Pump abend-OGG-01332 File xxx, with compatibility level 6, is not compatible with the current software version's compatibility level of 5. (Doc ID 2316837.1)

Last updated on FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Applies to:

Symptoms

While configure replication between 12.2.0.1.0 (source) and 12.3 (target) with the following "format release" parameter in the parameter files
and then while starting pump fails with the following errors and it is an abended:

Extract:
EXTTRAIL dirdat/ex, format release 12.2
Pump:
RMTTRAIL RMTTRAIL dirdat/ms, format release 12.2

017-10-11 09:35:04 INFO OGG-06569 Remote Collector/Server version 12.3 receiving data is a different version than this Extract 12.2 sending data.
2017-10-11 09:35:09 INFO OGG-01226 Socket buffer size set to 27985 (flush size 27985).
2017-10-11 09:35:09 INFO OGG-01055 Recovery initialization completed for target file dirdat/ms000000000, at RBA 1379.
2017-10-11 09:35:09 INFO OGG-01478 Output file dirdat/ms is using format RELEASE 12.2.
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2017-10-11 09:35:09 ERROR OGG-01332 File dirdat/ms000000000, with compatibility level 6, is not compatible with the current software version's compatibility level of 5. Modify the file writer's parameter file to generate the appropriate format using the FORMAT LEVEL 5 option.
2017-10-11 09:35:09 ERROR OGG-01668 PROCESS ABENDING.

GGSCI (GZW-WJ-DB) 1> info all
Program Status Group Lag at Chkpt Time Since Chkpt

MANAGER RUNNING
EXTRACT ABENDED <PUMP-NAME>  00:00:00 00:25:23
EXTRACT RUNNING <EXTRACT-NAME>  00:00:00 00:00:09

Cause

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