Downgrading Replication Agent 15.6 Installed on Top of Replication Agent 15.5

By default, Replication Agent 15.6 installer uses the RAX-15_5 directory, and overwrites the Replication Agent 15.5 installation. Follow these steps to correctly downgrade a typical Replication Agent 15.6 installation.

  1. Shut down Replication Agent 15.6.
  2. Install Replication Agent 15.5 in the default installation directory.
  3. Prepare for downgrade:
    ra_downgrade_prepare installation_path
  4. Complete the downgrade:
    ra_downgrade_accept timestamp.export
    where timestamp.export is the file to which ra_downgrade_prepare extracted RASD contents.
  5. Start Replication Agent 15.5, and resume replication.