cache grid
Testing the connectivity between the TimesTen and Oracle databases
Managing the cache agent
Set a cache agent start policy
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Defining Cache Groups
Cache groups and cache tables
Single-table cache group
Multiple-table cache group
Creating a cache group
Read-only cache group
Restrictions with read-only cache groups
Asynchronous writethrough (AWT) cache group
Managing the replication agent
Configuring parallel propagation to Oracle Database tables
What an AWT cache group does and does not guarantee
Restrictions with AWT cache groups
Reporting Oracle Database permanent errors for AWT cache groups
Synchronous writethrough (SWT) cache group
Restrictions with SWT cache groups
User managed cache group
READONLY cache table attribute
PROPAGATE cache table attribute
Examples of user managed cache groups
AUTOREFRESH cache group attribute
Altering a cache group to change the AUTOREFRESH mode, interval or state
Manually creating Oracle Database objects for autorefresh cache groups
Using a WHERE clause
Proper placement of WHERE clause in a CREATE CACHE GROUP statement
Referencing Oracle Database PL/SQL functions in a WHERE clause
ON DELETE CASCADE cache table attribute
UNIQUE HASH ON cache table attribute
Caching Oracle Database synonyms
Caching Oracle Database LOB data
Implementing aging in a cache group
LRU aging
Time-based aging
Manually scheduling an aging process
Configuring a sliding window
Dynamic cache groups
Global cache groups
Dynamic global cache groups
Explicitly loaded global cache groups
Start the replication agent
Attach a TimesTen database to a cache grid
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Cache Group Operations
Transmitting updates between the TimesTen and Oracle databases
Loading and refreshing a cache group
Loading and refreshing an explicitly loaded cache group with autorefresh
Loading and refreshing a dynamic cache group with autorefresh
Loading and refreshing a cache group using a WITH ID clause
Initiating an immediate autorefresh
Loading and refreshing a multiple-table cache group
Improving the performance of loading or refreshing a large number of cache instances
Example of manually loading and refreshing an explicitly loaded cache group
Example of manually loading and refreshing a dynamic cache group
Dynamically loading a cache instance
Dynamic load configuration
Dynamic load guidelines
Examples of dynamically loading a cache instance
Return dynamic load errors
Flushing a user managed cache group
Unloading a cache group
Unloading a cache group across all grid members
Determining the number of cache instances affected by an operation
Setting a passthrough level
PassThrough=0
PassThrough=1
PassThrough=2
PassThrough=3
PassThrough=4
PassThrough=5
Considerations for using passthrough
Changing the passthrough level for a connection or transaction
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Creating Other Cache Grid Members
Creating and configuring a subsequent standalone TimesTen database
Replicating cache tables
Create and configure the active database
Create and configure the standby database
Create and configure the read-only subscriber database
Example of data sharing among the grid members
Performing global queries on a cache grid
Performing global queries with local joins
Obtaining information about the location of data in the cache grid
Adding other elements to a cache grid or grid member
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Managing a Caching Environment
Checking the status of the cache and replication agents
Cache agent and replication connections
Monitoring cache groups and cache grids
Using the ttIsql utility's cachegroups command
Monitoring autorefresh operations on cache groups
Monitoring AWT cache groups
Configuring a transaction log file threshold for AWT cache groups
Obtaining information for a cache grid
Suspending global AWT cache group operations
Tracking DDL statements issued on cached Oracle Database tables
Managing a caching environment with Oracle Database objects
Impact of failed autorefresh operations on TimesTen databases
Dropping Oracle Database objects used by autorefresh cache groups
Monitoring the cache administration user's tablespace
Defragmenting change log tables in the tablespace
Manually defragmenting the change log tables for autorefresh cache groups
Receiving notification on tablespace usage
Recovering from a full tablespace
Recovering after failure of a grid node
Backing up and restoring a database with cache groups
Backing up and restoring using the ttBackup and ttRestore utilities
Backing up and restoring with the ttMigrate utility
Changing cache user names and passwords
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Cache Performance
Dynamic load performance
Improving AWT throughput
Improving AWT throughput with parallel propagation
Improving AWT throughput with SQL array execution
Improving performance when using incremental autorefresh for read-only cache groups
Improving execution of large transactions when using incremental autorefresh for read-only cache groups
Using ttCacheAutorefreshXactLimit
Example of potential transactional inconsistency
Retrieving statistics to evaluate performance when a transaction limit is set
Configuring a select limit when using incremental autorefresh for read-only cache groups
How to determine the cache group name for a particular select limit
Retrieving statistics to evaluate performance when using a select limit
Improving performance when reclaiming memory during autorefresh operations
Retrieving statistics on autorefresh transactions
Caching the same Oracle table on two or more TimesTen databases
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Cleaning up the Caching Environment
Detaching a TimesTen database from a cache grid
Stopping the replication agent
Dropping a cache group
Destroying a cache grid
Stopping the cache agent
Destroying the TimesTen databases
Dropping Oracle Database users and objects
Recommended method for a scheduled shutdown of an active standby pair with AWT cache groups
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Using the Cache Advisor
Cache Advisor overview
Setting up the Oracle Database and TimesTen host systems
Configure the target Oracle database
Configure the repository Oracle database
Configure the TimesTen database
Cache Advisor configuration options and usage guidelines
Supported configuration options for hosts and databases
Restrictions and assumptions
Running a SQL workload application
Running the Cache Advisor
Improve performance by using NFS or FTP for transferring data
Viewing the Cache Advisor reports
Cleaning up the Oracle and TimesTen databases and host systems
Clean up the target Oracle database and host system
Clean up the repository Oracle database and host system
Clean up the TimesTen database and host system
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Using TimesTen Application-Tier Database Cache in an Oracle RAC Environment
How TimesTen Cache works in an Oracle RAC environment
Restrictions on using TimesTen Cache in an Oracle RAC environment
Setting up TimesTen Cache in an Oracle RAC environment
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Using TimesTen Application-Tier Database Cache with Data Guard
Components of MAA for TimesTen Application-Tier Database Cache
How TimesTen Cache works with Data Guard
Configuring the Oracle databases
Configuring the TimesTen database
A
Procedure and Privileges for Caching Oracle Database Data in TimesTen
Quick reference to cache Oracle Database data in TimesTen
Required privileges for the cache administration user and the cache manager user
B
SQL*Plus Scripts for TimesTen Application-Tier Database Cache
Installed SQL*Plus scripts
C
Compatibility Between TimesTen and Oracle Databases
Summary of compatibility issues
Transaction semantics
API compatibility
SQL compatibility
Schema objects
Caching Oracle Database partitioned tables
Nonschema objects
Differences between Oracle Database and TimesTen tables
Data type support
SQL operators
SELECT statements
SQL subqueries
SQL functions
SQL expressions
INSERT/DELETE/UPDATE/MERGE statements
TimesTen-only SQL and built-in procedures
PL/SQL constructs
Mappings between Oracle Database and TimesTen data types
Glossary
Index
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