Stops all Replication Agent processing in Replicating state, and puts the Replication Agent instance in Admin state.
The Log Reader component stops reading operations from the transaction log when the scan reaches the end of the log. It continues to send change-set data to the Log Transfer Interface component until it finishes processing the last operation scanned.
The Log Transfer Interface component stops sending LTL commands to Replication Server as soon as it finishes processing the last change set it receives from the Log Reader.
When the Log Transfer Interface component is finished processing its input queue and sending the resulting LTL, the Replication Agent instance releases all of its connections to the primary database, and drops its connection to the primary Replication Server (and RSSD, if connected).
The Replication Agent instance goes from Replicating state to Admin state.
If the Replication Agent internal queues are full when the quiesce command is invoked, the quiesce processing may take a while to complete, and there may be a delay before the Replication Agent instance completes its transition to Admin state.
Before moving Replication Agent to the Admin state, the quiesce command waits until all data in the primary log has been read and sent to Replication Server.
If the Replication Agent instance is in Admin state, the quiesce command returns an error.
The quiesce command is valid only when the Replication Agent instance is in Replicating state.