SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise 16.0

SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise 16.0 (Japanese)

SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise 16.0 (Simplified Chinese)

Adaptive Server Enterprise 15.7 SP121

Adaptive Server Enterprise 15.7 SP110

Adaptive Server Enterprise 15.7 SP100

Adaptive Server Enterprise 15.7 SP60

Adaptive Server Enterprise 15.7 SP50

Adaptive Server Enterprise 15.7 ESD #4

Adaptive Server Enterprise 15.7 ESD #3

Adaptive Server Enterprise 15.7 ESD #2

Adaptive Server Enterprise 15.7 ESD #2 (Japanese)

Adaptive Server Enterprise 15.7 ESD #2 (Simplified Chinese)

Adaptive Server Enterprise 15.7

Adaptive Server Enterprise 15.7 (Japanese)

Adaptive Server Enterprise 15.7 (Simplified Chinese)

Adaptive Server Enterprise 15.5

Adaptive Server Enterprise 15.5 - Simplified Chinese

Adaptive Server Enterprise 15.5 (Japanese)

Adaptive Server Enterprise 12.5.4

Adaptive Server Enterprise 12.5.4 (Simplified Chinese)

Adaptive Server Enterprise 12.5.4 (French)

Adaptive Server Enterprise 12.5.4 (Japanese)

Adaptive Server Enterprise 12.5.3

Adaptive Server Enterprise 12.5.2

Adaptive Server Enterprise 12.5.1

AppBuilder 1.0

Appeon 6.5.1 for PowerBuilder

Appeon 6.5 for PowerBuilder

Appeon 6.2 for PowerBuilder

Appeon 6.1 for PowerBuilder

Appeon 6.0 for PowerBuilder

Appeon 6.0 for PowerBuilder (Japanese)

Avaki EII 7.1

Avaki EII 7.0

Avaki EII 6.2

DataWindow .NET 2.5

DataWindow .NET 2.0.1

DataWindow .NET 2.0

EAServer 6.3.1

EAServer 6.3

EAServer 6.2

EAServer 6.1

EAServer 6.0.2

EAServer 6.0

EAServer 5.5

EAServer 5.3

EAServer 5.2.1

EAServer 5.2

EAServer 5.0.1

EDI Products 5.2.2

Enterprise Connect Data Access 15.7

Enterprise Connect Data Access 15.0.1

Enterprise Connect Data Access 15.0

Enterprise Connect Data Access 12.6.1

Enterprise Connect Data Access 12.6

Financial Fusion GlobalFIX 6.0

InfoMaker 12.5.2

InfoMaker 12.5

SAP jConnect for JDBC 16.0

jConnect for JDBC 7.07 SP110

jConnect for JDBC 7.07 SP100

jConnect for JDBC 7.07

jConnect for JDBC 7.0

jConnect for JDBC 6.05

jConnect for JDBC 5.5

M-Business Anywhere 7.0

M-Business Anywhere 6.7

Mainframe Connect 15.0

Mainframe Connect 12.6.1

Mainframe Connect 12.6

SAP Open Server 16.0

SAP Open Server 15.7 SP127

Open Server 15.7 SP121

Open Server 15.7 SP110

Open Server 15.7 SP100

Open Server 15.7

Open Server 15.5

Open Server 15.0, Open Client 15.0, and SDK 15.0

Open Server 12.5.1

Open Server 12.5.1 (Chinese-Simplified)

Open Server 12.5.1 (French)

OpenSwitch 15.1

SAP Sybase PowerAMC 16.5 SP03

SAP Sybase PowerAMC 16.5 SP02

PowerAMC 16.5

PowerAMC 16.1

PowerAMC 16.0

PowerBuilder 12.5.2

PowerBuilder 12.5.1

PowerBuilder 12.5

PowerBuilder Application Server Plug-in 1.1

PowerBuilder Application Server Plugin 1.0

SAP Sybase PowerDesigner 16.5 SP03

SAP Sybase PowerDesigner 16.5 SP02

PowerDesigner 16.5

PowerDesigner 16.1

PowerDesigner 16.0

Real-Time Data Services 4.5

Real Time Data Services 4.0

Real Time Data Services 3.5

Replication Agent 15.0

Replication Agent for DB2 UDB 15.0

SAP Replication Server 15.7.1 SP203

SAP Replication Server 15.7.1 SP202

SAP Replication Server 15.7.1 SP201

SAP Replication Server 15.7.1 SP200

SAP Replication Server 15.7.1 SP200 (Japanese)

SAP Replication Server 15.7.1 SP200 (Simplified Chinese)

Replication Server 15.7.1 SP110

Replication Server 15.7.1 SP100

Replication Server 15.7.1

Replication Server 15.7.1 (Japanese)

Replication Server 15.7.1 (Simplified Chinese)

Replication Server 15.7

Replication Server 15.6

Replication Server 15.5

Release Bulletin for UNIX and Linux  Accessing updated release bulletin  Product summary  Replication Server  Replication Manager  Replication Monitoring Services  ExpressConnect for Oracle  Support for Internet Protocol version 6  Separately licensed features  Replication Server – Advanced Services Option  Sybase ExpressConnect for Oracle, Replication Agent, and Enterprise Connect Data Access  Replication Server 15.5 64-bit for HP Itanium  Special installation instructions  Revised installation instructions for Replication Server 15.5 for Linux on POWER  Selecting an installation directory for Replication Server  Installing Replication Server in an existing directory  Installing Replication Server in a unique directory  Coexisting with older versions of SySAM  Enabling asynchronous disk I/O  Other sources of installation information  Special upgrade and downgrade instructions  Using Replication Server 15.5 with SQL Anywhere 11  Upgrading and mixed-version requirements  Using enhanced monitors and counters  Updating Log Transfer Language version  New and modified functionality  Known problems  Known issue for IBM AIX licensing  Replication Server problems  Unable to upgrade RSSD in Replication Server from version 15.2 to version 15.5  Replication Server is unable to connect to LDAP on 64-bit platforms  Incremental compilations are not handled properly in HVAR  Unable to use rs_init to configure Replication Server with an existing RSSD  Partial update support for Microsoft SQL Server to Microsoft SQL Server replication  Insufficient number of threads in Replication Server  Stack tracing error at startup when sort order is not in the objectid.dat file  Issue with different character set on Replication Server and Adaptive Server  Issues with parallel_dsi parameter  SQT thread fails during ERSSD defragment process  rs_helprep on preASE15 RSSD fails  Query failure when using quoted identifiers with custom function string containing a quoted constant  Parallel DSI threads may cause deadlock with Adaptive Server  Replication Agent problem  Owner information is not supported in function replication for Oracle warm standby  Sybase Central problem  Users must have write privileges to home directory  Replication Manager problems  block_size configuration parameter is not supported  Cannot select roman8 character set  Unable to display the newer Replication Server parameters in a three-tier environment  RMS problem  RMS does not support Replication Server dynamic configuration of parameters  Problems with replication to Sybase IQ  NULL text or unitext replication can lead Sybase IQ to core dump  Incremental compilations are not handled properly in RTL  Data corruption when replicating data to Sybase IQ 15.x in RTL  Truncated text and image column values  Right string truncation error  Installer problems  Installation fails on Sun Solaris SPARC  Avoiding an installation failure  Cannot navigate the Choose Product Features window with a keyboard  Unable to run installer with default tar tool  Installer fails to launch when path to setup.bin contains “..”  Uninstallation process stops responding  Interactive installation using response file does not work  “./setup.bin: !: not found” message appears  UAF issue when installing Adaptive Server into the same directory as Replication Server  Unable to start Sybase Central when installing Sybase IQ Plug-In and Replication Manager in the same directory  Unsupported operations  Product compatibility  Adaptive Server  Interoperability of Adaptive Server, Open Client/Server, Replication Server, and Sybase IQ  Documentation updates and clarifications  SQL Anywhere Replication support  Replication Server Configuration Guide  No requirement for upgrading RSSD to version 15.0 and later  Correction to the directory names specified in the example log file for the erssd_start_cmd and erssd_ra_start_cmd parameters  Replication Server Heterogeneous Replication Guide  Corrections to the procedures in the scenarios for Oracle database resynchronization  Replication Server Installation Guide  No requirement for upgrading RSSD to version 15.0 and later  Replication Server Reference Manual  Correction to the trace option for alter connection and alter connector  Language and globalization issues  Hankaku Katakana conversion  Using trace flag 2402  Changing default date format for a language  Technical support  Other sources of information  Sybase certifications on the Web  Sybase EBFs and software maintenance  Accessibility features  Release Bulletin for Windows  Accessing updated release bulletin  Product summary  Replication Server  Replication Manager  Replication Monitoring Services  ExpressConnect for Oracle  Support for Internet Protocol version 6  Separately licensed features  Replication Server – Advanced Services Option  Sybase ExpressConnect for Oracle, Replication Agent, and Enterprise Connect Data Access  Special installation instructions  Selecting an installation directory for Replication Server  Installing Replication Server in an existing directory  Installing Replication Server in a unique directory  Coexisting with older versions of SySAM  Other sources of installation information  Special upgrade and downgrade instructions  Upgrading and mixed-version requirements  Using enhanced monitors and counters  Updating Log Transfer Language version  New and modified functionality  Known problems  Replication Server problems  Replication Server does not support SSL on Windows  Unable to upgrade RSSD in Replication Server from version 15.2 to version 15.5  Incremental compilations are not handled properly in HVAR  Unable to use rs_init to configure Replication Server with an existing RSSD  Partial update support for Microsoft SQL Server to Microsoft SQL Server replication  Insufficient number of threads in Replication Server  Stack tracing error at startup when sort order is not in the objectid.dat file  Issue with different character set on Replication Server and Adaptive Server  Issues with parallel_dsi parameter  SQT thread fails during ERSSD defragment process  rs_helprep on preASE15 RSSD fails  Query failure when using quoted identifiers with custom function string containing a quoted constant  Creating replication definition fails when using gb18030 character set and the ERSSD on Windows  Parallel DSI threads may cause deadlock with Adaptive Server  Replication Agent problem  Owner information is not supported in function replication for Oracle warm standby  Sybase Central problem  Users must have write privileges to home directory  Replication Manager problems  block_size configuration parameter is not supported  Cannot select roman8 character set  Unable to display the newer Replication Server parameters in a three-tier environment  RMS problem  RMS does not support Replication Server dynamic configuration of parameters  Problems with replication to Sybase IQ  NULL text or unitext replication can lead Sybase IQ to core dump  Incremental compilations are not handled properly in RTL  Data corruption when replicating data to Sybase IQ 15.x in RTL  Truncated text and image column values  Right string truncation error  Installer problems  Installer cannot register the install date  Avoiding an installation failure  Console mode installations in Windows  Installer cannot create installer directory on Windows 2008  Installer fails on Microsoft Windows Vista and Windows 2008 x86-64 64-bit  Cannot navigate the Choose Product Features window with a keyboard  Uninstallation process stops responding  Interactive installation using response file does not work  Sybase Central compatibility issue  UAF issue when installing Adaptive Server into the same directory as Replication Server  Highlighted rs_init problem  Limitation of reading entries from the sql.ini file  Unsupported operations  Product compatibility  Adaptive Server  Interoperability of Adaptive Server, Open Client/Server, Replication Server, and Sybase IQ  Documentation updates and clarifications  SQL Anywhere Replication support  Replication Server Configuration Guide  No requirement for upgrading RSSD to version 15.0 and later  Correction to the directory names specified in the example log file for the erssd_start_cmd and erssd_ra_start_cmd parameters  Replication Server Getting Started  Correction to Windows 2003 system requirement  Replication Server Heterogeneous Replication Guide  Corrections to the procedures in the scenarios for Oracle database resynchronization  Replication Server Installation Guide  Correction to Windows 2003 system requirement  No requirement for upgrading RSSD to version 15.0 and later  Replication Server Reference Manual  Correction to the trace option for alter connection and alter connector  Language and globalization issues  Hankaku Katakana conversion  Using trace flag 2402  Changing default date format for a language  Technical support  Other sources of information  Sybase certifications on the Web  Sybase EBFs and software maintenance  Accessibility features  Installation Guide for UNIX  About this book  Before You Begin  Introduction  Replication Server components  Installation task overview  Preinstallation tasks  Reading the release bulletin  Planning your replication system  Upgrading and mixed-version requirements  Obtaining a license  Product edition license  Installing SySAM  Configuring SySAM for IPv6  Reviewing system requirements  Review operating system patch requirements  Understanding the installation directory structure  Reviewing the Sybase installation directory contents  Determining the installation type  Determining the installation mode  Using dsedit utility to update interfaces file  Performing administrative tasks  Creating the “sybase” user account  Installing Replication Server  Installing Replication Server  Installing Replication Server in GUI mode  Installing Replication Server in console mode  Installing Replication Server using a response file  Creating a response file  Interactive installation using a response file  Installing in silent mode  Checking for a valid installation  Troubleshooting installation problems  Command line options  Postinstallation Tasks  Review the log files  Start Adaptive Server for the RSSD  Configure and start the sample Replication Server  Set environment variables  Uninstalling Replication Server  Uninstallation procedures  Installing and Uninstalling Replication Manager  Overview  Installing Replication Manager  Installing Replication Manager in GUI mode  Installing Replication Manager in console mode  Installing using a response file  Creating a response file  Installing in silent mode  Checking for a valid installation  Uninstalling Replication Manager  Installation Guide for Windows  About this book  Before You Begin  Introduction  Replication Server components  Installation task overview  Preinstallation tasks  Reading the release bulletin  Planning your replication system  Upgrading and mixed-version requirements  Obtaining a license  Product edition license  Installing SySAM  Configuring SySAM for IPv6  Reviewing system requirements  Review operating system patch requirements  Understanding the installation directory structure  Reviewing the Sybase installation directory contents  Determining the installation type  Determining the installation mode  Using dsedit utility to update sql.ini file  Performing administrative tasks  Installing Replication Server  Installing Replication Server  Installing Replication Server in GUI mode  Installing Replication Server in console mode  Installing Replication Server using a response file  Creating a response file  Interactive installation using a response file  Installing in silent mode  Checking for a valid installation  Troubleshooting installation problems  Command line options  Postinstallation Tasks  Review the log files  Start Adaptive Server for the RSSD  Configure and start the sample Replication Server  Set environment variables  Start Replication Server  Create a .bat file for Replication Server start-up  Start Replication Server automatically  Uninstalling Replication Server  Uninstallation procedures  Installing and Uninstalling Replication Manager  Overview  Installing Replication Manager  Installing Replication Manager in GUI mode  Installing Replication Manager in console mode  Installing using a response file  Creating a response file  Installing in silent mode  Checking for a valid installation  Uninstalling Replication Manager  Configuration Guide for UNIX  About this book  Preparing to Install and Configure Replication Server  Before you begin  Planning the replication system  Using the Replication Server installation worksheet  Completing the worksheet  Completing the database setup worksheet  Configuring Replication Server and Adding Databases with rs_init  Using rs_init  Using rs_init interactively  rs_init with a resource file  Starting rs_init  Configuring a new Replication Server  Adding a database to the replication system  Upgrading or Downgrading Replication Server  Requirements for upgrading to version 15.5 and later  Preparing to upgrade  Upgrading Replication Server  Stopping Replication Agent and quiescing Replication Server  Upgrading a RSSD or an ERSSD  If an upgrade fails  Upgrading a user database in a replication system  Upgrading non-ASE user databases  Restarting Replication Server  Committing a local site to a new version level  Setting the Replication Server site version  Upgrading routes  Backing up the RSSD  Upgrading Adaptive Server in a replication system  Suspending replication and transaction activity in the databases  Draining transaction logs for primary databases  Manually draining the RSSD transaction log  Disabling the secondary truncation point  Upgrading Adaptive Server  Restoring replication after upgrade  Downgrading Replication Server to an earlier version  Migrating between 32-bit and 64-bit platforms  Using Password Encryption  Overview  Enabling password encryption for a Replication Server  Altering an encrypted password for a Replication Server  Secure Sockets Layer  Setting up SSL services  Adding the SSL driver to the driver configuration file  Adding trusted CA certificates to the trusted roots file  Obtaining a certificate for each SSL-enabled Replication Server  Creating an identity file  Adding an encrypted password to the configuration file  Creating SSL entries in the directory service  Enabling SSL on Replication Server  Starting or Stopping a Replication Server  Starting a Replication Server  Stopping a Replication Server using isql  Replication Monitoring Services  Introducing Replication Monitoring Services  Monitoring servers in the replication domain  Installation  Configuring RMS for three-tier management support  Starting and Stopping RMS  Connecting to RMS  Installing and Implementing Non-ASE Support Features  Introduction  Components for non-ASE support installed with Replication Server  Connection profiles  Setting up and configuring non-ASE support  Worksheets  Replication Server installation worksheet  Database setup worksheet  Using rs_init with Resource Files  Using resource file templates  Using resource files for rs_init  Editing a resource file  Using rs_init command line options  Sample Replication Server resource file  Sample Replication System  Description of the sample replication system  Setting up the example  Testing and troubleshooting the replication system  Configuration Guide for Windows  About this book  Preparing to Install and Configure Replication Server  Before you begin  Planning the replication system  Using the Replication Server installation worksheet  Completing the worksheet  Completing the database setup worksheet  Configuring Replication Server and Adding Databases with rs_init  Using rs_init  Using rs_init interactively  rs_init with a resource file  Starting rs_init  Configuring a new Replication Server  Adding a database to the replication system  Upgrading or Downgrading Replication Server  Requirements for upgrading to version 15.5 and later  Preparing to upgrade  Upgrading Replication Server  Stopping Replication Agent and quiescing Replication Server  Upgrading a RSSD or an ERSSD  If an upgrade fails  Upgrading a user database in a replication system  Upgrading non-ASE user databases  Restarting Replication Server  Committing a local site to a new version level  Setting the Replication Server site version  Upgrading routes  Backing up the RSSD  Upgrading Adaptive Server in a replication system  Suspending replication and transaction activity in the databases  Draining transaction logs for primary databases  Manually draining the RSSD transaction log  Disabling the secondary truncation point  Upgrading Adaptive Server  Restoring replication after upgrade  Downgrading Replication Server to an earlier version  Migrating between 32-bit and 64-bit platforms  Using Password Encryption  Overview  Enabling password encryption for a Replication Server  Altering an encrypted password for a Replication Server  Secure Sockets Layer  Setting up SSL services  Adding the SSL driver to the driver configuration file  Adding trusted CA certificates to the trusted roots file  Obtaining a certificate for each SSL-enabled Replication Server  Creating an identity file  Adding an encrypted password to the configuration file  Creating SSL entries in the directory service  Enabling SSL on Replication Server  Starting or Stopping a Replication Server  Using the Services Manager  Starting a Replication Server  Stopping a Replication Server using isql  Replication Monitoring Services  Introducing Replication Monitoring Services  Monitoring servers in the replication domain  Installation  Configuring RMS for three-tier management support  Starting and Stopping RMS  Connecting to RMS  Installing and Implementing Non-ASE Support Features  Introduction  Components for non-ASE support installed with Replication Server  Connection profiles  Setting up and configuring non-ASE support  Worksheets  Replication Server installation worksheet  Database setup worksheet  Using rs_init with Resource Files  Using resource file templates  Using resource files for rs_init  Editing a resource file  Using rs_init command line options  Sample Replication Server resource file  Sample Replication System  Description of the sample replication system  Setting up the example  Testing and troubleshooting the replication system  Getting Started  About this book  Before You Begin  Replication environment components  Pre-installation tasks  Planning your replication system  Checking system requirements  System requirements for Replication Server on Windows platforms  System requirements for Replication Server on UNIX platforms  Creating the Sybase user account  Verifying your environment  Selecting an installation directory for Replication Server  Installing Replication Server in an existing directory  Installing Replication Server in a unique directory  Obtaining a license  Installing Replication Server  Introduction  Installing Replication Server  Post-installation tasks  Adding a login for Replication Manager to the Adaptive Servers  Using dsedit to change the Replication Server host name  Using dsedit to add server entries to the interfaces files  Setting Up and Configuring the Replication Environment  Starting Sybase Central  Defining the replication environment  Configuring replication  Replicating data  An example  What’s next?  Managing Replication Server  Starting the sample Replication Server  Logging in to the sample Replication Server  Stopping the sample Replication Server  Viewing the sample Replication Server logs  Viewing database replication definitions  Viewing database subscriptions  Monitoring the replication environment  ASE-to-ASE Replication Quick Start Guide  Conventions  Before You Begin  Prerequisites  Using the Examples to Set Up Your Replication Environment  Identifying the Sybase Installation Directory  Downloading Replication Server from SPDC  Downloading Replication Server EBFs  Installation and Configuration  Installing Replication Server in GUI Mode  Configuring a Replication Server  Verifying the Configuration  Multisite Availability  Adding the Primary Database to the Replication Server  Adding the Replicate Database to the Replication Server  Marking the Primary Database for Replication  Replicating DDL  Replicating DML  Warm Standby Applications  Creating a Logical Connection  Adding the Active Database to the Replication Server  Marking the Active Database for Replication  Adding the Standby Database to the Replication Server  Initializing the Standby Database  Switching the Active and Standby Databases  Replicating DDL in a Warm Standby Environment  Replicating DML in a Warm Standby Environment  Tracing the Replication Server Transactions to Target Databases  Replication Definitions for Improving Performance  Creating a Replication Definition  Using SQL Statement Replication for Warm Standby  Materialization and Resynchronization  Scenario 1  Scenario 2  Scenario 3  Scenario 4  Scenario 5  Scenario 6  Obtaining Help and Additional Information  Technical Support  Downloading Sybase EBFs and Maintenance Reports  Sybase Product and Component Certifications  Creating a MySybase Profile  Accessibility Features  New Features Guide  About this book  New Features in Replication Server Version 15.5  Replication Server 15.5 licenses  Replication to Sybase IQ  Licensing  Database and platform support  Heterogeneous replication support  Heterogeneous parallel DSI  New configuration parameter  Changes to existing configuration parameters  Function-string changes for internal commit control for Adaptive Server  Heterogeneous warm standby for Oracle  Product compatibility  Controlling trigger execution at the Oracle replicate database  Performance enhancements  Replication Server – Advanced Services Option  Licensing  High Volume Adaptive Replication  Enhanced DSI efficiency  Enhanced RepAgent executor thread efficiency  Enhanced distributor thread read efficiency  Enhanced memory allocation  Increasing queue block size  Dynamic SQL enhancements  Optimizing Dynamic SQL statement execution  Using replicate minimal columns with dynamic SQL  Extending replicate_minimal_columns to connections  Function-string efficiency improvements  Changes to function string processing commands  Changes to stored procedures  Changes to rs_funcstrings system table  Usability and processes enhancements  Replication definition change request process enhancements  System table changes  Product compatibility  Mixed-version support  Scheduling replication tasks  System tables changes  Delaying replication  Resynchronizing replicate databases  Replication Agent support  Product compatibility  System table support  Row count validation enhancements  Implementing a reference replication environment  Platform support  Components for reference implementation  admin who enhancements  Resetting database generation numbers  Injecting rs_ticket markers  Changes to default settings and reserved words  Changes to parameter default values  Changes to the RSSD locking schema  New reserved words  Adaptive Server support  bigdatetime and bigtime datatypes replication  Mixed-version information  Deferred name resolution  Replication Server issues  SQL statement replication threshold setting  Incremental data transfer  In-memory and relaxed-durability databases  Replication Server support  Minimal DML logging and replication  Mixed-version environments  Operating system and platform support  64-bit support  New Features in Replication Manager 15.5  Support for bigdatetime and bigtime datatypes  New Features in Replication Server Version 15.2  Support for DSI bulk copy-in  Setting up bulk copy-in  Changes to subscription materialization  New counters for bulk copy-in  Limitations  Non-blocking commit  Adaptive Server delayed commit feature  Configuring non-blocking commit  System functions that support non-blocking commit  rs_non_blocking_commit  rs_non_blocking_commit_flush  Support for non-Adaptive Server databases  Product version requirements  Quoted identifiers  Enabling the quoted identifier feature  Marking identifiers as quoted  Forwarding quoted identifiers to data servers  Changes to rs_helprep  Product version requirements  Replication Server gateway  Cascading connection  Enabling the Replication Server gateway  Tracking connections  Dropping connections  Limitations  Product version requirements  Row count validation for non-SQL statement replication  Creating Replication Server error classes  Assigning error actions  Displaying Replication Server error classes  Replication Server System Database (RSSD) modifications  SQL statement replication  Modifications to system configuration  Database level  Table level  Session level  SQL statement replication configuration  Database replication definition  Table replication definition  SQL statement replication restrictions  SQL statement replication does not support autocorrection  Row count validation for SQL statement replication  Configuring warm standby database for SQL replication  Replication Server System Database (RSSD) modifications  Product and mixed-version requirements  Non-Adaptive Server error class support  Default non-ASE error classes  Creating error classes  Altering error classes  Creating and altering connections  Native error codes  Non-Adaptive Server replication support enhancements  Simplified installation and configuration  Connection profiles  Using connection profiles  Listing available connection profiles  System tables for connection profiles  New Features in Replication Server Version 15.1  Dynamic SQL enhancements  Function replication enhancements  Adaptive Server shared-disk cluster support  Monitor and counter enhancements  Active object identification  New procedures interface  Improved stable queue management  Changes to sysadmin dump_queue  Changes to sysadmin sqt_dump_queue  Changes to resume connection  Changes to sysadmin log_first_tran  New sysadmin sqm_zap_tran command  New sysadmin sqm_unzap_tran command  New sysadmin dump_tran command  Changed locales directory  Extended password encryption support  rs_ticket stored procedure version 2  New Replication Server counters  Extended support for large-object (LOB) datatypes  Partial update of LOB datatypes  Extended timestamp support  New opaque datatype  Dump transaction enhancement  LTL dump subcommand enhancement  rs_dumptran enhancement  Distributor status recording  Enhanced text update  Adaptive Server integer identity support  Stable Queue Manager performance enhancements  Stable queue caching  Segment preallocation  Support for direct I/O file access  New Features in Replication Manager 15.1  Enhanced support for dynamic SQL  Enhanced support for function replication definitions  Support for large-object datatypes  Sybase Central 6.0  Support for opaque datatypes  Support for timestamp datatypes  New Features in Replication Server Version 15.0.1  Configuration and tuning enhancements  Monitor and counter enhancements  Dynamic SQL for enhanced Replication Server performance  Master database replication  rs_subcmp enhancement  Schema comparison  Manual data reconciliation  New Features in Replication Manager 15.0.1  Support for dynamic configuration  Support for heterogeneous data servers  Non-Sybase data servers support  Replication Agents and Mirror Replication Agents support  Replication Manager plug-in enhancements  New Features in Replication Server Version 15.0  Support for longer identifiers  New datatype: bigint  New unsigned integer datatypes  New Unicode datatype: unitext  Replicating computed columns  Replicating encrypted columns  Replicating partitioned tables  Larger disk partitions  Larger text and image size  Embedded Replication Server System Database (ERSSD) enhancement  New password encryption algorithm  Mixed-version enhanced support  New interface for monitors and counters  Support for isolation levels  Bidirectional replication support for DDL in MSA  Batching of commands for non-ASE servers  SySAM license management  New Features in Replication Manager 15.0  New user interface features  Two-tier management solution  Three-tier management solution  Replication Manager plug-in replaces Replication Server plug-in  Online help  Visual monitoring of status  Using the Details list  Event Log pane  Background processing  Using the Background Processes dialog box  Replication Manager logging enhancement  Script editors  Replication Manager features supported  Support for new datatypes  Support for DirectConnect  Replication support  Routes  Upgrading routes  Troubleshooting tools  Accessing the exception log  Accessing queue data  Connection status hide options  Filtering connection status in warm standby environments  Using connection status hide options  Warm standby wizards  Using the Add Logical Connection wizard  Using the Add Active Database wizard  Using the Add Standby Database wizard  Thread management  Using thread context menus  Viewing the Details list and other thread information  Using thread information  Introducing Replication Monitoring Services  Introducing Replication Monitoring Services  Monitoring servers in the replication environment  Software requirements and compatibilities  Installation  Starting and stopping RMS  Connecting to RMS in Sybase Central  Monitoring a replication environment using RMS  Adding and dropping servers for monitoring in Sybase Central  Adding a server  Dropping a server  Viewing monitored objects in Sybase Central  Setting configuration parameters for monitored replication objects  Monitoring a logical group of servers  Suspending or resuming components in the replication environment  Shutting down monitored servers  Generating rollup status for servers  Generating latency and heartbeat information  Adding event triggers  New Features in Replication Server Version 12.6  MultiSite availability (MSA)  Support for symmetric multiprocessors (SMP)  The embedded RSSD (ERSSD)  Performance enhancements  Better management of empty transactions  Internal commit control for parallel processing  New Replication Server configuration parameters  New database configuration parameters  Changed database configuration parameters  date and time datatypes  Support for sending encrypted passwords  New bulk materialization method  Chinese character set (GB18030) support  Design Guide  About this book  Introduction  Centralized and distributed database systems  Advantages of replicating data  Improved performance  Greater data availability  Data distribution with Replication Server  Publish-and-subscribe model  Replicated functions  Transaction management  Failed replicated transactions  Transactions that modify data in multiple data servers and databases  Replication system components  Replication system domain  Replication Server  Partitions and stable queues  ID Server  Replication environment  Replication Manager  Replication Monitoring Services  Data servers  Replication Agent  Client applications  Replication management solutions  Two-tier management solution  Three-tier management solution  Connecting replication system components  Interfaces file  Routes and connections  Direct and indirect routes  Master database replication  Non-ASE data server support  Enterprise Connect Data Access (ECDA)  ExpressConnect for Oracle  Replication Agents  Processing data server errors  Functions, function strings, and function-string classes  Replication Server security  Login names  Replication Server login names  Data server login names  Data server maintenance user login name  Permissions  Network-based security  Advanced Security option  Summary  Application Architecture for Replication Systems  Application types  Decision-support applications  Multiple copies at a single site  Multiple copies distributed over a network  Distributed OLTP applications  Remote OLTP using request functions  Local update applications  Standby applications  Effects of loose consistency on applications  Controlling risks in high-value transactions  Measuring lag time  Methods for updating primary data  Centralized primary maintenance  Primary maintenance via network connections  Managing update conflicts for multiple primaries  Designing conflicts out of an application  Version-controlled updates  Implementation Strategies  Overview of models and strategies  Basic primary copy model  Using table replication definitions  Marking the table for replication  Replication definition  Subscription  Using applied functions  Stored procedures  Function replication definition  Subscriptions  Distributed primary fragments model  Replication definitions  Subscriptions  Corporate rollup  Replication definitions  Subscriptions  Redistributed corporate rollup  Warm standby applications  Setting up a warm standby application  Switching to the standby database  Switching clients to the new database  Model variations and strategies  Multiple replication definitions  Replication definitions  Subscriptions  Publications  Stored procedure  Function replication definition  Table replication definition  Publication  Articles  Validation  Subscription  Request functions  An example using a local pending table  Implementing master/detail relationships  Stored procedures with insert clauses  Stored procedures with delete clauses  Stored procedures with update clauses  Function replication definitions  Subscriptions  Planning for Backup and Recovery  Protecting against data loss  Preventive measures  Standby applications  Comparing methods  Warm standby  Hardware data mirroring  Save interval  Coordinated dumps  Recovery measures  Re-creating subscriptions  Subscription reconciliation utility (rs_subcmp)  Database recovery  Restoring coordinated dumps  Database resynchronization  Introduction to Replication Agents  Replication Agent overview  Replication Server and LTL compatibility  Origin queue ID  Replication Agent transaction logs  Replication Agent products  Replication Agent for DB2  DB2 transaction log  Sybase Replication Agent  Replication Agent communications  Java implementation  Replicating Data into Non-Adaptive Server Data Servers  Interfacing with non-ASE data servers  Sybase database gateway products  ExpressConnect for Oracle  Maintenance user  Function-string class  Creating function-string classes using inheritance  Creating distinct function-string classes  Error class  rs_lastcommit table  rs_get_lastcommit function  International Replication Design Considerations  Designing an international replication system  Message language  Character sets  Character-set conversion  Unicode UTF-8 and UTF-16 support  UTF-8  UTF-16  Requirements  Guidelines for using character sets  Sort order  Subscriptions  Subscription materialization  Subscription resolution  Subscription reconciliation  Dematerialization  Unicode sort order  Changing the character set and sort order  When changing the character set changes the character width  UNIX  Windows  Summary  Capacity Planning  Overview of requirements  Replication Server requirements  Replication Server requirements for primary databases  Replication Server requirements for replicate databases  Replication Server requirement for routes  Data volume (queue disk space requirements)  Overview of disk queue size calculation  Message sizes  Change rate (number of messages)  Change volume (number of bytes)  Calculating table volume  Table volume upper bound method  Table volume sum of values method  Transaction volume  Database volume  Inbound queue size  Outbound queue volume  Failure duration  Save interval  Outbound queue size  Overall queue disk usage  Additional considerations  Example queue usage calculations  Examples, calculation parameters  Message size example calculations  Table update calculations  Begin/commit pairs  Change rate  Table volume example calculations  RSSD and log size example calculations  Inbound database volume  Inbound queue size example calculation  Outbound queue volume example calculation  Outbound queue size  Total disk queue usage example calculation  Other disk space requirements  Stable queues  RSSD  ERSSD  Logs  Memory usage  Replication Server memory requirements  RepAgent memory requirements  Overhead  Schema cache  Transaction cache  text and image cache  Other memory  CPU usage  Enabling SMP  Network requirements  Administration Guide Volume 1  About this book  Introduction  About Replication Server  Asynchronous transaction replication  Advantages of replicating local data  Improved performance  Greater data availability  Replication Server and distributed database systems  Replication Server basic primary copy model  Replication system processing  Setting up a primary copy model system  Other distributed data models  Distributed primary fragments  Corporate rollup  Redistributed corporate rollup  Replication Server and non-ASE data servers  Warm standby applications  Mixed-version replication systems  Restrictions in mixed-version systems  Mixed versions of Adaptive Server  Replication system security  Replication Server security features  Network-based security features  Replication Server roles and responsibilities  Replication system administrator  Database administrator  Replication Server tasks and responsibilities  Replication Server Technical Overview  Replication system components  Replication Server  ID Server  Adaptive Server or other data server  Replication Agent, ECDA, and ExpressConnect for Oracle  Which Replication Agent for your system?  ECDA and ExpressConnect for Oracle  Replication Server System Database (RSSD)  System tables  RSSD and Replication Agent specifications  Client applications  Sybase Central  Replication Manager (RM) plug-in to Sybase Central  Replication Monitoring Services (RMS)  Specifying data for replication  Replication definitions and subscriptions for tables  Replication definitions for database objects  Replication definitions for stored procedures  Benefits of replicated functions over normal replication  Using replicated functions  Publications  Overview of replicating tables  Commands for managing replicated data  Establishing Replication Server connections  Interfaces file  LDAP server  Making Replication Server connections  Specifying database operations  Function strings  Function-string classes  Transaction handling with Replication Server  Stable queues  Queue management  Partitions for stable queues  Using disk files for stable queues  Distributed concurrency control  Transactions that modify data in multiple databases  Failed replicate table updates  Transaction processing by the Replication Agent  Coordinating Adaptive Server log truncation  Managing Replication Server with Sybase Central  Using Replication Manager from Sybase Central  Starting and stopping Sybase Central  Starting Sybase Central  Stopping Sybase Central  Getting started  Using online help  Topic help  Tooltips  Using the Replication Manager GUI  Selecting folder and object icons  Using the Details list  Moving through the Sybase Central object tree  Customizing the display  Using keyboard shortcuts  Using menus and toolbars  Viewing events in the log pane  Using script editors  Monitoring of status  Using Hide options for connection status  Performing common tasks  Naming data servers in RM  Setting up a replication environment  Preparing for a two-tier solution  Creating an environment  Connecting to and disconnecting from a replication environment  Setting up a replication environment using Replication Manager  Managing Replication Server objects  Connections  Replication definitions  Subscriptions  Queues  Monitoring a replication environment using RMS  Preparing for a three-tier solution  Connecting to RMS  Adding and dropping servers through RMS  Viewing managed objects  Adding event triggers  Managing a Replication System  Setting up a replication system  Creating connections and routes  Setting permissions and security  Verifying the replication system  Creating replication definitions  Creating subscriptions  Performing Replication Server tasks  Using rs_init  Managing Replication Server with Sybase Central  Using isql  Using isql interactively  Using isql to execute scripts  Starting Replication Server  Replication Server executable program  Replication Server configuration file  Shutting down Replication Server  Adding a Replication Server  Adding a replication system domain  Guidelines for adding replication system domains  Setting Replication Server configuration parameters  About configuration parameters  Different types of configuration parameters  Changing Replication Server parameters  Managing the RSSD  Enabling Failover support for an RSSD connection  Managing Embedded Replication Server System Database  Overview  Before you start  Configuring ERSSD  Configuration parameters and command  ERSSD routing  Moving ERSSD files  ERSSD users  Backup  Reducing ERSSD file size  Before degramenting ERSSD  Defragmentation process  Recovery instructions  Before you start recovery  Recovery procedures  ERSSD command and options  Quiescing Replication Server  Quiescing a replication system  Removing a Replication Server  Removing an active Replication Server  Removing an inactive Replication Server  Managing RepAgent and Supporting Adaptive Server  Setting up RepAgent  Defining the local Adaptive Server  Enabling RepAgent on Adaptive Server  Enabling RepAgent for the database  Enabling RepAgent  Turning on log transfer  Configuring RepAgent  Starting RepAgent  Stopping RepAgent  Disabling RepAgent  Configuring RepAgent for network security  Managing log transfer activity  Using the log transfer commands  Suspending log transfer  Resuming log transfer  Using alter connection and the set log transfer option  Reviewing status and configuration information  Viewing RepAgent information  Viewing configuration parameter values  Viewing RepAgent thread information  Checking log files for information and error messages  Using counters to monitor RepAgent performance  Invoking sp_sysmon  Fixed time intervals  Using begin_sample and end_sample  RepAgent counter activity  Sample output  Log scan summary  Log scan activity  Transaction activity  Log extension wait  Schema cache  Truncation point movement  Connections to Replication Server  Network packet information  I/O wait from Replication Server  Usage  Handling extended limits  Support for longer identifiers  Support for bigdatetime and bigtime datatypes  System table support  rs_columns  rs_datatype  rs_objects  Stored procedure and executable program support  Mixed-version information  Adaptive Server shared-disk cluster support  Deferred name resolution  Deferred name resolution in Adaptive Server  Replication Server issues  Configuring Replication Server to support deferred name resolution  Support for incremental data transfer  Performance enhancements for Adaptive Server replication  SQL statement replication  High Volume Adaptive Replication  Support for in-memory and relaxed-durability databases  Replication Server support  Performance  Using a template database to initialize in-memory and relaxed-durability databases  Using a dump from another database to initialize in-memory and relaxed-durability databases  Enabling autocorrection  Minimal DML Logging and replication  Managing Routes  Overview  Before you begin  Routing preparations  Routing schemes  Direct routes  Indirect routes  Unsupported routing schemes  Creating routes  Using the create route command  Examples of creating direct and indirect routes  An example of creating a route and configuring parameters  Configuring a Replication Server to manage primary tables  Suspending and resuming routes  Using the suspend route command  Using the resume route command  Changing routes  Changing route topology  Changing a direct route to an indirect route  Changing the next intermediate site for an indirect route  Changing an indirect route to a direct route  Changing the password for the RSI user for a direct route  Changing parameters affecting direct routes  Changing configuration parameters for all routes  Routing modification example  Dropping routes  Using the drop route command  Using the sysadmin purge_route_at_replicate command  Upgrading routes  Monitoring routes  Displaying RSI thread status using admin who  Using the rs_helproute stored procedure  Managing Database Connections  Preparing databases for replication  Steps in preparing databases for replication  Adaptive Server databases  Non-ASE servers  Upgrading an existing Adaptive Server database  Managing maintenance user login names  Finding the current maintenance user  Granting permissions in the database  Granting permissions for a primary database  Creating database connections  Information for adding a database connection  Adding databases for logical connections  Adding a database that requires a RepAgent thread  Using the create connection command  using profile clause  Altering database connections  Suspending database connections  Setting and changing parameters affecting physical connections  Changing parameters affecting a single connection  Changing parameters affecting all connections  Changing Replication Server connection parameters to improve performance  Resuming database connections  Changing replicate databases to primary databases  Creating the rs_marker stored procedure  Changing primary databases to replicate databases  Dropping database connections  Dropping a database from the ID Server  Monitoring database connections  Viewing current database connections  Listing databases managed by a Replication Server  Displaying DSI thread status  Managing Replication Server Security  Overview  Managing Replication Server system security  RSSD login names and passwords  Replication Server login name and password for the RepAgent  ID Server login name and password  Replication Server login name and password for Replication Servers  Maintenance user Adaptive Server login name and password  Sending encrypted passwords for Replication Server client connections  Existing Encrypted Password Migration  Extended password encryption support  Sybase Central dependencies  Replication Server object creation dependencies  Subscriptions  Replicated functions and stored procedures  Managing Replication Server user security  Managing Replication Server login names and passwords  Creating a Replication Server login name  Changing a Replication Server password  Dropping a Replication Server login name  Enabling and disabling password encryption in sysattributes  Disabling encryption on new and existing passwords  Changing encrypted passwords in the configuration files  Managing Replication Server permissions  Requirements for creating subscriptions  Permission summary  Granting permissions  Revoking permissions  Examining users, passwords, and permissions  Using the rs_helpuser stored procedure  Querying the rs_maintusers system table  Querying the rs_users system table  Replication Server gateway  Cascading connection  Enabling the Replication Server gateway  Tracking connections  Dropping connections  Limitations  Product version requirements  Managing network-based security  How security services work  Login authentication  Message protection  Requirements and restrictions  Setting up network-based security  Modifying configuration parameters and environment variables  Configuring libtcl.cfg  Configuring objectid.dat  Configuring the interfaces file  Setting environment variables (Kerberos)  Establishing the principal user  Identifying the principal user  Identifying the principal user to the security mechanism  Identifying principal users to Replication Server  Identifying the Replication Server principal user to the replication system  Activating network-based security  Starting server and clients  Configuring security services for Replication Server  Identifying Replication Server pathways  Configuration parameters  Planning for compatible settings  Configuring default values  Configuring security for the connection to the RSSD  Configuring security for database connections  Configuring security for routes  Configuring security to the ID Server  Logging in to Replication Server  Borrowing security settings to secure other pathways  Maintaining network security  Using set proxy to switch logins  Disabling network-based security  Changing the security mechanism  Resetting per-target values to default values  Viewing information about security services  Mapping a security system login to a Replication Server login  Using more than one security mechanism  Managing SSL security  SSL overview  The SSL handshake  SSL on Replication Server  Requirements  Setting up SSL security  Enabling SSL security  Managing Replicated Tables  Introduction  Planning a replication system  Design considerations  Restrictions on data replication  Preparing a replication system  Summarizing the process  Replication procedure  Commands for managing table replication definitions  Creating replication definitions  Replication definition settings  Quoted identifiers  Using the create replication definition command  Specifying the replication definition name and table names  Specifying column names and datatypes  Specifying the primary key  Specifying searchable columns  Replicating the minimal set of columns  Using replication definitions with warm standby applications  Specifying text, unitext, and image column replication  Specifying computed column replication  Specifying rawobject and rawobject in row column replication  Specifying column-level datatype translations  Creating replication definitions using extended limits  Before you use extended limits  Using extended limits  Creating multiple replication definitions per table  Restrictions  Replication definitions and function strings  Replication definition restrictions in mixed-version systems  Marking tables for replication  Using the sp_setreptable system procedure  Enabling replication  Checking replication status  Enabling SQL statement replication  Enabling replication with owner_on status  Disabling replication  Replicating Java columns  Restrictions  Upgrade considerations  Java datatypes in Replication Server  Creating replication definitions for Java columns  Function strings for Java columns  Using function strings to replicate Java columns to older Replication Servers  Replicating text, unitext, image, and rawobject columns  Replicating large objects to non-ASE servers using DirectConnect Anywhere  Creating a text, unitext, image, or rawobject replication definition  Specifying a null value for text, unitext, image, and rawobject columns  Marking tables with text, unitext, image, or rawobject columns  Changing column status for text, unitext, image, or rawobject columns  Enabling column replication  Disabling column replication  Enabling or disabling replication for all columns  Altering replication status for text, unitext, image, and rawobject columns  Changing column replication status  Subscription issues for replicate_if_changed status  Function strings for replicating text, unitext, and image data  Replicating large-object (LOB) datatypes  Replicating computed columns  Replicating encrypted columns  Replicating encrypted data  Working with special datatypes  Using the rs_address datatype  Replicating identity columns  Specifying an identity column in a replication definition  How Replication Server replicates identity columns  Replicating timestamp columns  Specifying a timestamp column in a replication definition  Modifying replication definitions  Maintaining table schema  Viewing replication definitions and replication definition versions  Altering replication definitions  Replication definition change request process  Changes you can make to the replication definition  Providing a different replicate table name  Changing the specified columns  Changing text, unitext, image, and rawobject replication status  Adding a searchable column  Changing minimal column replication  Altering a replication definition for warm standby replication  Dropping replication definitions  Modifying replicated data  Adding a new table  Renaming replicated tables  Adding and deleting columns in source and destination tables  Changing searchable columns  Dropping a searchable column  Changing column datatypes in a source or destination table  Using publications  Using publications to replicate data at the command line  Commands for creating and managing publications  Creating publications and articles at the command line  Viewing publication information  Altering publication information  Adding articles to a publication  Dropping publications  Dropping articles  Translating datatypes using HDS  Overview  Getting started  Creating class-level translations  System-defined variables  Creating column-level translations  How datatype definitions work  Column-level translations and multiple replication definitions  Using class-level and column-level translations together  Verifying translations  Managing Replicated Functions  Prerequisites and restrictions  Replicated function prerequisites  Replicated function restrictions  Commands for managing function replication definitions  Using replicated functions  Applied functions  Request functions  Implementing an applied function  Implementing a request function  Marking stored procedures for replication  Subscribing to replicated functions  Modifying or dropping replicated functions  Altering a function replication definition  Modifying a function replication definition  Dropping a function replication definition  Creating or modifying a function string for a replicated function  Using publications for stored procedures  Managing Subscriptions  Overview  Subscription materialization methods  Atomic materialization  Incremental atomic materialization  Nonatomic materialization  Using autocorrection  No materialization  Bulk materialization  Stop updates at the primary database and take a snapshot  Simulate atomic materialization  Simulate nonatomic materialization  Bulk copy-in and subscription materialization  Dematerialization processing  Dematerializing and purging rows  Dematerialization without purging rows  Monitoring materialization and dematerialization  Before you create subscriptions  Using subscription commands  Using the where clause  Enabling replication of truncate table  Using the create subscription command  Using create subscription for atomic materialization  Using create subscription for nonatomic materialization  Using create subscription for no materialization  Using the define subscription command  Using the activate subscription command  Using the validate subscription command  Using the check subscription command  Using the drop subscription command  Subscription example  Description of replication system  Procedures for replicating tables  Materializing text, unitext, image, and rawobject data  Nonatomic materialization  Row migration  Subscriptions for columns with heterogeneous datatypes  Bitmap subscriptions  Obtaining subscription information  Displaying subscription information  Verifying subscription consistency  Using rs_subcmp to locate and correct inconsistencies  Using publication subscriptions  Commands for creating and managing publication subscriptions  Enabling replication of the truncate table command  Creating publication subscriptions  Using the create subscription command  Creating publication subscriptions with bulk materialization  Dropping subscriptions for publications and articles  Viewing publication subscription information  Displaying status information  Managing Replicated Objects Using Multisite Availability  Overview  Setting up an MSA system  Replicating the database  Replicating tables and functions  Using replicate databases as warm standby databases  Switchover  Marking data for replication  Managing database replication definitions  Altering database replication definitions  Dropping database replication definitions  Using database replication filters  Viewing information about database replication definitions  Using database, table, and function replication definitions concurrently  Altering database replication definitions  Altering table and function replication definitions  Managing database subscriptions  Materialization  Subscription without materialization  Subscription with bulk materialization  Altering database subscriptions  Dropping database subscriptions  Viewing information about database subscriptions  Using database, table, and function subscriptions concurrently  Creating and dropping subscriptions  Replicating the master database in an MSA environment  Replicating DDL and system procedures  Replicating user stored procedures  Customizing function strings  Scheduling Replication Tasks  Scheduling replication tasks  Creating schedules  Altering schedules  Dropping schedules  Displaying schedules  System tables support  Delaying replication  Displaying information on delayed replication status  Administration Guide Volume 2  About this book  Verifying and Monitoring Replication Server  Checking replication system log files for errors  Verifying a replication system  Monitoring Replication Server  Verifying server status  Visual monitoring of status  Displaying replication system thread status  Using system information commands  Setting and using threshold levels  Monitoring partition percentages  Customizing Database Operations  Overview  Working with functions, function strings, and classes  Functions  System functions  User-defined functions  Function scope  Summary of system functions  System functions with function-string-class scope  System functions with replication-definition scope  Function strings  Input and output templates  Applications for customized function strings  System functions with multiple function strings  Function-string classes  System-provided classes  Function-string inheritance  Restrictions in mixed-version systems  Managing function-string classes  Creating a function-string class  Creating a derived class  Creating a base class  Primary site for a function-string class  Changing the primary site for a function-string class  Assigning a function-string class to a database  Dropping a function-string class  Managing function strings  Function strings and function-string classes  Function-string input and output templates  Requirements for using input and output templates  Using output templates  Language output templates  RPC output templates  none output templates  Output templates for rs_writetext function strings  Using input templates  Class in which to create function strings  Using function-string variables  Function-string variable formatting  Creating function strings  Guidelines for creating function strings  Altering function strings  Dropping function strings  Restoring default function strings  Creating empty function strings with the output template  Defining multiple commands in a function string  Command batching for non-ASE servers  Using function strings  Using connection settings  Order of processing  DSI Configuration  Using declare statements in language output templates  Displaying function-related information  Obtaining information using the admin command  Obtaining information using stored procedures  Using the default system variable  Extending default function strings  Using replicate minimal columns  Using function strings with text, unitext, image, and rawobject datatypes  Using output writetext for rs_writetext function strings  Using output none for rs_writetext function strings  Heterogeneous replication and text, unitext, image, and rawobject data  Managing Warm Standby Applications  Overview of warm standby application  How a warm standby works  Database connections in a warm standby application  Primary and replicate databases and warm standby applications  Comparison of database relationships  Warm standby requirements and restrictions  Function strings for maintaining standby databases  What information is replicated for ASE warm standby application?  Comparing replication methods  Using sp_reptostandby to enable replication  Restrictions and requirements when using sp_reptostandby  Disabling replication  Using sp_setreptable to enable replication  Using sp_setrepproc to copy user stored procedures  Replicating tables with the same name but different owners  Replicating text, unitext, image, and rawobject data  Using the use_index option in a replicate database  Configuring warm standby database for SQL statement replication  Replicating encrypted columns  Replicating quoted identifiers  When warm standby involves a replicate database  Changing replication for the current isql session  Forcing replication of DDL commands to the standby database  Turning off all replication to the standby database  Setting up ASE warm standby databases  Before you begin  Client application issues  Task one: Creating the logical connection  Naming the logical connection  Procedure for creating the logical connection  Reconfiguring and restarting RepAgent  Task two: Adding the active database  Task three: Enabling replication for objects in the active database  Enabling replication for objects added later  Task four: Adding the standby database  Creating the standby database  Determining how to initialize the standby database  Adding the standby database maintenance user  Adding the standby database to the replication system  Enabling replication for objects in the standby database  Granting permissions to the maintenance user  Replicating the master database in a warm standby environment for ASE  Switching the active and standby ASE databases  Determining if a switch is necessary  Before switching active and standby databases  Internal switching steps  After switching active and standby databases  Making the switch  Disconnect client applications from the active database  Procedure for switching the active and standby databases  Restart client applications  Manage the old active database  Monitoring a warm standby application  Replication Server log file  Standby connection created  Standby connection resumed after initialization  Commands for monitoring warm standby applications  admin logical_status  admin who, dsi  admin who, sqm  admin sqm_readers  Setting up clients to work with the active data server  Two interfaces files  Symbolic data server name for client applications  Map client data server to currently active data server  Altering warm standby database connections  Altering logical connections  Changing parameters affecting logical connections  Disabling the Distributor thread  Replicating truncate table to standby databases  Altering physical connections  Configuring triggers in the standby database  Configuring replication in the standby database  Changing configuration parameters in the standby database  Dropping logical database connections  Dropping a logical database from the ID Server  Warm standby applications using replication  Warm standby application for a primary database  Warm standby application for a replicate database  Configuring logical connection save intervals  Using replication definitions and subscriptions  Creating replication definitions for warm standby databases  alter table support for warm standby  Using replication definitions to optimize performance  Using replication definitions to copy redundant updates  Using subscriptions with warm standby application  Restrictions on using subscriptions  Subscription materialization for logical primary database  Subscription materialization for logical replicate database  Checking subscriptions  Dropping subscriptions  Missing columns when you create the standby database  Loss detection and recovery  Performance Tuning  Replication Server internal processing  Threads, modules, and daemons  Processing in the primary Replication Server  Replication agent user thread  Stable Queue Manager thread  Stable Queue Transaction thread  Distributor thread and related modules  Distributor status recording  Data Server Interface threads  Replication Server Interface thread  Miscellaneous daemon threads  Processing in the replicate Replication Server  RSI user thread  Configuration parameters that affect performance  Replication Server parameters that affect performance  Stable devices: considerations  Connection parameters that affect performance  Route parameters that affect performance  Suggestions for using tuning parameters  Setting the amount of time SQM Writer waits  Caching system tables  Replication definition change process  Caching stable queue  Setting wake up intervals  Sizing the SQT cache  Controlling the number of outstanding bytes  Database configuration parameter: exec_sqm_write_request_limit  Database configuration parameter: md_sqm_write_request_limit  Using counters to monitor performance  Controlling the number of network operations  Controlling the number of commands the RepAgent executor can process  Specifying the number of stable queue segments allocated  Selecting disk partitions for stable queues  Making SMP more effective  Specifying the number of transactions in a group  Database configuration parameter: dsi_max_xacts_in_group  Database configuration parameters: dsi_xact_group_size and dsi_max_xacts_in_group  Setting transaction size  Enabling non-blocking commit  Using parallel DSI threads  Benefits and risks  Parallel DSI parameters  Components of parallel DSI  DSI scheduler thread  DSI executor threads  Processing transactions with parallel DSI threads  Small transactions  Large transactions  Selecting isolation levels  Setting isolation levels for non-Sybase replicate data servers  Transaction serialization methods  no_wait  wait_for_start  wait_for_commit  wait_after_commit  Partitioning rules: reducing contention and increasing parallelism  Using transaction-partitioning rules  Using multiple transaction rules  Grouping logic and transaction partitioning rules  Resolving conflicting updates  Resolving conflicts internally using the rs_dsi_check_thread_lock function string  Using rs_threads to resolve conflicts externally  Configuring parallel DSI for optimal performance  Before you begin  Reducing contention  Using partitioning rules  Frequent conflicting updates  Infrequent conflicting updates  Using isolation levels  Setting the size for large transactions  Parallel DSI and the rs_origin_commit_time system variable  Support for DSI bulk copy-in  Setting up bulk copy-in  Changes to subscription materialization  New counters for bulk copy-in  Limitations  SQL statement replication  Overview  Performance issues with log-based replication  Stored procedure replication  How Replication Server topologies affect SQL statement replication  Enabling SQL statement replication  Database-level  Table level  Session level  Setting SQL statement replication threshold  Setting thresholds and operations at database-level  Setting thresholds and operations at session-level  Setting thresholds and configuring replication  Configuring replication definitions for SQL statement replication  Database replication definition  Table replication definition  Configuring warm standby database for SQL replication  Row count validation for SQL statement replication  Scope of SQL statement replication  Batch processing  Stored procedures  Triggers  Recompilation of stored procedures and triggers  Cross-database transactions  Issues resolved by SQL statement replication  Replicating select into in warm standby configurations  Replicating deferred updates on primary keys  Exceptions to using SQL statement replication  SQL statement replication does not support autocorrection  Replication Server System Database (RSSD) modifications  Product and mixed-version requirements  Downgrades  Downgrading Adaptive Server  Downgrading Replication Server  Dynamic SQL for enhanced Replication Server performance  Setting up the configuration parameters to use dynamic SQL  Table-level dynamic SQL control  Using replicate minimal columns with Dynamic SQL  Limitations  Replication Server – Advanced Services Option  High Volume Adaptive Replication to Adaptive Server  Database and platform support  HVAR compilation and bulk apply  HVAR processing and limitations  Enabling HVAR  Configuring HVAR  System table support  Tables with referential constraints  Displaying HVAR information  Displaying the net-change database  Mixed version support and backward compatibility  Enhanced DSI efficiency  Enhanced RepAgent Executor thread efficiency  Enabling NRM thread  Specifying memory available to RepAgent Executor  Enhanced distributor thread read efficiency  Enhanced memory allocation  Increasing queue block size  Queue block size change procedure  Restrictions  Recommendations  Examples  Using multiprocessor platforms  Enabling multiprocessor support  Monitoring thread status  Monitoring performance  Allocating queue segments  Choosing disk allocations  An example  Preallocating segments  Dropping hints and partitions  Using the heartbeat feature in RMS  Using Counters to Monitor Performance  Introduction  Modules and counters: an overview  Counters  Sampling  Collecting statistics for a specific time period  Specifying the counters to be sampled  Specifying the sample period  Specifying how statistics are to be reported  Collecting statistics for an indefinite time period  Viewing statistics on screen  Viewing throughput rates  Viewing statistics about messages and memory use  Viewing the number of transactions in the stable queues  Viewing statistics saved in the RSSD  Using the rs_dump_stats procedure  Viewing information about the counters  Resetting counters  Generating performance reports  Handling Errors and Exceptions  General error handling  Error log files  Replication Server error log  Informational messages  Error and warning messages  Finding the name of the Replication Server error log  Changing to a new Replication Server log file  RepAgent error log messages  Sample error messages  Data server error handling  Default error classes  Native error codes for non-ASE databases  Creating an error class  Altering error classes  Initializing a new error class  Dropping an error class  Changing the primary Replication Server for an error class  Displaying error class information  Assigning actions to data server errors  Displaying assigned actions for error numbers  Exceptions handling  Handling failed transactions  Suspend database connection  Analyze and resolve the problem  Resume the connection  Accessing the exceptions log  Displaying transactions in the exceptions log  Querying the exceptions log system tables  Deleting transactions from the exceptions log  DSI duplicate detection  Duplicate detection for system transactions  Replication System Recovery  How to use recovery procedures  Configuring the replication system to support Sybase Failover  Overview  Enabling Failover support in Replication Server  How Sybase Failover works with Replication Server  Requirements  Enabling Failover support for an RSSD connection  Enabling Failover support for non-RSSD database connections  Configuring the replication system to prevent data loss  Save interval for recovery  Routes between Replication Servers  Connections between Replication Servers and data servers  Backing up the RSSDs  Creating coordinated dumps  Recovering from partition loss or failure  Procedure for recovering from partition loss or failure  Message recovery from off-line database logs  Message recovery from the online database log  Recovering from truncated primary database logs  Truncated message recovery from the database log  Recovering from primary database failures  Loading from coordinated dumps  Loading a primary database from dumps  Recovering from RSSD failure  Recovering an RSSD from dumps  Basic RSSD recovery procedure  Subscription comparison procedure  Using rs_subcmp on replicated RSSD system tables  Classes and system tables  Subscription re-creation procedure  Deintegration/reintegration procedure  Recovery support tasks  Rebuilding stable queues  Rebuilding queues online  Rebuilding queues from off-line database logs  Loss detection after rebuilding stable queues  Setting log recovery for databases  Loss detection after setting log recovery  Determining which dumps to load  Adjusting database generation numbers  Resynchronizing replicate databases  Product support  Configuring database resynchronization  Instructing Replication Server to skip transactions  Obtaining a dump of the database  Sending the dump database marker to Replication Server  Monitoring DSI thread information  Applying the dump to a database to be resynchronized  Database resynchronization scenario  Asynchronous Procedures  Overview  Logging replicated stored procedures  Logging replicated stored restrictions  Mixed-mode transactions  Applied stored procedures  Request stored procedures  Asynchronous stored procedure prerequisites  Steps for implementing an applied stored procedure  Warning conditions  Steps for implementing a request stored procedure  Specifying stored procedures and tables for replication  Managing user-defined functions  Creating a user-defined function  Adding parameters to a user-defined function  Dropping a user-defined function  Mapping to a different stored procedure name  Specifying a nonunique name for a user-defined function  High Availability on Sun Cluster 2.2  Introduction  Terminology  Technology overview  Configuring Replication Server for high availability  Configuring Sun Cluster for HA  Installing Replication Server for HA  Installing Replication Server as a data service  Administering Replication Server as a data service  Data service start/shutdown  Logs  Pre-15.1 Request Function Replication  Prerequisites and restrictions  Using the pre-15.1 request function replication  Commands for managing function replication definition  Implementing a pre-15.1 request function  Marking stored procedures for replication  Subscribing to replicated functions  Modifying or dropping replicated functions  Before modifying a function replication definition  Modifying a function replication definition  Dropping a function replication definition  Creating or modifying a function string for a replicated function  Model variations and strategies  Request functions  Example 1: A basic example using pre15.1 no-subscription request functions  Example 2: An example using a local pending table  Implementing a Reference Replication Environment  Introduction  Platform support  Components for reference implementation  Before you begin  Building the reference environment  Configuring the reference environment  Running performance tests  Running performance tests on the reference environment  Obtaining tests results from the reference environment  rs_ticket_history report  Monitors and counters report  Cleaning up the reference environment  Cleaning up the reference environment for the next test  Shutting down the reference implementation servers  Objects created for the reference environment  Glossary  Heterogeneous Replication Guide  About this book  Replication System Overview  Basic replication system  Heterogeneous replication system  Replication system components  Primary data server  Supported primary database servers  General issues for non-ASE primary data servers  Replication Agent  Replication Server  Database gateway  ExpressConnect for Oracle  Replicate data server  Supported replicate database servers  General issues for non-ASE replicate data servers  Non-ASE replication issues  Primary database issues  Replicate database issues  Setting character sets  Heterogeneous replication limitations  Stored procedure replication  Owner-qualified object names  Large object replication  Primary database LOB replication issues  Replicate database LOB replication issues  Setup for replicate databases  Replication Server support for encrypted columns  Subscription materialization  Replication Server rs_dump command  Replication Server rs_marker command  Replication Server rs_dumptran command  Replication Server rs_subcmp utility  Dynamic SQL  Bulk copy  Replication Server rs_ticket stored procedure  Replication system non-ASE configurations  Non-ASE primary to Adaptive Server replicate  Replication system components  Replication system issues  ASE server primary to non-ASE server replicate  Replication system components  Replication system issues  Non-ASE primary to non-ASE replicate  Replication system components  Replication system issues  Bidirectional non-ASE to non-ASE replication  Replication system components  Replication system issues  Replication Components Detail  Sybase replication products  Replication Server  How Replication Server works  Publish-and-subscribe model  Replicated functions  Transaction management  Relationship with other system components  Replication Server communication protocols  Replication Server user IDs and permissions  Relationship with Replication Agents  Database connections  Replication Agent User thread  DSI thread  Maintenance user purpose  DDL user purpose  Datatypes and datatype definitions  Restricted datatype  Error and function-string classes for non-ASE data servers  Object publication and subscriptions  Replication Agent  How Replication Agent works  Replication Agent connections  Interfaces file  Replication Agent maintenance user processing  DDL user processing  Replication Agents  Replication Agent for DB2 UDB  Replication Agent  ECDA  How ECDA works  Interface file  Connection shared by Replication Agent and ECDA  ECDA database gateways  ECDA Options  ECDA Option for ODBC  ECDA Option for Oracle  Mainframe Connect DirectConnect for z/OS Option  ExpressConnect for Oracle  DB2 UDB Primary Data Server Issues for z/OS  Replication Agent for DB2 UDB  Replication intrusions and impacts  DB2 UDB primary database permissions  Primary data server connectivity  Replication Server connectivity  RSSD connectivity  DB2 UDB primary database configuration issues  Replication definitions for primary tables in DB2 for z/OS  DB2 for z/OS primary datatype translation issues  Character sets  Materialization  DB2 UDB Primary Data Server on UNIX, Windows, and Linux  Replication Agent for UDB  DB2 UDB system management issues  Replication Manager limitations  Replication intrusions and impacts on the DB2 UDB  Primary database limitations in the DB2 UDB  DB2 UDB primary database permissions  Primary data server connectivity  Replication Server connectivity  RSSD connectivity  Replication Agent objects  DB2 UDB primary database configuration issues  Java Runtime Environment  rs_source_ds and rs_source_db configuration parameters  filter_maint_userid configuration parameters  ltl_character_case configuration parameter  Object names stored in uppercase  Replication definitions for primary tables in DB2 UDB  DB2 UDB primary datatype translation issues  Microsoft SQL Server Primary Data Server Issues  Replication Agent for Microsoft SQL Server  sybfilter driver  Microsoft SQL Server system management issue  Replication Manager  Replication Agent permissions  Primary data server connectivity  Replication Server connectivity  RSSD connectivity  Replication Agent objects in the primary database  Replication Agent objects  Microsoft SQL Server primary database configuration issues  rs_source_ds and rs_source_db configuration parameters  filter_maint_userid configuration parameters  ltl_character_case configuration parameter  Replication definitions for primary tables in Microsoft SQL Server  Microsoft SQL Server primary datatype translation issues  Oracle Primary Data Server Issues  Replication Agent for Oracle  Replication definitions for primary tables in Oracle  Replication Manager limitations  Oracle system management issues  Replication intrusions and impacts in Oracle  Oracle primary database permissions  Primary data server connectivity  Replication Server connectivity  RSSD connectivity  Replication Agent objects  Oracle primary database configuration issues  Java Runtime Environment  JDBC driver required  rs_source_ds and rs_source_db configuration parameters  filter_maint_userid configuration parameters  ltl_character_case configuration parameter  Oracle primary datatype translation issues  Automatic Storage Management  Real Application Clusters  DB2 UDB for z/OS Replicate Data Server Issues  DB2 UDB for z/OS replicate data server environment  DB2 UDB for z/OS system management issues  Replication intrusions and impacts in DB2 UDB for z/OS  DB2 for z/OS replicate database permissions  Replicate database connectivity for DB2 UDB for z/OS  Replicate database limitations in DB2 for z/OS  DB2 for z/OS replicate database configuration issues  Replication Server installation  Create function strings, error classes, and user defined datatypes  Connection profiles  Apply class-level datatype translations to RSSD  Create objects in the DB2 UDB for z/OS  Set connection properties  Additional settings  Settings in ECDA  Settings for Dynamic SQL  Settings for Command Batching  DB2 UDB Replicate Data Server Issues for UNIX, Windows, and Linux  DB2 UDB replicate data servers  Replication intrusions and impacts in DB2 UDB  Limitations in the DB2 UDB replicate database  DB2 UDB replicate database permissions  Connectivity for DB2 UDB replicate database  DB2 UDB replicate database configuration issues  Replication Server installation  Create function strings, error classes, and user defined datatypes  Connection profiles  Apply class-level datatype translations to RSSD  Create objects in the DB2 UDB replicate database  Set connection properties  Additional settings  Settings in ECDA (required)  Settings for Dynamic SQL (optional)  Settings for Command Batching (optional)  Using parallel DSI threads for IBM DB2 replicate database  External commit control  Internal commit control  Transaction serialization methods  no_wait  wait_for_start  wait_for_commit  wait_after_commit  Microsoft SQL Server Replicate Data Server Issues  Microsoft SQL Server replicate data servers  Replication intrusions and impacts on Microsoft SQL Server  Replicate database limitations on Microsoft SQL Server  Microsoft SQL Server replicate database permissions  Replicate database connectivity for Microsoft SQL Server  Microsoft SQL Server replicate database configuration  Replication Server installation  Create function strings, error classes, and user defined datatypes  Connection profiles  Apply class-level datatype translations to RSSD  Create objects in the Microsoft SQL Server database  Set connection properties  Additional settings  Settings in ECDA  Settings for Dynamic SQL  Settings for Command batching  Using parallel DSI threads for Microsoft SQL Server replicate database  External commit control  Internal commit control  Transaction serialization methods  no_wait  wait_for_start  wait_for_commit  wait_after_commit  Oracle Replicate Data Server Issues  Oracle replicate data servers  Replication intrusions and impacts on Oracle  Oracle replicate database permissions  Replicate database connectivity for Oracle  Oracle replicate database configuration issues  Replication Server installation  Create function strings, error classes, and user defined datatypes  Connection profiles  Apply class-level datatype translations to RSSD  Create objects in the Oracle replicate database  Set connection properties  Additional settings  ECDA settings  ExpressConnect settings  Settings for Command Batching  Settings for trigger firing  Settings for using Oracle Flashback  Settings for Dynamic SQL  Using parallel DSI threads for Oracle replicate database  External commit control  Internal commit control  Transaction serialization methods  no_wait  wait_for_start  wait_for_commit  wait_after_commit  Sybase IQ Replicate Data Server Issues  Introduction  Real-time loading solution  RTL compilation and bulk apply  RTL processing and limitations  Sybase IQ replicate data servers  Replication intrusions and impacts on Sybase IQ  System tables  Work tables  Sybase IQ replicate database permissions  Replicate database connectivity for Sybase IQ  Sybase IQ replicate database configuration issues  Replication Server installation  Connection profiles  Enabling RTL  Configuring RTL  System table support in Replication Server  Scenario for replication to Sybase IQ  Creating test tables  Create the connection to the primary and replicate databases  Enable RTL  Marking tables to prepare for replication testing  Creating replication definitions and subscriptions  Verifying that RTL works  Tables with referential constraints  Creating and altering replication definitions  Displaying RTL information  Displaying table-level configuration parameters  Displaying table references  Displaying the net-change database  Mixed-version support and backward compatibility  Migrating from the staging solution to RTL  Before migrating  Migrating to the real-time loading solution  Cleaning up after migration  Managing Heterogeneous Warm Standby for Oracle  Overview  How a warm standby for Oracle works  Warm standby requirements and restrictions  Function strings for maintaining standby database  What information is replicated for an Oracle warm standby application?  Setting up warm standby databases  Before you begin  Task one: Creating the logical connection  Naming the logical connection  Creating the logical connection  Task two: Adding the active database  Initializing the Replication Agent  Creating connection to the active database  Task three: Adding the standby database  Initializing the standby database  Initializing the Replication Agent  Creating connection to the standby database  Resuming connection to the active database and the standby database  Resuming the Replication Agents for the active and standby databases  Switching the active and standby databases  Before switching active and standby databases  Internal switching steps  After switching the active and standby databases  Switching the active and standby databases  Monitoring a warm standby application  Warm standby applications using replication  Using replication definitions and subscriptions  Creating additional replication definitions for warm standby databases  Using subscriptions with warm standby applications  Upgrade and downgrade considerations  Upgrading  Downgrading  Resynchronizing Oracle Replicate Databases  Introduction  Product compatibility  Configuring database resynchronization  Instructing Replication Server to skip transactions  Sending the resync database marker to Replication Server  Sending a resync marker  Sending a resync marker with the init command  Obtaining a dump of the database  Sending the dump database marker to Replication Server  Monitoring DSI thread information  Applying the dump to a database to be resynchronized  Database resynchronization scenarios  Resynchronizing one or more replicate databases directly from a primary database  Resynchronizing using a third-party dump utility  Resynchronizing both the primary and replicate databases from the same dump  Resynchronizing the active and standby databases in a warm standby application  Datatype Translation and Mapping  DB2 datatypes  DB2 class-level translations  Replication Server datatype names for DB2  Microsoft SQL Server datatypes  Microsoft SQL Server class-level translations  Replication Server datatype names for Microsoft SQL Server  Oracle datatypes  Oracle class-level translations  Replication Server datatype names for Oracle  Materialization Issues  Materialization overview  Unloading data from a primary database  Datatype translation issues  Loading data into replicate databases  Atomic bulk materialization  Preparing for materialization  Performing atomic bulk materialization  Nonatomic bulk materialization  Preparing for materialization  Performing nonatomic bulk materialization  Autocorrection  Heterogeneous Database Reconciliation  Sybase rs_subcmp utility  Database comparison application  Troubleshooting Heterogeneous Replication Systems  Troubleshooting overview  Inbound and outbound queue problems  Inbound queue problems  Outbound queue problems  Replicate database is not updated  HDS issues and limitations  Source value exceeds target datatype bounds  Exact numeric datatype issues  Numeric translation and identity columns in Microsoft SQL Server  Troubleshooting specific errors  Updates to rs_lastcommit fail  Expected datatype translations do not occur  LTL generation and tracing  Replication Agent for DB2 UDB for z/OS  Replication Agent  Reference Implementation for Oracle to Oracle Replication  Introduction  Platform support  Components for reference implementation  Glossary  Reference Manual  About this book  Introduction to the Replication Command Language  Data replication commands  Table replication definition commands  Function replication definition commands  Database replication definition commands  Publication commands  Subscription commands  Subscription materialization  Other subscription commands  Publication subscription commands  User commands  Database interface commands  Database connection commands  Error class commands  Function and function string commands  Function-string class commands  Function string commands  Function commands  Warm standby database commands  Gateway commands  Route commands  System information commands  Partition commands  Configuration commands  System administration commands  Recovery commands  Topics  Datatypes  Exact numeric (integer) datatypes  Exact numeric (decimal) datatypes  Approximate numeric (floating point) datatypes  Character datatypes  Entry format for character data  Money datatypes  Entry format for money data  Date/time, and date and time datatypes  Entry format for date/time values  Binary datatypes  Entry format for binary data  Bit datatype  Unicode datatypes  Upgrade issues  Mixed-version issues  Java datatypes  opaque datatypes  Mixed-version support  Datatype definitions  Identifiers  Name space for identifiers  Reserved words  Support for Adaptive Server  Character set support  Specifying character sets  Character set conversion  Sort order support  Message language support  Extended page- and column-size support  Mixed-version environments  Replication Server Commands  abort switch  activate subscription  add partition  admin config  admin disk_space  admin echo  admin get_generation  admin health  admin log_name  admin logical_status  admin pid  admin quiesce_check  admin quiesce_force_rsi  admin rssd_name  admin schedule  admin security_property  admin security_setting  admin set_log_name  admin show_connection_profiles  admin show_connections  admin show_function_classes  admin show_route_versions  admin show_site_version  admin sqm_readers  admin stats  admin stats, backlog  admin stats, cancel  admin stats, {md | mem | mem_in_use}  admin stats, reset  admin stats, status  admin stats, {tps | cps | bps}  admin time  admin translate  admin verify_repserver_cmd  admin version  admin who  admin who_is_down  admin who_is_up  allow connections  alter applied function replication definition  alter connection  alter connector  alter database replication definition  alter error class  alter function  alter function replication definition  alter function string  alter function string class  alter logical connection  alter partition  alter queue  alter replication definition  alter request function replication definition  alter route  alter schedule  alter user  assign action  check publication  check subscription  configure connection  configure logical connection  configure replication server  configure route  connect  create applied function replication definition  create article  create connection  create connection using profile  create database replication definition  create error class  create function  create function replication definition  create function string  create function string class  create logical connection  create partition  create publication  create request function replication definition  create replication definition  create route  create schedule  create subscription  create user  define subscription  disconnect  drop article  drop connection  drop database replication definition  drop error class  drop function  drop function replication definition  drop function string  drop function string class  drop logical connection  drop partition  drop publication  drop replication definition  drop route  drop schedule  drop subscription  drop user  grant  ignore loss  move primary  rebuild queues  resume connection  resume distributor  resume log transfer  resume queue  resume route  revoke  set  set log recovery  set proxy  show connection  show server  shutdown  suspend connection  suspend distributor  suspend log transfer  suspend route  switch active  sysadmin apply_truncate_table  sysadmin cdb  sysadmin dropdb  sysadmin dropldb  sysadmin drop_queue  sysadmin droprs  sysadmin dump_file  sysadmin dump_queue  sysadmin dump_thread_stacks  sysadmin dump_tran  sysadmin erssd  sysadmin fast_route_upgrade  sysadmin hibernate_off  sysadmin hibernate_on  sysadmin issue_ticket  sysadmin log_first_tran  sysadmin purge_all_open  sysadmin purge_first_open  sysadmin purge_route_at_replicate  sysadmin restore_dsi_saved_segments  sysadmin set_dsi_generation  sysadmin site_version  sysadmin skip_bad_repserver_cmd  sysadmin sqm_purge_queue  sysadmin sqm_unzap_command  sysadmin sqm_unzap_tran  sysadmin sqm_zap_command  sysadmin sqm_zap_tran  sysadmin sqt_dump_queue  sysadmin system_version  validate publication  validate subscription  wait for create standby  wait for delay  wait for switch  wait for time  Replication Server System Functions  rs_batch_end  rs_batch_start  rs_begin  rs_check_repl  rs_commit  rs_datarow_for_writetext  rs_delete  rs_dsi_check_thread_lock  rs_dumpdb  rs_dumptran  rs_get_charset  rs_get_errormode  rs_get_lastcommit  rs_get_sortorder  rs_get_textptr  rs_get_thread_seq  rs_get_thread_seq_noholdlock  rs_initialize_threads  rs_insert  rs_marker  rs_non_blocking_commit  rs_non_blocking_commit_flush  rs_raw_object_serialization  rs_repl_off  rs_repl_on  rs_rollback  rs_select  rs_select_with_lock  rs_set_ciphertext  rs_set_dml_on_computed  rs_set_isolation_level  rs_set_quoted_identifier  rs_setproxy  rs_sqldml  rs_textptr_init  rs_ticket_report  rs_triggers_reset  rs_truncate  rs_update  rs_update_threads  rs_usedb  rs_writetext  Adaptive Server Commands and System Procedures  dbcc dbrepair  dbcc gettrunc  dbcc settrunc  set replication  set repmode  set repthreshold  sp_configure 'enable rep agent threads'  sp_config_rep_agent  sp_help_rep_agent  sp_reptostandby  sp_setrepcol  sp_setrepdbmode  sp_setrepdefmode  sp_setreplicate  sp_setrepproc  sp_setreptable  sp_start_rep_agent  sp_stop_rep_agent  RSSD Stored Procedures  rs_capacity  rs_delexception  rs_dump_stats  rs_fillcaptable  rs_helpclass  rs_helpclassfstring  rs_helpcounter  rs_helpdb  rs_helpdbrep  rs_helpdbsub  rs_helperror  rs_helpexception  rs_helpfstring  rs_helpfunc  rs_helppartition  rs_helppub  rs_helppubsub  rs_helprep  rs_helprepdb  rs_helprepversion  rs_helproute  rs_helpsub  rs_helpuser  rs_helpreptable  rs_init_erroractions  rs_send_repserver_cmd  rs_ticket  rs_zeroltm  Executable Programs  repserver  rs_subcmp  Replication Server System Tables  rs_articles  rs_classes  rs_columns  rs_config  rs_databases  rs_datatype  rs_dbreps  rs_dbsubsets  rs_diskaffinity  rs_diskpartitions  rs_erroractions  rs_exceptscmd  rs_exceptshdr  rs_exceptslast  rs_funcstrings  rs_functions  rs_idnames  rs_ids  rs_lastcommit  rs_locater  rs_maintusers  rs_msgs  rs_objects  rs_oqid  rs_profdetail  rs_profile  rs_publications  rs_queuemsg  rs_queuemsgtxt  rs_queues  rs_recovery  rs_repdbs  rs_repobjs  rs_routes  rs_routeversions  rs_rules  rs_schedule  rs_scheduletxt  rs_segments  rs_sites  rs_statcounters  rs_statdetail  rs_statrun  rs_subscriptions  rs_systext  rs_tbconfig  rs_threads  rs_ticket_history  rs_translation  rs_users  rs_version  rs_whereclauses  Replication Monitoring Services API  add event trigger  add server  configure component  configure RMS  configure server  connect to server  create group  delete group  disconnect server  drop event trigger  drop server  filter connection  get component  get group  get heartbeat  get heartbeat tickets  get network spec  get rmiaddress  get servers  get status descriptions  get threads  get triggers  get version  log level  resume component  resume Replication Agent  shutdown server  start heartbeat  stop heartbeat  suspend component  suspend Replication Agent  trace  Acronyms and Abbreviations  Replication Server Design Limits  Replication Server limits  Platform-specific limits  Replication definition and subscription limits  Function string limits  Programming limits and parameters  RMS Server and Component States  Server states  Replication Server  Adaptive Server Enterprise  IQ  DirectConnect  Open Server  Replication Agent  RMS  Component states  Connections  Logical Connections  Queues  Routes  Partitions  RepAgent threads  Event Trigger Arguments  Connection status event arguments  Partition status event arguments  Route status event arguments  Server status event arguments  Database connection latency event arguments  Queue latency event arguments  Partition and queue size threshold event arguments  Troubleshooting Guide  About this book  Identifying the Problem  Overview  Tasks or events that can cause replication system problems  Reduced replication system performance  Poor performance and stable queue size increasing  Types of problems  Configuration problems  Subscription problems  Replication problems  Manual recovery problems  Analyzing error logs  rs_init  Replication Server error log  Diagnostic tools  Troubleshooting configuration problems  Troubleshooting subscription failures  Materialization  Dematerialization  Troubleshooting replication failures  Identify the data that is failing to replicate  Verify that Replication Server threads are up  Replication Server is down  Verify that it is not a queue problem  Verify that all RepAgents are up  Whether only text, unitext, and image columns are not replicated  Check system tables  Activate traces and dump queues  Verify that no route problems exist  Troubleshooting manual recovery problems  Analyzing Error Messages  Overview  What is not covered  Replication Server errors  Error message format  Severity  Error numbers  Analyzing Replication Server error messages  Example  RepAgent error messages  RepAgent error message format  Example  Analyzing RepAgent error messages  Example  Common Errors  Finding the error description  Error description format  rs_init error message descriptions  Could not find entry for Adaptive Server  Unknown host machine name  Replication Server error message descriptions  21: Open Server call to routine srv_spawn failed.  1028: data server errors  DSI shuts down because of SQL error in transaction  Adaptive Server and DB2 table names do not match  Adaptive Server last-chance threshold passed  DSI shuts down because replicate database log is full  Accessing a database while in recovery  7035: Replication Server out of memory  11061: RSSD problems  RSSD deadlocks  RSSD log device full  13045: replication suspended because RSSD restarted  15020: replication definition could not be found  15040: no connection to replicate database  15052: primary and replicate database cannot be the same  28028: connect source not executed  29024: no matching function strings found  37022: primary subscribe permission required  37023: create object permission required  Replication Server informational and warning messages  A cached row for system table was swapped out  Detecting loss for database  DSI detected rs_update_lastcommit not marked as replicated  Stable storage use is above 75 percent  RepAgent error message descriptions  9202: nested stored procedures not allowed  9210: network problems  9215: log truncated (ASE 624)  Route Problems  Overview  Using the rs_helproute stored procedure  Problems with creating routes  Common problems  Messages in the error log at the source Replication Server  Output from rs_helproute at the source Replication Server  Output from rs_helproute at the destination server  Problems with altering routes  Problems with dropping routes  Dropping routes  Output from rs_helproute at the source Replication Server  Output from rs_helproute at the destination server  Dropping routes using the with nowait option  Output from rs_helproute at the source Replication Server  Subscription Problems  Overview  Using check subscription  Materialization problems  Common problems  Incorrect or missing login account and permissions  Schema inconsistency  Missing interfaces file entries  Atomic materialization  Nonatomic materialization  Bulk materialization  Defining the subscription  Activating the subscription  Validating the subscription  Dematerialization problems  with purge dematerialization  Bulk dematerialization  Replication Server Interface Problems  Overview  Connection errors  Incorrect RSI user login name or password  Incorrect user permissions at replicate Replication Server  Invalid RSI locater  RepAgent Problems  Overview  Problems when starting the RepAgent  Invalid login  Invalid permissions  Errors from the Replication Server  Normalization errors  Treating normalization errors as recoverable  Replication status inconsistency of text, unitext, or image columns  Errors from the Adaptive Server  Dropping primary objects  Invalid truncation page  Data Server Interface Problems  Overview  Listing databases and using admin who and admin who, dsi  Listing databases controlled by a Replication Server  Checking the DSI status for a database connection  Troubleshooting procedure  DSI down or suspended  Connection failure to the database  Asynchronous transaction connection failures  Data server errors  Skipping transactions  Customized handling of data server errors  Replication Server errors  DSI active  Incorrect duplicate transaction resolution  Examining the exceptions log  Adaptive Server Log Problems  Overview  Truncating an Adaptive Server log  Verifying the state of the secondary truncation point  Turning off the secondary truncation point in a database  Setting the secondary truncation point  Resetting the locater  Log truncation problems  Orphaned transactions  Inbound queue requires more disk space  Adaptive Server log corruption  Replication Monitoring Services Problems  Overview  RMS tracing  Common Problems  Using the RMS with UAF version 2.0  Using multiple UAF servers on the same computer  Using RMS heartbeat with Replication Server 12.6  Monitoring the ASA Replication Agent  Dumping Stable Queues  Introduction  Using trace  Using sysadmin dump_queue  Confirming suspected problems  sysadmin dump_queue examples  Interpreting the output of a dump queue  Example 1: outbound queue after create subscription  Example 2: inbound queue  Example 3: inbound queue  Example 4: outbound queue after update  Using sysadmin sqt_dump_queue  Using sysadmin dump_file  sysadmin purge commands  Language, Sort Order, and Character Set Issues  Overview  Message language  Stored procedure messages  Other situations that produce mixed languages  Sort order  Sort order problems  Character sets  Sybase Replication Server 15.5 System Tables Diagram

Replication Server 15.2

Replication Server 15.1

Replication Server 15.0.1

Replication Server 15.0

SAP Replication Server Data Assurance Option 15.7.1 SP202

SAP Replication Server Data Assurance Option 15.7.1 SP200

Replication Server Data Assurance Option 15.7.1 SP110

Replication Server Data Assurance Option 15.7.1 SP100

Replication Server Data Assurance Option 15.7.1

Replication Server - Data Assurance Option 15.7.1 (Japanese)

Replication Server - Data Assurance Option 15.7.1 (Simplified Chinese)

Replication Server Data Assurance Option 15.7

SAP Replication Server, heterogeneous edition 15.7.1 SP200

Replication Server Heterogeneous Edition 15.7.1 SP100

Replication Server Heterogenous Edition 15.7.1

Replication Server Heterogenous Edition 15.7.1 (Japanese)

Replication Server Heterogenous Edition 15.7.1 (Simplified Chinese)

Replication Server Heterogenous Edition 15.6

Replication Server Heterogeneous Edition 15.2

Replication Server Messaging Edition 15.7.1 [SP100]

Replication Server Messaging Edition 15.7.1

Replication Server Messaging Edition 15.2

Replication Server Option for Oracle 15.7.1 ESD #2

SAP Replication Server Options 15.7.1 SP201

SAP Replication Server Options 15.7.1 SP200

Replication Server Options 15.7.1 SP120

Replication Server Options 15.7.1 SP100

Replication Server Options 15.7.1

Replication Server Options 15.7.1 (Japanese)

Replication Server Options 15.7.1 (Simplified Chinese)

Replication Server Options 15.6

Replication Server Options 15.5

Replication Server Options 15.2

Replication Server Options 15.1

Replication Server Options 15.0

Replication Server Real-Time Loading Edition 15.7.1 ESD #2

SAP Mobile Platform SDK 3.0 SP02

SAP Mobile Platform Server 3.0 SP02

SAP Mobile Platform SDK 3.0 and SP01

SAP Mobile Platform 2.3 SP04

SAP Mobile Platform 2.3 SP03

SAP Mobile Platform 2.3 SP02

SAP Mobile Platform 2.3

SAP Sybase RAP 5.0

SDK for SAP ASE 16.0

Software Developers Kit 15.7 SP127

Software Developer's Kit 15.7 SP121

Software Developer's Kit 15.7 SP110

Software Developer's Kit 15.7 SP100

Software Developer's Kit 15.7

Software Developer's Kit 15.5

Software Developer Kit 15.0

Software Developer Kit 12.5.1

SQL Anywhere 12.0.1

SQL Anywhere 12.0.0

SQL Anywhere 11.0.1

SQL Anywhere 11.0.0

SQL Anywhere 10.0.1

SQL Anywhere 10.0

Sybase Aleri Streaming Platform 3.1

Sybase Aleri Streaming Platform 3.2

Sybase Brand Mobiliser 1.3

Sybase Brand Mobiliser 1.2

Sybase Brand Mobiliser 1.1

Sybase CEP Option R4

SAP Control Center 3.3

Sybase Control Center 3.2.8 ESD2

Sybase Control Center 3.2.8 ESD1

Sybase Control Center 3.2.8

Sybase Control Center 3.2.7

Sybase Control Center 3.2.6

Sybase Control Center 3.2.5

Sybase Control Center 3.2.4

Sybase Control Center 3.2.3

Sybase Control Center 3.2.1

Sybase Control Center 3.2

Sybase Control Center 3.1.1

Sybase Control Center 3.1

Sybase Control Center 3.0.1

Sybase Control Center 3.0

Sybase ETL 4.9

Sybase ETL 4.9 (Simplified Chinese)

Sybase ETL 4.9 (Japanese)

Sybase ETL 4.8

Sybase ETL 4.8 - Simplified Chinese

Sybase ETL 4.8 - Japanese

SAP Sybase Event Stream Processor 5.1 SP04

SAP Sybase Event Stream Processor 5.1 SP03

SAP Sybase Event Stream Processor 5.1 SP02

Sybase Event Stream Processor 5.1 SP01

Sybase Event Stream Processor 5.1

Sybase Event Stream Processor 5.0

Sybase Event Stream Processor 5.0 (Japanese)

SAP Sybase IQ 16.0 SP04

SAP Sybase IQ 16.0 SP03

SAP Sybase IQ 16.0 SP03 (Japanese)

SAP Sybase IQ 16.0 SP03 (Simplified Chinese)

SAP Sybase IQ 16.0 SP2

SAP Sybase IQ 16.0 SP01

SAP Sybase IQ 16.0

Sybase IQ 15.4

Sybase IQ 15.4 (Japanese)

Sybase IQ 15.4 (Simplified Chinese)

Sybase IQ 15.3

Sybase IQ InfoPrimer 15.3

Sybase IQ 15.3 (Japanese)

Sybase IQ 15.3 (Simplified Chinese)

Sybase IQ 15.2

Sybase IQ 15.2 - (Japanese)

Sybase IQ 15.2 (Simplified Chinese)

Sybase IQ 15.1

Sybase IQ 15.1 (Japanese)

Sybase IQ 15.1 - Simplified Chinese

Sybase IQ 15.0

Sybase mBanking 365 3.0

Sybase mBanking 365 2.1

Sybase mBanking 365 2.0

Sybase Mobile Sales for SAP CRM 1.2.1

Sybase Mobile Sales for SAP CRM 1.2

Sybase Mobile Sales for SAP CRM 1.1

Sybase Mobile Sales for SAP CRM 1.0

Sybase Mobile Workflow for SAP Business Suite 1.2.1

Sybase Mobile Workflow for SAP Business Suite 1.2

Sybase Mobile Workflow for SAP Business Suite 1.1

Sybase Mobiliser Platform 5.1 SP03

Sybase Mobiliser Platform 5.1

Sybase Mobiliser Platform 5.0

Sybase SAP DOE Connector 2.1

Sybase SAP DOE Connector 2.0

Sybase Search 3.1

Sybase Unwired Platform 2.2 SP05

Sybase Unwired Platform 2.2 SP04

Sybase Unwired Platform 2.2 SP03

Sybase Unwired Platform 2.2

Sybase Unwired Platform 2.1 ESD #3

Sybase Unwired Platform 2.1 ESD #2

Sybase Unwired Platform 2.1 ESD #1

Sybase Unwired Platform 2.1

Sybase Unwired Platform 2.0 ESD #1

Sybase Unwired Platform 2.0

Sybase Unwired Platform 1.5.5

Sybase Unwired Platform 1.5.3

Sybase Unwired Platform 1.5.2

Sybase Unwired Platform 1.2.4

Sybase Unwired Platform 1.2.2

Sybase Unwired Platform 1.2.1

Sybase Unwired Platform 1.2

Sybase WorkSpace 2.5

Sybase WorkSpace 2.1.2

Sybase WorkSpace 2.1

Sybase WorkSpace 2.0.2

SyBooks 3.4

SyBooks 3.0.1

SySAM Documentation

SySAM Documentation - Japanese

SySAM Documentation - Simplified Chinese

SyBooks Online Infocenter Help