Enable the SAP Replication Server Gateway

Use the connect command to turn SAP Replication Server into a gateway to its RSSD, ID server, or to a remote SAP Replication Server.

Note: Issuing the connect command requires an sa role for the first login to SAP Replication Server.

Syntax:

connect [to] [rssd | idserver | srv_name | ds_name.db_name]

Parameters:

rssd – turns SAP Replication Server into a gateway to its RSSD. Allows the gateway to use RSSD_primary_user and RSSD_primary_pw entries in its configuration file.
idserver – turns SAP Replication Server into a gateway to its ID server, providing that the SAP Replication Server itself is not the ID server. Allows the gateway to use ID_user and ID_pw entries in the configuration file.
srv_name – the name of the remote SAP Replication Server you want the gateway to connect to. The SAP Replication Server gateway uses RSI to log into the remote server, and requires a direct route to the remote server.

Note: SAP Replication Server cannot directly connect to itself. However, you can work around this by using a cascading connection.
ds_name.db_name – the name of the remote data server and database that you want the gateway to connect to. The SAP Replication Server gateway uses the maintenance user to log into the remote data server. This allows you to perform tasks that maintenance users of the designated database are permitted to do. However, you cannot access the other databases defined in the data server you connected to.

SAP Replication Server gateway can directly connect to SAP ASE and SAP IQ as well as replicate data servers that are supported by Enterprise Connect Data Access (ECDA). You cannot use SAP Replication Server gateway to connect to replicate data servers if you are using one of the ExpressConnect products to communicate with those servers.