Starting an instance with the ra utility

When you start the Replication Agent with the ra utility, you can specify the instance start-up state. If you do not specify a start-up state when you invoke the ra utility, the Replication Agent instance starts in its default Admin state.

You must set the SYBASE environment before you invoke the Replication Agent ra utility. See “Preparing to use the utilities” for more information.

To start Replication Agent with the ra utility

Open an operating system command window on the Replication Agent host machine.
At the operating system prompt, navigate to the Replication Agent bin directory.
- On Windows platforms, enter:
```
cd %SYBASE%\RAX-15_0\bin
```
  where %SYBASE% is the path to the Replication Agent installation directory.
- On UNIX platforms, enter:
```
cd $SYBASE/RAX-15_0/bin
```
  where $SYBASE is the path to the Replication Agent installation directory.
In the Replication Agent bin directory, invoke the ra utility to start the Replication Agent instance:
```
ra -iinst_name
```
or
```
ra -iinst_name -state
```
where:
- inst_name is the server name of the Replication Agent instance.
- state is the optional keyword for the start-up state:
  - admin – starts the Replication Agent instance in Admin state.
  - replicate – starts the Replication Agent instance in Replicating state.
  If you do not specify the state option, Replication Agent starts up in Admin state.
For example, to start the Replication Agent instance named “my_ra” in Replicating state:
```
ra -i my_ra -replicate
```

After you start the Replication Agent instance, you must open another operating system command window to log in to its administration port.

See “Using the ra utility” for more information.