Getting Started with Replication Server is for users of Adaptive Server® Enterprise who are new to Replication Server®. It provides step-by-step instructions for installing, configuring, and setting up a sample Replication Server and a simple replication environment for replicating data from one Adaptive Server database to another. It describes only those tasks necessary to set up a simple replication system.
The information in this book is organized as follows:
Chapter 1, “Before You Begin,” describes the information you need and the preliminary tasks you must perform before installing Replication Server.
Chapter 2, “Installing Replication Server,” provides instructions for downloading the Replication Server components to your machine.
Chapter 3, “Setting Up and Configuring the Replication Environment,” provides instructions for creating a replication environment and configuring that environment so that you can replicate data.
Chapter 4, “Managing Replication Server,” provides instructions for other tasks such as starting and stopping Replication Server and viewing logs.
In addition to this book, the Sybase® Replication Server documentation set consists of:
The release bulletin for your platform - contains last-minute information that was too late to be included in the books.
A more recent version of the release bulletin may be available on the World Wide Web. To check for critical product or document information that was added after the release of the product CD, use the Sybase Product Manuals.
Installation Guide for your platform – describes installation and upgrade procedures for all Replication Server and related products.
Configuration Guide for your platform – describes configuration procedures for Replication Server and related products.
Getting Started with Replication Server (this book) – provides step-by-step instructions for installing and setting up a simple replication system.
ASE-to-ASE Replication Quick Start Guide – provides information for Adaptive Server users who want to set up a Replication Server to replicate data from one Adaptive Server database to another.
New Features Guide – describes the new features in Replication Server.
Administration Guide – contains an introduction to replication systems. This manual includes information and guidelines for creating and managing a replication system, setting up security, recovering from system failures, and improving performance.
Design Guide – contains information about designing a replication system and integrating heterogeneous data servers into a replication system.
Heterogeneous Replication Guide and the Replication Server Options documentation set – describes how to use Replication Server to replicate data between databases supplied by different vendors.
Reference Manual – contains the syntax and detailed descriptions of Replication Server commands in the Replication Command Language (RCL); Replication Server system functions; Sybase Adaptive Server commands, system procedures, and stored procedures used with Replication Server; Replication Server executable programs; and Replication Server system tables.
System Tables Diagram – illustrates system tables and their entity relationships in a poster format. Available only in print version.
Troubleshooting Guide – contains information to aid in diagnosing and correcting problems in the replication system.
Replication Manager plug-in help, which contains information about using Sybase Central™ to manage Replication Server.
Use the Sybase Getting Started CD and the Sybase Product Manuals Web site to learn more about your product:
The Getting Started CD is included with your software and contains release bulletins, installation guides in PDF format, and other documents or updated information. To read or print documents on the Getting Started CD, you need Adobe Acrobat Reader, which you can download at no charge from the Adobe Web site using a link provided on the CD.
You can also access the documents available on the Getting Started CD from the Sybase Product Manuals Web site.
The Sybase Product Manuals Web site, which can be accessed using a standard Web browser, includes the Replication Server documents that are not included in the Getting Started CD. In addition to product manuals, you will find links to EBFs/Maintenance, Technical Documents, Case Management, Solved Cases, newsgroups, and the Sybase Developer Network.
To access the Sybase Product Manuals Web site, go to Product Manuals.
Technical documentation at the Sybase Web site is updated frequently.
Finding the latest information on product certifications
Point your Web browser to Technical Documents.
Click Partner Certification Report.
In the Partner Certification Report filter select a product, platform, and timeframe and then click Go.
Click a Partner Certification Report title to display the report.
Finding the latest information on component certifications
Point your Web browser to Availability and Certification Reports.
Either select the product family and product under Search by Base Product; or select the platform and product under Search by Platform.
Select Search to display the availability and certification report for the selection.
Creating a personalized view of the Sybase Web
site (including support pages)
Set up a MySybase profile. MySybase is a free service that allows you to create a personalized view of Sybase Web pages.
Point your Web browser to Technical Documents.
Click MySybase and create a MySybase profile.
Finding the latest information on EBFs and software
maintenance
Point your Web browser to the Sybase Support Page.
Select EBFs/Maintenance. If prompted, enter your MySybase user name and password.
Select a product.
Specify a time frame and click Go. A list of EBF/Maintenance releases is displayed.
Padlock icons indicate that you do not have download authorization for certain EBF/Maintenance releases because you are not registered as a Technical Support Contact. If you have not registered, but have valid information provided by your Sybase representative or through your support contract, click Edit Roles to add the “Technical Support Contact” role to your MySybase profile.
Click the Info icon to display the EBF/Maintenance report, or click the product description to download the software.
This section describes the style conventions and RCL command formatting conventions used in this book.
Examples that show the use of Replication Server RCL commands are printed as follows:
alter user louise set password somNIfic verify password EnnuI
Command names, command option names, program names, program flags, keywords, functions, and stored procedures are printed as follows:
Use alter user to change the password for a login name.
Variables, parameters, and user-supplied words are in italics in syntax and in paragraph text, as follows:
The set password new_passwd clause specifies a new password.
Names of database objects such as databases, tables, columns, and datatypes, are in italics.
Names of replication objects, such as function-string classes, error classes, replication definitions, and subscriptions, are in italics.
This document is available in an HTML version that is specialized for accessibility. You can navigate the HTML with an adaptive technology such as a screen reader, or view it with a screen enlarger.
Replication Server HTML documentation has been tested for compliance with U.S. government Section 508 Accessibility requirements. Documents that comply with Section 508 generally also meet non-U.S. accessibility guidelines, such as the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) guidelines for Web sites.
You might need to configure your accessibility tool
for optimal use. Some screen readers pronounce text based on its
case; for example, they pronounce ALL UPPERCASE TEXT as initials,
and MixedCase Text as words. You might find it helpful to configure
your tool to announce syntax conventions. Consult the documentation
for your tool.
For information about how Sybase supports accessibility, see Sybase Accessibility. The Sybase Accessibility site includes links to information on Section 508 and W3C standards.
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