Checksums add about 3-5% overhead but prevent silent corruption. Do not use unlimited file sizes. Force rollover to reduce blast radius:
The error ogg-01184 expected 4 bytes but got 0 bytes occurs when GoldenGate’s reader reaches a point in the trail file where it expects to read the header, but the file ends abruptly. The system reads 0 bytes instead of 4. Common Causes (Root Cause Analysis) | Cause | Probability | Description | |-------|-------------|-------------| | Abnormal process termination | High | Extract or Pump process killed mid-write (kill -9, power failure, OOM killer) | | Filesystem full | Medium-high | Trail file write interrupted because disk filled to 100% | | Network corruption | Medium | NFS or network drive corruption during file transfer | | Manual editing/corruption | Low | Someone opened trail file in text editor or binary modification | | Version mismatch | Low | Reading trail written by newer OGG version with different record structure | How the Error Manifests in Logs A typical error stack in the ggserr.log looks like: ogg-01184 expected 4 bytes but got 0 bytes in trail
| Field | Size | Description | |-------|------|-------------| | Record Length | 4 bytes | Indicates the total size of the following data | | Record Data | Variable | Actual change data in canonical format | | Checksum (optional) | 4 bytes | Integrity check | Checksums add about 3-5% overhead but prevent silent