Administers Replication Agent instances.
ra_admin [option [create options]] [inst_name]
The inst_name string must be a valid server name, and unique on the host machine.
When you use the -f option to copy an existing Replication Agent configuration, you need not specify the -t option. The primary database type specified for the existing Replication Agent instance is copied to the configuration of the new Replication Agent instance when you specify the -f option.
The port_num must be a valid port number and unique on the Replication Agent host machine. For Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server, Replication Agent also requires that a second port, port_num+1, must be available for the RASD.
When you use -c, you can specify the configuration of the new Replication Agent instance to be based on the configuration file for an existing Replication Agent instance. To do this, use the -f option.
The old_inst string is the name of the existing Replication Agent instance whose configuration you want to copy for the new Replication Agent instance.
When you use the -f option to copy an existing Replication Agent configuration, you need not specify the -t option. The primary database type specified for the existing Replication Agent instance is copied to the configuration of the new Replication Agent instance when you specify the -f option.
The inst_name string must be the name of an existing Replication Agent instance.
When you invoke ra_admin with the -d option, the utility deletes all of the subdirectories associated with the specified instance from the Replication Agent installation directory.
source_installation_dir – upgrade all instances of Replication Agent in the specified source installation directory from the current product installation directory.
source_instance_dir – upgrade one instance of Replication Agent in the specified source instance directory from the current product installation directory. The instance is first copied to and then updated within the current product installation directory.
all – upgrade all instances of Replication Agent within the current product installation directory. The configuration files are backed up before the upgrade for use in error recovery, if required. If an error occurs, the upgrade is rolled back.
The all option requires relatively less space because upgrades are performed directly on instances within the current product installation directory, not to copies. However, reversing an upgrade is more difficult for the same reason.
instance_name |instance= instance_name – upgrade only the specified instance in the current product installation directory. The upgrade is performed directly on the specified instance, not to a copy. The configuration file is backed up before the upgrade for use in error recovery, if required. If an error occurs, the upgrade is rolled back.
Creates, copies, deletes, and verifies Replication Agent instances.
Lists all valid Replication Agent instances on the Replication Agent host machine.
Returns the path of the Replication Agent installation directory.
Creates an output file in the $SYBASE/RAX-15_5/admin_logs directory. The format of the file name is adminmmddyyyy_hhmmss.log, where mmddyyy and hhmmss are the current date and time.
Upgrades Replication Agent instances.
To run ra_admin, invoke it as a command at the operating system prompt.