Using RMS heartbeat with Replication Server 12.6

Symptom

Connection is suspended when the RMS heartbeat is used with Replication Server 12.6.

Explanation

The RMS heartbeat process uses the Replication Server rs_ticket feature. This feature is only supported by Replication Server version 12.6 and later. However, Replication Server 12.6, unlike Replication Server 15.0, sends rs_ticket transactions to versions of the Replication Server earlier than 12.6, and this causes the connection suspensions.

Action

Do not set up a heartbeat process if there are Replication Servers between the primary and replicate databases that are less then version 12.6.

To restart the connection, remove all rs_ticket command from the connection’s queue.