Before you begin setting up the replication system, you should be familiar with the IBM DB2 Universal Database and have an understanding of Sybase replication. In addition, these conditions must be met:
You have obtained the licenses for the Replication Server and the Replication Server Options.
IBM DB2 Universal Database 8.2.2 or 9.1 is installed and configured, to serve as the source (primary) database and as the target (replicate) database.
TCP/IP connectivity is available.
Any OS patches required for Java 5.0 have been installed.
During this procedure:
Because some directories, files, executable commands, and examples are shown only for Sun Solaris, you must adjust accordingly for Windows and other UNIX platforms.
Sybase recommends that you do not use Replication Server reserved words for object names and connection names. A complete list of reserved words are documented in Chapter 2 of the Replication Server Reference Manual.
