Creating and Validating a Replication Agent Resource File

Create a resource file using the oraclexs template and validate the file by issuing the ra_admin command with the -vr option.

Prerequisites

Locate your resource file templates for Oracle database in the init subdirectory of the Replication Agent installation directory. For example:

C:\sybase\RAX-15_5\init\oraclexs.rs

This resource file template contains comments that describe each configuration parameter and its value.

Note: It is recommended that you to validate each resource file before you create a Replication Agent instance using that resource file.

Task

Copy the resource file template to another file that you edit to create the new resource file.
For example:
```
cp oraclexs.rs raoxs.rs
```
where raoxs.rs is the name of the new resource file you want to create.
Use a text editor to edit the resource file copy that you created.
Validate your resource file by executing:
```
ra_admin -vr raoxs.rs
```
where raoxs.rs is the name of the resource file you want to validate.
Validation results are returned as one of:
- Response-file processing completed.
- Response-file processing completed with errors.
If the validation is successful, skip step 4, and use the resource file to create a Replication Agent instance.
To correct validation errors:
1. Review the error messages to determine the cause of the failure.
2. Edit the resource file to correct the appropriate values.
3. Re-run ra_admin -vr specifying the name of the resource file.
Repeat this step until the resource file is successfully validated.