Section 1: Replication Agent administration information

Item

Description

Example value

Your value

1a

Replication Agent instance type

This identifies the type of primary database the Replication Agent instance works with.

oracle

1b

Replication Agent instance name

This name must be unique among all Replication Agent 15.2 instances.

ra_sales_instance

1c

admin_port

This is the client socket port number for the Replication Agent administration port.

NoteCheck with your System Administrator todetermine which port numbers are available.

The port number must be unique (not used by any other application on the Replication Agent host machine). Check with your System Administrator to determine which port numbers are available.

NoteReplication Agent for Oracle and Replication Agent for Microsoft SQL Server each require two port numbers. The additional one is for the RASD. By default, Replication Agent assigns the RASD port—admin port +1. This number must also be unique.

10000

1d

Location of the interfaces file.

Use this item only if you plan to use the isql utility or Replication Manager to administer the Replication Agent instance.

  • On UNIX: $SYBASE/interfaces

  • On Microsoft Windows: %SYBASE%\ini\sql.ini

1e

admin_user

This is the administrative user ID you use to log in to the Replication Agent instance.

The default value is sa.

admin_user

1f

admin_pw

This is the administrative password you use to log in to the Replication Agent instance.

The default value is an empty string ("").

admin_pw