Replication Agent

Replication Agent extends the capabilities of Replication Server by allowing non-Sybase database servers to be data sources in a Sybase replication system.

Replication Agent captures transactions in the primary database and transfers them to Replication Server for distribution to replicate databases.

Replication Agent Configurations

Each Replication Server Option contains the Replication Agent suitable for a particular database platform:

Replication Agent for Oracle – retrieves transactions from an Oracle primary database.
Replication Agent for Microsoft SQL Server – retrieves transactions from a Microsoft SQL Server primary database.
Replication Agent for UDB – retrieves transactions from an IBM DB2 Universal Database primary database running on Linux, Microsoft Windows, or UNIX platforms.

Standalone Application

Replication Agent runs as a server application. Replication Agent can reside on the same host machine as any other component of the replication system, or it can reside on a machine that is separate from other replication system components. Replication Agent must reside on the same type of hardware and operating system as the primary database. Replication Agent for Microsoft SQL Server must have direct physical access to the database transaction logs.

Replication Agent Monitoring

Replication Agent instances can be monitored by Sybase Control Center for Replication. In addition, you can use any Open Client™ application (such as isql) that is capable of communicating with the Sybase Tabular Data Stream™ (TDS) protocol to configure, manage, and monitor a Replication Agent instance.

For more information, see the documentation for Replication Agent.