Setting Up Connection Parameters for the Primary Database

Configure connectivity to the primary database.

Log in to the Replication Agent administration port, and verify that the Replication Agent instance is in Admin state:
```
ra_status
```
If the instance is not in the Admin state, change it to the Admin state:
```
suspend
```
Specify the primary data server host name:
```
ra_config pds_hostname, pds_host
```
where pds_host is the network name of the primary data server host machine.
Specify the primary data server port number:
```
ra_config pds_port_number, NNN
```
where NNN is the number of the network port where the primary data server listens for connections.
Specify the primary database name:
```
ra_config pds_database_name, pdb
```
where pdb is the database name of the primary database.
Specify the primary data server user login name for the Replication Agent instance:
```
ra_config pds_username, ra_pds_user
```
where ra_pds_user is the user login name that the Replication Agent uses to log in to the primary data server.
Specify the password for the Replication Agent user login:
```
ra_config pds_password, ra_pds_pwd
```
where ra_pds_pwd is the password for the user login name that the Replication Agent uses to log in to the primary data server.

After you set up connection configuration parameters for the primary database, you can use the Replication Agent test_connection PDS command to test connectivity between the Replication Agent and the primary database.