Creating a Replication Agent instance using the command line

Use the following procedure to create a Replication Agent instance using the command line.

1. Open an operating system command window on the Replication Agent host machine.

2. At the operating system prompt, navigate to the Replication Agent bin directory:

   • On Windows platforms:

     cd %SYBASE%\RAX-15_2\bin
     

     Here, %SYBASE% is the path to the Replication Agent installation directory.

   • On UNIX platforms:

     cd $SYBASE/RAX-15_2/bin
     

     Here, $SYBASE is the path to the Replication Agent installation directory.

3. In the Replication Agent bin directory, invoke the ra_admin utility to create a new Replication Agent instance:

   ra_admin -c new_inst -p port_num -t database
   

   where:

   • new_inst is the name of the Replication Agent instance.

   • port_num is the client socket port number for the administration port of the new instance. For Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server, be sure that a second port, port_num+1, is available for the RASD.

   • database identifies the type of data server that the primary database resides in:

     • ibmudb – IBM DB2 Universal Database

     • mssql – Microsoft SQL Server (valid only on Microsoft Windows platforms)

     • oracle – Oracle database server

   After you invoke ra_admin, the operating system prompt returns when the new Replication Agent instance is created.

4. Verify that the Replication Agent instance was created properly using one of the following methods:

   • Invoke ra_admin with the -v option, and specify the name of the new Replication Agent instance:

     ra_admin -v new_inst
     

     Here, new_inst is the name of the new Replication Agent instance.

     When you verify a Replication Agent instance with the -v option, the utility verifies the instance by checking for an instance directory with the specified instance name under the Replication Agent base directory, and checking all of the subdirectories under the Replication Agent instance directory.

   • Invoke ra_admin with the -l option:

     ra_admin -l
     

     The -l option lists all verifiable Replication Agent instances, which should include the new one you just created.

   • As an alternative to using the ra_admin utility, you can use operating system commands to verify that the Replication Agent instance directories were created correctly.