Before you replicate data, complete the following preparatory tasks:
Set up the replication system:
Install Replication Servers. See the Replication Server installation and configuration guides for your platform.
Create the databases that will be the primary and replicate. See the Adaptive Server Enterprise Reference Manual or the documentation for your non-Sybase database software.
Establish connections from Replication Servers to the primary and replicate databases.
See the Replication Server Configuration Guide for your platform and Creating database connections in Chapter 7, “Managing Database Connections.”
Establish all necessary routes between Replication Servers. See Chapter 6, “Managing Routes.”
Configure and start up database RepAgent for source databases. See Chapter 4, “Managing a Replication System.”
Verify that all replication system components are working. See Chapter 1, “Verifying and Monitoring Replication Server” in the Replication Server Administration Guide Volume 2.
Refer to the Replication Server installation and configuration guides for your platform for more information. Also see Chapter 4, “Managing a Replication System” for more information about starting and stopping Replication Servers.
