Table 1-1 lists the locations in the Replication Agent documentation of the tasks involved in installing, using, and troubleshooting Replication Agent. Each of the guides listed in this table includes a preface, this overview chapter, and a glossary of technical terms.
Replication Agent for DB2 UDB Installation Guide for OS/390 |
Plan your Replication Agent installation Includes information about installation preparation, including software requirements, operational considerations, and filling out the Replication Agent Installation Worksheet:
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Install Replication Agent Includes instructions for installing the Replication Agent software, granting permissions, and configuring Replication Extract.
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Set up communications Includes information about setting up TCP/IP communications between Replication Agent and Replication Server:
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Verify your installation Includes information about setting required configuration parameter values, and testing connections with the PING and PINGRS utilities:
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Reference information
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Replication Agent for DB2 UDB User’s and Troubleshooting Guide for OS/390 |
Start and stop Replication Agent Includes information about starting, stopping, and troubleshooting Replication Agent using trace commands: |
Prepare for replication Includes information about preparing your replication environment for Replication Agent operations, including Replication Server setup, materializing replicate tables, and marking source data for replication: |
Work with Replication Agent system tables Includes information about using the Replication Agent system tables on DB2 to coordinate bulk materialization and mark tables for replication: |
Work with datatype conversions Includes information about LTM for MVS datatypes, Adaptive Server datatypes, and Replication Agent datatype conversion handling: |
Troubleshoot Replication Agent Includes information about basic troubleshooting procedures, start-up problems, restrictions, and failure and recovery: |
Understand Replication Agent messages Includes information, error, and warning messages written to log files and to the MVS operator console, accompanied by recommendations for user responses: |
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