Error messages provide important information for identifying the cause of replication system problems. When a Replication Server or RepAgent error occurs, an error message is recorded in an error log. Error messages are displayed in a standard format; once you learn this format, you will be able to read and understand all Replication Server and RepAgent error messages.
Replication Server error messages are recorded in text files called error logs or sent to the standard error output (stderr), which is usually a terminal window. In general, Replication Agent error messages are recorded in their own error logs, except for RepAgent error messages, which are recorded in the Adaptive Server data server error log. Data server error messages are recorded in the data server’s error log.
Multiple error messages can be generated by a single problem, and can be generated from any or all Replication Server components (including Adaptive Server, Replication Server, and RepAgent) that are adversely affected by the problem.
Replication Server and RepAgent can print messages to the error log and to clients in several languages. See Appendix B, “Language, Sort Order, and Character Set Issues” for problems that can result from output in mixed languages.
