Installing Replication Agent

If Replication Agent is already installed, go to “Installing Replication Server”.

Install Replication Agent on a server where it can directly access the Microsoft SQL Server transaction logs.

Installing the Replication Agent creates a directory structure containing the Replication Agent binaries, scripts, JRE, and associated files. There are no configuration steps during installation.

Installing Replication Agent software

Use one of the following methods to install the software.

After following the download instructions in “Accessing products from the SPDC”, go to the location where you extracted the Replication Agent 15.5 for Windows installation image, or

Insert the Replication Agent CD into your CD drive.
Execute the setup routine for Windows:
```
setup
```
If you see an error message saying that there is not enough temporary disk space, add the following to your setup command:
```
setup -is:tempdir tempDirectory
```
Here, tempDirectory is a directory with at least 100MB of disk space that the installation program can use.
On the Welcome window, click Next.
Select a geographic location that displays the license agreement. Select I Agree, and click Next.
Enter the directory where you want to install Replication Agent:
- If the directory does not exist, the installation program prompts you to create it. Click Yes.
- If the destination directory exists, you receive a warning message that you are installing into an existing directory. Click Next.
Select Typical for the installation setup type, and click Next.
On the Sybase Software Asset Management License Server window, use one of these options to enter the license:
- Specify license keys – click Browse to select the license file.
  
  Alternatively, copy and paste the license information directly in the license pane. Click Next to proceed.
- Use previously deployed license server – if you have a previously deployed license server, enter the host name of the machine where the license server is running, and the port number if the port number you are using is not default. Click Next.
- Continue installation without a license key – if you do not have a license, you can select this option, and click Next to proceed. The installer allows you to install and use Replication Agent without a license for a grace period of 30 days. To continue using Replication Agent after the end of the grace period, obtain valid license from the SPDC, and install it.
  
  For more information on SySAM licensing, see the Sybase Software Asset Management Users Guide.
The SySAM notification window prompts you to configure your server for e-mail notification. When configuration is enabled, you receive information about license management events that require attention. At the SySAM notification window, do one of the following:
- Select Yes and either accept the default values that are supplied, or enter values for the following:
  - SMTP server host name
  - SMTP server port number
  - Sender e-mail address
  - Recipient e-mail address
  - Message severity level of an event that triggers an e-mail message. Your choices are:
    - Informational
    - Warning
    - Error
- If you choose not to have e-mail alerts or severity messages logged, select No.
Click Next.
The installation program displays a summary of what is to be installed. Click Install.
The installation program starts to install Replication Agent, displaying the progress status. Click No to All if you see the following message:
```
There are newer files already installed and do you want to replace them? 
```
When you receive a message indicating that Replication Agent was successfully installed, click Done.

See the Replication Agent Installation Guide.

Verifying the installation

In a command window, change to the directory where you installed Replication Agent.
Change to %SYBASE%\RAX-15_5\bin.
Obtain the Replication Agent version string:
```
ra -v
```
If the Replication Agent installation completed successfully, you see the Sybase copyright and the Replication Agent version string.