Check for and resolve error messages
found in the error logs before checking
for failures throughout your replication system.
- Maintain open windows for all error logs, including:
- Replication
Server error logs (including a window for Replication Server standard
error output (stderr))
- Replication Agent
logs (such as Replication Agent for DB2)
- rs_init error log when setting up or configuring Replication Server.
- Any
data server error logs (such as Adaptive Server)
- Any gateway error logs (such as
DirectConnect™ or OmniConnect™)
- Scan the Replication Agent, data server,
and gateway error logs to see if you can immediately find an error
message that describes the cause of the error. If you find an error,
see the documentation for the Replication Agent, data server, or
gateway to solve the problem.
- Scan the rs_init, Adaptive Server (for RepAgent error messages), and
Replication Server error logs for error messages.
- When you find an error, search for the error message in the Replication Server Troubleshooting Guide, and apply the documented workaround.
- If you cannot find the error message, look in one of these error message text files in the $SYBASE/$SYBASE_REP/doc directory
on UNIX platforms or the %SYBASE%\%SYBASE_REP%\doc directory
on Windows:
- error_messages_rs for
Replication Server error messages
- error_messages_subcmp for rs_subcmp error
messages
These text files contain the text of the error message,
a brief description of the error, its cause, and, sometimes, how
to fix it.