Migrate data from a self-managed Oracle database to an ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL instance - Data Transmission Service

This topic describes how to migrate data from a self-managed Oracle database to an ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL instance by using Data Transmission Service (DTS). DTS supports schema migration, full data migration, and incremental data migration. When you migrate data from a self-managed Oracle database, you can select all the supported migration types to ensure service continuity.

Prerequisites

The source self-managed Oracle database and the destination ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL instance are created.
Note
- For more information about how to create an ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL instance, see Create an ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL instance.
- For more information about the supported versions of the source database and the destination instance, see Overview of data migration scenarios.
The self-managed Oracle database is running in ARCHIVELOG mode. Archived log files are accessible, and a suitable retention period is set for archived log files. For more information, see Managing Archived Redo Log Files.
Supplemental logging, including SUPPLEMENTAL_LOG_DATA_PK and SUPPLEMENTAL_LOG_DATA_UI, is enabled for the self-managed Oracle database. For more information, see Supplemental Logging.

Limits


Category	Description
Limits on the source database	The server to which the source database belongs must have sufficient outbound bandwidth. Otherwise, the data migration speed decreases. If the source database is connected over Express Connect, you must specify a VIP for the database when you configure the source database information. If the source database is an Oracle RAC database hosted on Elastic Compute Service (ECS) or connected over Express Connect, VPN Gateway, Smart Access Gateway, Database Gateway, or Cloud Enterprise Network (CEN), you can use a single VIP rather than a Single Client Access Name (SCAN) IP address when you configure the source database information. After you specify the VIP, node failover is not supported for the Oracle RAC database. Requirements for the objects to migrate: The tables to migrate must have PRIMARY KEY or UNIQUE constraints and all fields must be unique. Otherwise, the destination database may contain duplicate data records. If the version number of your Oracle database is 12c or later, the names of the tables to migrate cannot exceed 30 bytes in length. If you select tables as the objects to migrate and you want to edit the tables (such as renaming tables or columns) in the destination database, up to 1,000 tables can be migrated in a single data migration task. If you run a task to migrate more than 1,000 tables, a request error occurs. In this case, we recommend that you split the tables and configure multiple tasks to migrate the tables, or configure a task to migrate the entire database. If you want to migrate incremental data, you must make sure that the following requirements are met: The redo logging and archive logging must be enabled. For an incremental data migration task, redo logs and archive logs of the source database must be stored for more than 24 hours. For a full data and incremental data migration task, redo logs and archive logs of the source database must be stored for at least seven days. After the full data migration is completed, you can set the retention period to more than 24 hours. Otherwise, Data Transmission Service (DTS) may fail to obtain the redo logs and archive logs, and the task may fail. In exceptional circumstances, data inconsistency or loss may occur. Make sure that you set the retention period of redo logs and archive logs in accordance with the preceding requirements. Otherwise, the Service Level Agreement (SLA) of DTS does not ensure service reliability and performance. Limits on operations: During schema migration and full data migration, do not perform DDL operations to change the schemas of databases or tables. Otherwise, the data migration task fails. If you perform only full data migration, do not write data to the source database during data migration. Otherwise, data inconsistency between the source and destination databases occurs. To ensure data consistency, we recommend that you select schema migration, full data migration, and incremental data migration as the migration types. During data migration, do not update LONGTEXT fields. Otherwise, the data migration task fails.
Other limits	Before you migrate data, evaluate the impact of data migration on the performance of the source and destination databases. We recommend that you migrate data during off-peak hours. During full data migration, DTS uses read and write resources of the source and destination databases. This may increase the loads of the database servers. During full data migration, concurrent INSERT operations cause fragmentation in the tables of the destination database. After full data migration is completed, the tablespace of the destination database is larger than that of the source database. DTS attempts to resume data migration tasks that failed within the last seven days. Before you switch workloads over to the destination instance, stop or release the data migration task. You can also execute the `REVOKE` statement to revoke write permissions from the accounts used by DTS to access the destination instance. Otherwise, the data in the source database overwrites the data in the destination instance after the task is resumed.
Special cases	If the destination database runs on an ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL instance, take note of the following limits: Table names in the ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL instance are case-insensitive. If a table name in the source Oracle database contains uppercase letters, ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL converts all uppercase letters to lowercase letters before a table is created. If the source Oracle database contains identical table names that differ only in capitalization, these table names are identified as duplicate. As a result, the "The object already exists" message may be displayed during schema migration. To prevent name conflicts in the destination database, you can use the object name mapping feature to capitalize the table names. For more information, see Object name mapping. DTS automatically creates a destination database in the ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL instance. However, if the name of the source database is invalid, you must create a database in the ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL instance before you configure the data migration task. For more information, see Create a database.

Billing


Migration type	Instance configuration fee	Internet traffic fee
Schema migration and full data migration	Free of charge.	Charged only when data is migrated from Alibaba Cloud over the Internet. For more information, see Billing overview.
Incremental data migration	Charged. For more information, see Billing overview.

Migration types


Migration type	Description
Schema migration	DTS migrates the schemas of objects to the destination database. DTS has the following limits on schema migration for tables and indexes: DTS does not support schema migration for nested tables. DTS converts clustered tables and index-organized tables into standard tables in the destination database. DTS does not support schema migration for function-based indexes, domain indexes, bitmap indexes, or reverse indexes. Note DTS does not support schema migration for the following types of objects: view, synonym, trigger, stored procedure, stored function, package, and user-defined type. In this scenario, DTS does not support triggers. We recommend that you delete the triggers of the source database to prevent data inconsistency caused by triggers. For more information, see Configure a data synchronization task for a source database that contains a trigger. Warning In this topic, the source and destination databases are heterogeneous databases. DTS does not ensure that the schemas of the source and destination databases are consistent after schema migration. We recommend that you evaluate the impact of data type conversion on your business. For more information, see Data type mappings between heterogeneous databases.
Full data migration	DTS migrates the historical data of objects from the self-managed Oracle database to the destination database.
Incremental data migration	DTS retrieves redo log files from the self-managed Oracle database. Then, DTS migrates incremental data from the self-managed Oracle database to the destination database in real time. Incremental data migration allows data to be migrated smoothly without interrupting the services of self-managed applications during data migration.

SQL operations that can be incrementally migrated


Operation type	SQL statement
DML	INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE
DDL	CREATE TABLE Note DTS does not migrate the CREATE TABLE operations that are performed to create tables in which functions are nested. ALTER TABLE, ADD COLUMN, DROP COLUMN, RENAME COLUMN, and ADD INDEX DROP TABLE RENAME TABLE, TRUNCATE TABLE, and CREATE INDEX Note Only the CREATE INDEX operations that are performed within the current database account can be migrated.

Data type mappings

For more information, see Data type mappings between heterogeneous databases.

Before you begin

Log on to the self-managed Oracle database, create an account that you want to use to collect data, and then grant permissions to the account.

Note If you have created an account that is granted the permissions listed in the following table, you can skip this step.


Database	Schema migration	Full data migration	Incremental data migration
Self-managed Oracle database	Permissions of the schema owner	Permissions of the schema owner	Permissions of the database administrator (DBA)
ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL instance	Write permissions on the destination database

To create a database account and grant permissions to the database account, perform the following operations:

Self-managed Oracle database: CREATE USER and GRANT
ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL instance: Create an account on an ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL instance and Modify the permissions of a standard account on an ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL instance

Important If you need to migrate incremental data from an Oracle database but the database administrator (DBA) permissions cannot be granted to the database account, you can enable archive logging and supplemental logging, and grant fine-grained permissions to the account.

Enable archive logging and supplemental logging.


Type	Procedure
Archive logging	Execute the following statements to enable archive logging: `shutdown immediate; startup mount; alter database archivelog; alter database open; archive log list;`
Supplemental logging	Enable supplemental logging at the database or table level based on your business requirements. Note You can enable database-level supplemental logging to ensure the stability of Data Transmission Service (DTS) tasks. You can enable table-level supplemental logging to reduce the disk usage of the source Oracle database. Enable database-level supplemental logging Execute the following statement to enable minimal supplemental logging: `alter database add supplemental log data;` Execute the following statement to enable primary key and unique key supplemental logging at the database level: `alter database add supplemental log data (primary key,unique index) columns;` Enable table-level supplemental logging Execute the following statement to enable minimal supplemental logging: `alter database add supplemental log data;` Enable table-level supplemental logging by using one of the following methods: Enable primary key supplemental logging at the table level `alter table table_name add supplemental log data (primary key) columns;` Enable table-level supplemental logging for all columns `alter table tb_name add supplemental log data (all) columns;`
Force logging	Execute the following statement to enable force logging: `alter database force logging;`

Grant fine-grained permissions to an Oracle database account.

Oracle versions 9i to 11g Oracle versions 12c to 19c that use the multitenant architecture Oracle versions 12c to 19c that use a non-multitenant architecture

# Create a database account named rdsdt_dtsacct and grant permissions to the account.
create user rdsdt_dtsacct IDENTIFIED BY rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant create session to rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant connect to rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant resource to rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant execute on sys.dbms_logmnr to rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant select on V_$LOGMNR_LOGS to rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant select on  all_objects to rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant select on  all_tab_cols to rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant select on  dba_registry to rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant select any table to rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant select any transaction to rdsdt_dtsacct;
-- v$log privileges
grant select on v_$log to rdsdt_dtsacct;
-- v$logfile privileges
grant select on v_$logfile to rdsdt_dtsacct;
-- v$archived_log privileges
grant select on v_$archived_log to rdsdt_dtsacct;
-- v$parameter privileges
grant select on v_$parameter to rdsdt_dtsacct;
-- v$database privileges
grant select on v_$database to rdsdt_dtsacct;
-- v$active_instances privileges
grant select on v_$active_instances to rdsdt_dtsacct;
-- v$instance privileges
grant select on v_$instance to rdsdt_dtsacct;
-- v$logmnr_contents privileges
grant select on v_$logmnr_contents to rdsdt_dtsacct;
-- system tables
grant select on sys.USER$ to rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant select on SYS.OBJ$ to rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant select on SYS.COL$ to rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant select on SYS.IND$ to rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant select on SYS.ICOL$ to rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant select on SYS.CDEF$ to rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant select on SYS.CCOL$ to rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant select on SYS.TABPART$ to rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant select on SYS.TABSUBPART$ to rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant select on SYS.TABCOMPART$ to rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant select_catalog_role TO rdsdt_dtsacct;

# Switch to the pluggable database (PDB). Create a database account named rdsdt_dtsacct and grant permissions to the account.
ALTER SESSION SET container = ORCLPDB1;
create user rdsdt_dtsacct IDENTIFIED BY rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant create  session to rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant connect  to rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant resource to rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant execute on sys.dbms_logmnr to rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant select on  all_objects to rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant select on  all_tab_cols to rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant select on  dba_registry to rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant select any table to rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant select any transaction to rdsdt_dtsacct;
-- v$log privileges
grant select on v_$log to rdsdt_dtsacct;
-- v$logfile privileges
grant select on v_$logfile to rdsdt_dtsacct;
-- v$archived_log privileges
grant select on v_$archived_log to rdsdt_dtsacct;
-- v$parameter privileges
grant select on v_$parameter to rdsdt_dtsacct;
-- v$database privileges
grant select on v_$database to rdsdt_dtsacct;
-- v$active_instances privileges
grant select on v_$active_instances to rdsdt_dtsacct;
-- v$instance privileges
grant select on v_$instance to rdsdt_dtsacct;
-- v$logmnr_contents privileges
grant select on v_$logmnr_contents to rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant select on sys.USER$ to rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant select on SYS.OBJ$ to rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant select on SYS.COL$ to rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant select on SYS.IND$ to rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant select on SYS.ICOL$ to rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant select on SYS.CDEF$ to rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant select on SYS.CCOL$ to rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant select on SYS.TABPART$ to rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant select on SYS.TABSUBPART$ to rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant select on SYS.TABCOMPART$ to rdsdt_dtsacct;
-- V$PDBS privileges
grant select on V_$PDBS to rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant select on v$database to rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant select on dba_objects to rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant select on DBA_TAB_COMMENTS to rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant select on dba_tab_cols to rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant select_catalog_role TO rdsdt_dtsacct;

# Switch to the CDB$ROOT, which is the root container of the container database (CDB). Create a database account and grant permissions to the account.
ALTER SESSION SET container = CDB$ROOT;
# Create a database account named rdsdt_dtsacct and grant permissions to the account. You must modify the default parameters of the Oracle database. 
alter session set "_ORACLE_SCRIPT"=true;
create user rdsdt_dtsacct IDENTIFIED BY rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant create session to rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant connect to rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant select on v_$logmnr_contents to rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant LOGMINING TO rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant EXECUTE_CATALOG_ROLE to rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant execute on sys.dbms_logmnr to rdsdt_dtsacct;

# Create a database account named rdsdt_dtsacct and grant permissions to the account.
create user rdsdt_dtsacct IDENTIFIED BY rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant create  session to rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant connect  to rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant resource to rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant select on V_$LOGMNR_LOGS to rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant select on  all_objects to rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant select on  all_tab_cols to rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant select on  dba_registry to rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant select any table to rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant select any transaction to rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant select on v$database to rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant select on dba_objects to rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant select on DBA_TAB_COMMENTS to rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant select on dba_tab_cols to rdsdt_dtsacct;
-- v$log privileges
grant select on v_$log to rdsdt_dtsacct;
-- v$logfile privileges
grant select on v_$logfile to rdsdt_dtsacct;
-- v$archived_log privileges
grant select on v_$archived_log to rdsdt_dtsacct;
-- v$parameter privileges
grant select on v_$parameter to rdsdt_dtsacct;
-- v$database privileges
grant select on v_$database to rdsdt_dtsacct;
-- v$active_instances privileges
grant select on v_$active_instances to rdsdt_dtsacct;
-- v$instance privileges
grant select on v_$instance to rdsdt_dtsacct;
-- v$logmnr_contents privileges
grant select on v_$logmnr_contents to rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant select on sys.USER$ to rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant select on SYS.OBJ$ to rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant select on SYS.COL$ to rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant select on SYS.IND$ to rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant select on SYS.ICOL$ to rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant select on SYS.CDEF$ to rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant select on SYS.CCOL$ to rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant select on SYS.TABPART$ to rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant select on SYS.TABSUBPART$ to rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant select on SYS.TABCOMPART$ to rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant LOGMINING TO rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant EXECUTE_CATALOG_ROLE to rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant execute on sys.dbms_logmnr to rdsdt_dtsacct;
grant select_catalog_role TO rdsdt_dtsacct;

Procedure

Go to the Data Migration page of the new DTS console.

Note You can also log on to the Data Management (DMS) console. In the top navigation bar, click DTS. Then, in the left-side navigation pane, choose DTS (DTS) > Data Migration.
In the upper-left corner of the page, select the region in which the data migration instance resides.

Click Create Task. On the page that appears, configure the source and destination databases.

Warning After you select the source and destination instances, we recommend that you read the limits displayed at the top of the page. This helps you create and run the data migration task.


Section	Parameter	Description
N/A	Task Name	The name of the task. DTS automatically generates a task name. We recommend that you specify a descriptive name to identify the task. You do not need to specify a unique task name.
Source Database	Database Type	The type of the source database. Select Oracle.
	Access Method	The access method of the source database. In this example, Public IP Address is selected. Note If you select other access methods, you must set up the environment that is required for the self-managed Oracle database. For more information, see Preparation overview.
	Instance Region	The region in which the source Oracle database resides.
	Hostname or IP address	The IP address that is used to access the self-managed Oracle database.
	Port Number	The service port number of the self-managed Oracle database. Default value: 1521. Note In this example, the service port of the self-managed Oracle database must be accessible over the Internet.
	Oracle Type	The architecture of the source Oracle database. If you select Non-RAC Instance, you must specify the SID parameter. If you select RAC or PDB Instance, you must specify the Service Name parameter. In this example, Non-RAC Instance is selected.
	Database Account	The account of the source Oracle database. For more information about the permissions that are required for the account, see Before you begin.
	Database Password	The password of the database account.
Destination Database	Database Type	The type of the destination database. Select MySQL.
	Access Method	The access method of the destination database. Select Alibaba Cloud Instance.
	Instance Region	The region in which the destination ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL instance resides.
	RDS Instance ID	The ID of the destination ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL instance.
	Database Account	The database account of the destination instance. For more information about the permissions that are required for the account, see Before you begin.
	Database Password	The password of the database account.
	Encryption	Specifies whether to encrypt the connection to the source database. You can select Non-encrypted or SSL-encrypted based on your business requirements. If you want to select SSL-encrypted, you must enable SSL encryption for the ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL instance before you configure the data migration task. For more information, see Configure SSL encryption for an ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL instance.

If a whitelist is configured for your self-managed database, add the CIDR blocks of DTS servers to the whitelist. Then, click Test Connectivity and Proceed.
Warning
- If the source or destination database is an Alibaba Cloud database instance, such as an ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL or ApsaraDB for MongoDB instance, DTS automatically adds the CIDR blocks of DTS servers to the whitelist of the instance. If the source or destination database is a self-managed database hosted on an Elastic Compute Service (ECS) instance, DTS automatically adds the CIDR blocks of DTS servers to the security group rules of the ECS instance. For more information, see Add the CIDR blocks of DTS servers to the security settings of on-premises databases. If the source or destination database is a self-managed database that is deployed in a data center or provided by a third-party cloud service provider, you must manually add the CIDR blocks of DTS servers to the whitelist of the database to allow DTS to access the database.
- If the CIDR blocks of DTS servers are automatically or manually added to the whitelist of the database, Alibaba Cloud database instance, or ECS security group rules, security risks may arise. Therefore, before you use DTS to migrate data, you must understand and acknowledge the potential risks and take preventive measures, including but not limited to the following measures: enhancing the security of your username and password, limiting the ports that are exposed, authenticating API calls, regularly checking the whitelist or ECS security group rules and forbidding unauthorized CIDR blocks, or connecting the database to DTS by using Express Connect, VPN Gateway, or Smart Access Gateway.
- After the DTS task is complete or released, we recommend that you manually detect and remove the added CIDR blocks from the whitelist of the database, Alibaba Cloud database instance, or ECS security group rules.

Select objects for the task and configure advanced settings.

Basic Settings


Parameter or setting	Description
Task Stages	To perform only full data migration, select Schema Migration and Full Data Migration. To ensure service continuity during data migration, select Schema Migration, Full Data Migration, and Incremental Data Migration. Note If Incremental Data Migration is not selected, we recommend that you do not write data to the source instance during data migration. This ensures data consistency between the source and destination instances.
Processing Mode of Conflicting Tables	Precheck and Report Errors: checks whether the destination database contains tables that have the same names as tables in the source database. If the source and destination databases do not contain identical table names, the precheck is passed. Otherwise, an error is returned during the precheck and the data migration task cannot be started. Note You can use the object name mapping feature to rename the tables that are migrated to the destination database. You can use this feature if the source and destination databases contain identical table names and the tables in the destination database cannot be deleted or renamed. For more information, see Map object names . Ignore Errors and Proceed: skips the precheck for identical table names in the source and destination databases. Warning If you select Ignore Errors and Proceed, data consistency is not ensured, and your business may be exposed to potential risks. If the source and destination databases have the same schema, DTS does not migrate data records that have the same primary keys as data records in the destination database. If the source and destination databases have different schemas, only specific columns are migrated or the data migration task fails.
Select Objects	Select one or more objects from the Source Objects section and click the icon to add the objects to the Selected Objects section.
Rename Databases and Tables	To rename an object that you want to migrate to the destination instance, right-click the object in the Selected Objects section. For more information, see Map the name of a single object. To rename multiple objects at a time, click in the upper-right corner of the Selected Objects section. For more information, see Map multiple object names at a time. Note If you use the object name mapping feature to rename an object, other objects that are dependent on the object may fail to be migrated.
Filter data	You can specify WHERE conditions to filter data. For more information, see Use SQL conditions to filter data.
Select the SQL operations to be migrated	In the Selected Objects section, right-click an object. In the dialog box that appears, select the DDL and DML operations that you want to incrementally migrate. For more information, see SQL operations that can be incrementally migrated.

Advanced Settings


Parameter	Description
Set Alerts	Specifies whether to set alerts for the data migration task. If the task fails or the migration latency exceeds the threshold, the alert contacts will receive notifications. Valid values: No: does not set alerts. Yes: sets alerts. If you select Yes, you must also set the alert threshold and alert contacts.
Retry Time for Failed Connections	The retry time range for failed connections. Unit: minutes. Valid values: 10 to 720. Default value: 720. We recommend that you set the retry time range to more than 30 minutes. If DTS reconnects to the source and destination databases within the specified time range, DTS resumes the data migration task. Otherwise, the data migration task fails. Note If you set different retry time ranges for multiple data migration tasks that share the same source or destination database, the value that is set later takes precedence. When DTS retries a connection, you are charged for the DTS instance. We recommend that you specify the retry time range based on your business requirements. You can also release the DTS instance at the earliest opportunity after the source and destination instances are released.

In the lower part of the page, click Next: Save Task Settings and Precheck.
Note
- Before you can start the data migration task, DTS performs a precheck. You can start the data migration task only after the task passes the precheck.
- If the task fails to pass the precheck, you can click the icon next to each failed item to view details.
  
  You can troubleshoot the issues based on the causes and run a precheck again.
  
  If you do not need to troubleshoot the issues, you can ignore failed items and run a precheck again.
Wait until the Success Rate becomes 100%. Then, click Next: Purchase Instance.
Read and select Data Transmission Service (Pay-as-you-go) Service Terms.
Click Buy and Start to start the data migration task. You can view the progress of the task in the task list.