The Replication Agent ra utility provides the following functions:
Starts a specified Replication Agent instance
Returns the Replication Agent software version string
See “Using the ra_admin utility” for information about creating a Replication Agent instance.
To run the ra utility, invoke it as a command at the operating system prompt.
ra [-help | -i inst_name [-state] | -v]
-help
The option that returns command usage information.
You can also invoke ra with no option
specified to return command usage information.
-i inst_name
The option that specifies a Replication Agent instance to start, where inst_name is the name of an existing Replication Agent instance.
-state
The keyword that specifies a start-up state for the Replication Agent instance.
Valid -state values are:
-admin – starts the Replication Agent instance in Admin state. (This is the default start-up state.)
-replicate – starts the Replication Agent instance in Replicating state.
-v
The option that returns the Replication Agent software version number.
To start a Replication Agent instance named “my_ra” in Replicating state, enter the following command at the operating system prompt:
ra -i my_ra -replicate
See “Starting the Sybase Replication Agent” for more information about starting a Replication Agent instance.
If the Replication Agent instance encounters start-up errors:
On Microsoft Windows platforms, start-up errors are displayed in the operating system command window.
On UNIX platforms, start-up errors are displayed in the operating system command window and recorded in the Replication Agent system log.
See Chapter 4, “Troubleshooting Sybase Replication Agent,” for more information.
