A primary data server may employ a high-availability solution, such as failover clustering, to minimize downtime in the event of hardware or software
failure.
Although Replication Agent does not provide any high-availability
solutions, it works with a third-party high-availability solution for the primary
database if:
- Replication Agent is installed on a shared file system, such as
OCFS, a Network File System (NFS), or a Veritas Cluster Server (VCS). The
Replication Agent binaries, configuration files, and RASD files must be
installed on the system.
- A third-party cluster-management solution—such as Sun Cluster
Manager, Veritas Cluster Manager, or Oracle Cluster Ready Services (CRS) —is
used to automatically start Replication Agent in the event of failover.