When a database must be recovered by restoring a backup, replicated data in the affected databases at other sites must somehow be made consistent with the primary data. Replication Server provides a method for coordinating database dumps and transaction dumps at all sites in a distributed system. A database dump or transaction dump is initiated from the primary database. The Replication Agent retrieves the dump record from the log and submits it to the Replication Server so that the dump request can be distributed to the replicate sites. This method guarantees that the data can be restored to a known point of consistency.
A coordinated dump can be used only with databases that store primary data or replicated data, but not both. It is initiated from within a primary database.
Refer to the Replication Server Administration Guide Volume 2 for instructions on creating coordinated dumps.
