SAP® supports a basic replication system from an SAP® Adaptive Server®
Enterprise (SAP® ASE) server to another ASE server, and a heterogeneous replication system,
where one or more servers is not an ASE.
Basic Replication System
A basic SAP replication system consists of a primary SAP ASE database, a SAP Replication Server®, and a replicate SAP ASE database.
Heterogeneous Replication System
A heterogeneous SAP replication system consists of data-changing operations between two databases of the same or different vendors (except ASE to ASE).
SAP Replication System Components
The replication system components are described by their function and role in an SAP replication system.
Non-ASE Replication
When replicating with non-ASE servers, you must consider issues that are specific to the data server's role in the replication system regardless of the type or brand of a data server.
Heterogeneous Replication Limitations
There are some possible limitations of a heterogeneous replication system, depending on the particular databases involved, and based on SAP replication technology.