Replication Agent Utilities

The utilities provided with Replication Agent are raoagt_service, rao, and rao_admin.

raoagt_service – runs a Replication Agent instance as a Windows service.
rao – starts a Replication Agent instance, or returns the Replication Agent software version number.
rao_admin – creates, copies, verifies, and deletes Replication Agent instances, or lists all verifiable, installed Replication Agent instances on a machine.

Replication Agent utilities are supplied as batch files for Windows platforms and as shell scripts for UNIX platforms. The utility files reside in the bin subdirectory, under the Replication Agent base directory.

Note: On Windows platforms, when you execute a run script, you can omit the extension: rao -i my_ra. However, on UNIX, you must always include the extension: rao.sh -i my_ra.

You can use the -help option with either rao_admin or rao to obtain information about that utility.

Preparing to Use the Utilities
Perform these tasks before using the Replication Agent utilities.
The Command Line Interface
Use the command line interface to administer Replication Agent from the Windows or UNIX command line.

Parent topic: Setup and Configuration

Related concepts

The Command Line Interface