Replication devices are used with replication-based synchronization (RBS) mobile business objects that rely on RBS data cached in the consolidated database. RBS device users are automatically registered when they first synchronize data. There is no device configuration required; the only tasks an administrator performs are monitoring RBS device activity, locking and unlocking RBS devices, and deleting them.
An administrator can lock or unlock devices to disallow or allow users from the device to access the Unwired cluster. All activities, including sending of the push notifications, are stopped while a device is locked. The device application will get an error when trying to communicate with Unwired Server. See Sybase Control Center > Manage > Managing Unwired Platform > Routine Command and Control Actions > Provision > Device Users > Devices > Locking and Unlocking Devices.