Replication Agent is a product that reads the database transaction logs in DB2 UDB, Microsoft SQL Server, or Oracle primary databases on Linux, UNIX, and Microsoft Windows platforms.
Replication Agent is implemented in the Java programming language. When you install Replication Agent, a Java Runtime Environment (JRE) is installed on the computer that is designated as the Replication Agent host machine.
Replication Agent uses the Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) protocol for all of its communication. It uses a single instance of the Sybase JDBC driver (jConnect™ for JDBC™) to manage all of its connections to Open Client and Open Server applications, including the primary Replication Server. In the case of the primary data server, Replication Agent connects to the primary database using the appropriate JDBC driver for that database.
