There are two ways to start a Replication Agent instance:
Using the ra command line utility
Using the Administrator GUI
The Replication Agent ra command line utility allows you to start or launch a Replication Agent instance. When you start a Replication Agent instance with the ra utility, you can specify the start-up state.
If you do not specify a start-up state on the command
line when you invoke the ra command, the Replication Agent instance
goes to the Admin state by default.
To start a Replication Agent instance with the ra utility
Type the following command at the operating system prompt:
ra -iinst_name -state
where inst_name is the name of the Replication Agent instance you want to launch and state is the keyword for the start-up state.
See “Using the ra utility” for more information about using the ra utility.
The Administrator GUI utility allows you to start or launch a Replication Agent instance. When you start a Replication Agent instance with the Administrator GUI, the Replication Agent instance is always started in the default Admin start-up state.
To start a Replication Agent instance with Administrator
Start Administrator.
Select the Replication Agent instance(s) you want to start from the List of instances.
Click Start.
The Running? column changes to yes.
Click Done to exit the Administrator utility.
See “Using the Administrator GUI” for more information.
