Starting a Replication Server Using the Runserver File

Use the runserver file created by rs_init to start a Replication Server.

  1. Log in to your system as the “sybase” user. Replication Server must execute as “sybase” so that it has the permissions required to access its configuration file, log file, and disk partitions.
  2. Set the $SYBASE_REP and $SYBASE_OCS environment variables to the path of the Sybase installation directory, as described in the Replication Server Installation Guide.
  3. From the shell prompt, execute the runserver file as a background process. For example, enter this command to start the TOKYO_RS Replication Server:

    $SYBASE/$SYBASE_REP/RUN_TOKYO_RS &

    Diagnostic messages display as the servers start up. The messages are also recorded in the servers’ log files.

Parent topic: Start or Stop a Replication Server