Stop Replication Agent and quiesce Replication Server to purge all inbound queues.
Replication Server 15.7 is available only on 64-bit platforms for all UNIX and Linux operating systems, and on 64-bit and 32-bit platforms on Windows. Therefore, upgrading to version 15.7 generally involves upgrading from a 32-bit platform and requires a purge of inbound queues. See the Replication Server Release
Bulletin for supported 64-bit platforms.
- On Replication Server, stop Replication Agent for all primary databases
and system databases:
suspend log transfer from all
- If you are using Adaptive Server as the RSSD, stop RepAgent for the RSSD:
sp_stop_rep_agent RSSD_name
- If there are incoming routes to the Replication Server you are upgrading, log in to the source Replication Server and suspend all routes to the Replication Server, dest_rs, you are upgrading:
- Verify that the Replication Server queues have been drained out and
the Replication Server you are upgrading has been quiesced by executing this command on the Replication Server:
If Replication Server is not yet quiesced, retry with admin quiesce_force_rsi.
Warning! You may lose data if you proceed with the upgrade process and
Replication Server is not quiesced.