Replication Server connectivity

Table 4-15 contains a description of the Replication Agent configuration parameters that must be set to allow Replication Agent to connect to the primary Replication Server.

Replication Agent uses TCP/IP and the Sybase JDBC driver (jConnect for JDBC, which is included in Replication Agent installation) to communicate with other Sybase servers. The Replication Agent does not rely on the Sybase interfaces file for connectivity information.

**Table 4-15: Configuration parameters to connect to the primary Replication Server**
Configuration parameters	Description
rs_host_name	The name of the host machine on which the primary Replication Server resides.
rs_charset	The character set that Replication Agent uses when creating LTL commands for Replication Server. It must match the Replication Server character set, defined by the RS_charset property in the Replication Server configuration file ($SYBASE/REP-15_1/install/rssrvname.cfg). Setting this property to anything other than the character set of the primary Replication Server may cause it to do incorrect character set conversion of the LTL commands it receives from Replication Agent. If this value is different than the RA_JAVA_DFLT_CHARSET value (which should match the primary database character set), the Replication Agent will do character set conversion. Character set conversion slows performance.
rs_port_number	The client socket port number where the primary Replication Server listens for connections.
rs_username	The user ID that the Replication Agent uses to log in to the primary Replication Server. This user ID must be defined and granted connect source permission in the Replication Server.
rs_password	The password for the user ID that the Replication Agent uses to log in to the primary Replication Server.
rs_source_ds	The server name of the primary data server specified in the Replication Server database connection.
rs_source_db	The database name of the primary database specified in the Replication Server database connection.