Before you create or modify routes, you must verify that the relevant components of your replication system are running, and you have designed your routes.
Ensure that you have carefully determined where routes are needed in your system. As part of the design process, you must know where each source Replication Server and its destination Replication Servers reside.
Identify which routes are direct and which are indirect. Indirect routes carry messages to destination Replication Servers through one or more intermediate Replication Servers. Using direct versus indirect routes can have a noticeable effect on system performance.
If you are creating a direct route, define the destination Replication Server in the interfaces file at the site of the source Replication Server.
Verify you have an interfaces file entry for the RSSD of the destination Replication Server.
Ensure the source, destination, and any intermediate Replication Servers in the route are running.
Ensure that the RepAgent thread for the source Replication Server RSSD is running.
See the Replication Server Design Guide.