The first Replication Server you install must be the ID Server. It must be running when you install new Replication Servers or add databases to the replication system.
To add a Replication Server to a replication system, use the rs_init program, as described in your platform’s installation and configuration guides. Always conduct a careful review and analysis of how the additional Replication Server will fit into your system. Determine the other processes that are required for the server and designate required names and accounts for these processes.
See “Creating an environment” for instructions on adding Replication Server in Sybase Central.
When you install each Replication Server, rs_init performs the following tasks:
Creates a configuration file for the Replication Server
Creates an executable run file to start the Replication Server
Sets RepAgent parameters at Adaptive Server
Creates and initializes the RSSD or the ERSSD.
Starts the Replication Server and RepAgent for the RSSD, as necessary
After you have executed rs_init for each Replication Server you are adding:
Determine the routing for the Replication Server, and modify the routes in the existing system to accommodate the new Replication Server.
See Chapter 6, “Managing Routes” for details.
If you want to add a new database, prepare that database for replication.
See Chapter 7, “Managing Database Connections” for details.
Grant users the appropriate permissions for Replication Server commands.
See Chapter 8, “Managing Replication Server Security” for details.
If applicable, add replication definitions, subscriptions, function-string classes, and error classes for the Replication Server.
See Chapter 9, “Managing Replicated Tables” and Chapter 11, “Managing Subscriptions.” See also Chapter 2, “Customizing Database Operations” and Chapter 6, “Handling Errors and Exceptions” in the Replication Server Administration Guide Volume 2 for more information.
