Replication Agent Start-Up

To start a Replication Agent instance, you must log in to the Replication Agent host machine with a user name that has execute permission in the Replication Agent installation directory and all subdirectories (for example, the “sybase” user).

The RUN script and the raoagt_service utilities are batch files on Microsoft Windows and shell scripts on UNIX.

• Preparing for Start-Up
  Before you can start a Replication Agent instance and connect to the primary data server, you must set all required variables.
• Character Settings
  In a heterogeneous replication system, in which the primary and replicate data servers are different types, the data servers might not support the same character sets. In that case, replication system components must perform at least one character set conversion (from the primary data server character set to the replicate data server character set).
• Starting Replication Agent Using the rao Utility
  When you start the Replication Agent with rao, you can specify the instance start-up state. If you do not specify a start-up state when you invoke rao, the Replication Agent instance starts in its default Admin state.
• Starting a Replication Agent Instance with the RUN Script
  You can use the RUN script to start a Replication Agent instance.
• Starting Replication Agent Using raoagt_service
  You can use raoagt_service to start a Replication Agent instance.
• Starting Replication Agent from the Windows Services Tool
  You can use the Windows Services administration tool to start a Replication Agent instance both automatically and manually.