Replication Agent task and documentation topics overview

Table 1-1 lists the locations in the Replication Agent documentation of the tasks involved in installing, using, and troubleshooting Replication Agent. Each of the guides listed in this table includes a preface, this overview chapter, and a glossary of technical terms.

**Table 1-1: Where to find Replication Agent documentation topics**
Replication Agent for DB2 UDB Installation Guide for OS/390
Plan your Replication Agent installation Includes information about installation preparation, including software requirements, operational considerations, and filling out the Replication Agent Installation Worksheet: Go to Chapter 2, “Understanding Replication Agent installation requirements” Go to Chapter 3, “Understanding Replication Agent operational considerations” Go to Chapter 4, “Preparing for installation”
Install Replication Agent Includes instructions for installing the Replication Agent software, granting permissions, and configuring Replication Extract. Go to Chapter 5, “Installing Replication Agent” Go to Chapter 6, “Configuring Replication Extract”
Set up communications Includes information about setting up TCP/IP communications between Replication Agent and Replication Server: Go to Chapter 7, “Configuring TCP/IP for Replication Agent”
Verify your installation Includes information about setting required configuration parameter values, and testing connections with the PING and PINGRS utilities: Go to Chapter 8, “Verifying Your Replication Agent installation”
Reference information Appendix A, “LTM for MVS configuration parameters” Appendix B, “Replication Extract configuration parameters” Appendix C, “Replication Agent distribution tape contents” Appendix D, “Upgrading your Replication Agent software” Appendix E, “Running multiple Replication Agents” Appendix F, “Modifying Replication Agent for DB2 non-data-sharing mode”
Replication Agent for DB2 UDB User’s and Troubleshooting Guide for OS/390
Start and stop Replication Agent Includes information about starting, stopping, and troubleshooting Replication Agent using trace commands: Chapter 4, “Managing Replication Agent”
Prepare for replication Includes information about preparing your replication environment for Replication Agent operations, including Replication Server setup, materializing replicate tables, and marking source data for replication: Chapter 2, “Replication Server Setup” Chapter 3, “Replication Agent Setup”
Work with Replication Agent system tables Includes information about using the Replication Agent system tables on DB2 to coordinate bulk materialization and mark tables for replication: Chapter 3, “Replication Agent Setup”
Work with datatype conversions Includes information about LTM for MVS datatypes, Adaptive Server datatypes, and Replication Agent datatype conversion handling: Chapter 2, “Replication Server Setup”
Troubleshoot Replication Agent Includes information about basic troubleshooting procedures, start-up problems, restrictions, and failure and recovery: Chapter 5, “Known Issues and Error Recovery”
Understand Replication Agent messages Includes information, error, and warning messages written to log files and to the MVS operator console, accompanied by recommendations for user responses: Appendix B, “Replication Extract Messages” Appendix C, “LTM for MVS Messages” Appendix D, “MVS Console Messages”
Reference Appendix A, “LTM for MVS Configuration Parameters”