Preparing for Start-Up

Before you can start a Replication Agent instance and connect to the primary data server, you must set all required variables.

1. Add the location of the JDBC driver for the primary database to the CLASSPATH environment variable.

   See the Replication Agent Primary Database Guide for more information about installing and setting up the JDBC driver for the primary database and setting up Replication Agent connectivity.

2. If the character set on your Replication Agent is different from the one on your primary database, you need to set the RA_JAVA_DFLT_CHARSET environment variable, so it is the same as that of the primary database.

See the Replication Agent Primary Database Guide for more information about connectivity requirements specific to your primary database.