Data Transmission Service (DTS) provides the change tracking feature to track data changes from databases in real time. This feature allows you to consume the tracked data and write data to a destination database. You can use the change tracking feature in the following scenarios: cache updates, asynchronous business decoupling, data synchronization between heterogeneous data sources, and data synchronization with extract, transform, and load (ETL) operations.

Change tracking scenarios

The previous change tracking feature requires high costs. To improve user experience and reduce costs, Alibaba Cloud has upgraded the change tracking feature to achieve repeated consumption of data across multiple downstream clients. For more information, see Change tracking (new).

Note

The following types of databases are supported:

  • Self-managed database with a public IP address
  • Self-managed database without a public IP address or port number (connected over Database Gateway)
  • Self-managed database connected over Cloud Enterprise Network (CEN)
  • Self-managed database hosted on Elastic Compute Service (ECS)
  • Self-managed database connected over Express Connect, VPN Gateway, or Smart Access Gateway
Source databaseData change typeReferences
  • Self-managed MySQL database

    Supported versions: 5.1, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, and 8.0

  • RDS MySQL

    All versions

  • Data update
  • Schema update

Track data changes from an ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL instance

PolarDB MySQL

All versions

  • Data update
  • Schema update
Track data changes from a PolarDB for MySQL cluster
PolarDB-X 1.0
Important A database in a PolarDB-X instance must be created based on ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL instances. DTS does not support PolarDB-X databases that are created based on PolarDB for MySQL clusters.
  • Data update
  • Schema update
Track data changes from a PolarDB-X 1.0 instance
PolarDB-X 2.0
Important A database in a PolarDB-X instance must be created based on ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL instances. DTS does not support PolarDB-X databases that are created based on PolarDB for MySQL clusters.
  • Data update
  • Schema update
Track data changes from a PolarDB-X instance

PolarDB for Oracle

All versions

Data updateTrack data changes from a PolarDB for Oracle cluster

Self-managed Oracle database (non-RAC architecture)

Supported versions: 9i, 10g, and 11g

  • Data update
  • Schema update
Track data changes from a self-managed Oracle database
  • RDS PostgreSQL

    Supported versions: 9.4, 10, 11, 12, and 13

  • Self-managed PostgreSQL database

    Supported versions: 9.4.8 and later, such as 9.5, 9.6, 10.x, 11.x, 12, and 13

Data updateTrack data changes from an ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL instance
Data Management (DMS) logical database
Important A logical database in DMS must be created based on the database shards of multiple PolarDB for MySQL clusters.
Data updateTrack data changes from a DMS logical database
PolarDB PostgreSQL

Supported version: 11

  • Data update
  • Schema update
Track data changes from a PolarDB for PostgreSQL cluster