Sybase® Replication Server® maintains replicated data at multiple sites on a network. Organizations with geographically distant sites can use Replication Server to create distributed database applications with better performance and data availability than a centralized database system can provide.
This book, Replication Server Administration Guide, provides an overview of how Replication Server works, and describes Replication Server administrative tasks.
The Replication Server Administration Guide is for replication system administrators, who manage the routine operation of their Replication Servers. Any user who has been granted the sa permission can be a replication system administrator, although each Replication Server usually has just one.
This book contains the following chapters:
Chapter 1, “Introduction” introduces you to Replication Server, describing the role it plays in a distributed database system and its concepts and components.
Chapter 2, “Replication Server Technical Overview” provides a technical overview of the replication system, giving you the background necessary to maintain and troubleshoot the system.
Chapter 3, “Managing Replication Server with Sybase Central”describes using Sybase Central’s Replication Manager plug-in, which is a graphical tool for managing Replication Server.
Chapter 4, “Managing a Replication System” describes basic operations such as starting, stopping, and configuring Replication Server.
Chapter 5, “Setting Up and Managing RepAgent,” describes how to set up, configure and manage RepAgent.
Chapter 6, “Managing Routes” describes how to create and manage routes between source and destination Replication Servers.
Chapter 7, “Managing Database Connections” describes how to prepare databases for replication and how to create and manage connections between databases and Replication Servers.
Chapter 8, “Managing Replication Server Security” describes how to create and modify login names, passwords, and permissions and how to set up network-based security.
Chapter 9, “Managing Replicated Tables” describes how to set up and manage replicated tables.
Chapter 10, “Managing Replicated Functions” describes how to copy the execution of user stored procedures to remote sites in a replication system using replication definitions.
Chapter 11, “Managing Subscriptions” describes how to create and manage subscriptions, which allow Replication Server to replicate data between databases.
Chapter 12, “Managing Replicated Objects Using Multi-Site Availability,” describes how to create and manage database replication definitions and database subscriptions.
Volume 2 of the System Administration Guide contains these chapters:
Chapter 1, “Verifying and Monitoring Replication Server” describes checking error logs, verifying that the components of a replication system are running, and monitoring the status of system components and processes.
Chapter 2, “Customizing Database Operations” describes how to use functions, function strings, and function-string classes to customize data replication with Adaptive Server® Enterprise and data servers from other vendors.
Chapter 3, “Managing Warm Standby Applications” describes how to create and manage warm standby applications.
Chapter 4, “Performance Tuning” describes how to manage resources effectively and optimize the performance of individual Replication Servers.
Chapter 5, “Using Counters to Monitor Performance” describes Replication Server counters and how to use them.
Chapter 6, “Handling Errors and Exceptions” discusses error conditions and failed transactions and how to customize data server responses to errors.
Chapter 7, “Replication System Recovery” describes replication system failure conditions and provides procedures for recovering from them.
Appendix A, “Asynchronous Procedures” describes a method for replicating stored procedures associated with table replication definitions.
Appendix B, “High Availability on Sun Cluster 2.2,” provides background and procedures for configuring Sybase Replication Server for high availability (HA) on Sun Cluster 2.2.
The Sybase Replication Server documentation set consists of the following:
The release bulletin for your platform – contains last-minute information that was too late to be included in the books.
A more recent version of the release bulletin may be available on the World Wide Web. To check for critical product or document information that was added after the release of the product CD, use the Sybase® Technical Library.
Installation Guide for your platform – describes installation and upgrade procedures for all Replication Server and related products.
What’s New in Replication Server? – describes the new features in Replication Server version 15.0 and the system changes added to support those features.
Administration Guide (this book) – contains an introduction to replication systems. This manual includes information and guidelines for creating and managing a replication system, setting up security, recovering from system failures, and improving performance.
Configuration Guide for your platform – describes configuration procedures for all Replication Server and related products, and explains how to use the rs_init configuration utility.
Design Guide – contains information about designing a replication system and integrating heterogeneous data servers into a replication system.
Getting Started with Replication Server – provides step-by-step instructions for installing and setting up a simple replication system.
Heterogeneous Replication Guide – describes how to use Replication Server to replicate data between databases supplied by different vendors.
Reference Manual – contains the syntax and detailed descriptions of Replication Server commands in the Replication Command Language (RCL); Replication Server system functions; Sybase Adaptive Server commands, system procedures, and stored procedures used with Replication Server; Replication Server executable programs; and Replication Server system tables.
System Tables Diagram – illustrates system tables and their entity relationships in a poster format. Available only in print version.
Troubleshooting Guide – contains information to aid in diagnosing and correcting problems in the replication system.
Replication Manager plug-in help, which contains information about using Sybase Central™ to manage Replication Server.
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