The state of a Replication Agent instance indicates its current
operational condition, and determines which administrative tasks
you can perform.
Generally, there are only two reasons to change the state
of a Replication Agent instance:
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To perform
certain administrative or maintenance procedures (change the state
from Replicating to Admin)
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To restore normal replication processing (change
the state from Admin to Replicating),
either after an administrative or maintenance procedure, or after
recovery from an error
Replicating State to Admin State
To change the state of the Replication Agent instance from Replicating to Admin,
you can use either the quiesce or suspend command.
See the Replication Agent Reference Manual for
more detailed information about the quiesce and suspend commands.
Admin State to Replicating State
To change the state of the Replication Agent instance from Admin to Replicating, you
can use the resume command.
See the Replication Agent Reference Manual for
more detailed information about the resume command.