Enables or disables the network connection to the primary Replication Server.
true
true – enables the network connection to the Replication Server.
false – disables the network connection to the Replication Server.
When the value of the connect_to_rs parameter is false, the network connection from the Replication Agent to the Replication Server is disabled, and no replication can occur.
When the network connection to the Replication Server is disabled by the connect_to_rs parameter, the Replication Agent instance can still go to Replicating state, with the following limitations:
A “dummy” connection in the Replication Agent emulates a real connection to the Replication Server.
The value of the LTM Locator stored in the Replication Agent transaction log is set to zero.
The Maintenance User name is set to an invalid user ID.
Maintenance User operations cannot be filtered when
the value of the connect_to_rs parameter
is false.
You can use the connect_to_rs parameter to temporarily disable the network connection to the Replication Server for testing.
When the value of the connect_to_rs parameter is false, you can put the Replication Agent instance in Replicating state, set the value of the LTITRACELTL trace flag to true, and view a readable representation of the LTL that would have been sent to the Replication Server if the connection had not been disabled.
During normal Replication Agent operation, the value of the connect_to_rs parameter must be true.
