Start-up requirements

Before you can start a Replication Agent instance and connect to the primary data server, you must set all required variables.

See the Sybase Replication Agent Primary Database Guide for more information about connectivity requirements specific to your primary database.

Setting the CLASSPATH environment variable

Add the location of the JDBC driver for the primary database to the CLASSPATH environment variable.

See the Sybase Replication Agent Primary Database Guide for more information about installing and setting up the JDBC driver for the primary database and setting up Replication Agent connectivity.

Setting the Replication Agent character set to match the primary database

If the character set on your Replication Agent is different from the one on your primary database, you need to set the RA_JAVA_DFLT_CHARSET environment variable. The Replication Agent character set must be the same as that of the primary database. For more information, see the following section.