impdp logtime=all metrics=y and 12cR2 parallel metadata

A quick post to show why you should always use LOGTIME=ALL METRICS=Y when using Data Pump. Just look at an example showing the timestamp in front of each line and a message about each task completed by the worker:

15-NOV-17 11:48:32.305: W-5 Processing object type DATABASE_EXPORT/SCHEMA/PROCACT_SCHEMA
15-NOV-17 11:48:34.439: W-13      Completed 28 PROCACT_SCHEMA objects in 1 seconds
15-NOV-17 11:48:34.439: W-13      Completed by worker 1 28 PROCACT_SCHEMA objects in 1 seconds
15-NOV-17 11:48:34.440: W-13 Processing object type DATABASE_EXPORT/SCHEMA/TABLE/TABLE
15-NOV-17 11:48:35.472: W-17 Startup took 70 seconds
15-NOV-17 11:48:35.596: W-18 Startup took 70 seconds
15-NOV-17 11:48:35.719: W-20 Startup took 70 seconds
15-NOV-17 11:48:35.841: W-19 Startup took 70 seconds
15-NOV-17 11:48:43.520: W-5      Completed 1714 TABLE objects in 7 seconds
15-NOV-17 11:48:43.520: W-5      Completed by worker 1 39 TABLE objects in 2 seconds
15-NOV-17 11:48:43.520: W-5      Completed by worker 2 113 TABLE objects in 7 seconds
15-NOV-17 11:48:43.520: W-5      Completed by worker 3 85 TABLE objects in 6 seconds
15-NOV-17 11:48:43.520: W-5      Completed by worker 4 111 TABLE objects in 6 seconds
15-NOV-17 11:48:43.520: W-5      Completed by worker 5 25 TABLE objects in 1 seconds
15-NOV-17 11:48:43.520: W-5      Completed by worker 6 113 TABLE objects in 7 seconds
15-NOV-17 11:48:43.520: W-5      Completed by worker 7 113 TABLE objects in 7 seconds
15-NOV-17 11:48:43.520: W-5      Completed by worker 8 111 TABLE objects in 6 seconds
15-NOV-17 11:48:43.520: W-5      Completed by worker 9 89 TABLE objects in 5 seconds
15-NOV-17 11:48:43.520: W-5      Completed by worker 10 74 TABLE objects in 4 seconds
15-NOV-17 11:48:43.520: W-5      Completed by worker 11 113 TABLE objects in 7 seconds
15-NOV-17 11:48:43.520: W-5      Completed by worker 12 113 TABLE objects in 7 seconds
15-NOV-17 11:48:43.520: W-5      Completed by worker 13 34 TABLE objects in 2 seconds
15-NOV-17 11:48:43.520: W-5      Completed by worker 14 111 TABLE objects in 6 seconds
15-NOV-17 11:48:43.520: W-5      Completed by worker 15 108 TABLE objects in 7 seconds
15-NOV-17 11:48:43.520: W-5      Completed by worker 16 90 TABLE objects in 4 seconds
15-NOV-17 11:48:43.520: W-5      Completed by worker 17 82 TABLE objects in 4 seconds
15-NOV-17 11:48:43.520: W-5      Completed by worker 18 40 TABLE objects in 3 seconds
15-NOV-17 11:48:43.520: W-5      Completed by worker 19 97 TABLE objects in 6 seconds
15-NOV-17 11:48:43.520: W-5      Completed by worker 20 53 TABLE objects in 3 seconds
15-NOV-17 11:48:44.266: W-1 Processing object type DATABASE_EXPORT/SCHEMA/TABLE/TABLE_DATA

Here, I was running an import with PARALLEL=20 and I can see exactly how many tables were processed by each worker. You see it is ‘TABLE’ and not ‘TABLE_DATA’ which is the proof that 12cR2 can import metadata in parallel.

I see no reason not to use LOGTIME=ALL METRICS=Y always and you will be happy to have this detail if something goes wrong.