Identifying server information required for configuration

To configure your environment, you must gather information about the servers in your environment.

The RCM must know the following about the Adaptive Servers in your environment:

• The names of the active and the standby databases and servers as defined in the Sybase sql.ini (Windows) or interfaces (UNIX) file

• The names of the computers that host the active and standby Adaptive Servers

• The login that has permission to start the Replication Agent thread

• The administrative login the RCM must use

  This login must be the same on both the active and standby Adaptive Servers.

The RCM must know the following about the Replication Server in your environment:

• The name of the Replication Server

• The name of the computer that hosts the Replication Server

• The logical connection names

• The RCM login to Replication Server (set by the RS_USER parameter in the RCM configuration file) that has privileges to execute the following commands: switch active, suspend log transfer from all, admin quiesce_force_rsi, admin logical_status, and admin health.

Gather information about your OpenSwitch servers:

• The names of the OpenSwitch servers

• The coordination module user login that the RCM uses

• The active and standby server names

• Configuration settings

• Pool settings

See the OpenSwitch Administration Guide for more information.

You must configure OpenSwitch to direct all application end-user pool connections to the active Adaptive Server unless it is down, in which case, to direct them to the standby Adaptive Server.

You can configure the DSS user pool to connect to either of the Adaptive Servers, or to connect only to the standby Adaptive Server.