Determining current Replication Agent status

The Replication Agent status consists of the current state and activity of the Replication Agent instance.

To determine the status of a Replication Agent instance

Log in to the Replication Agent administration port.
Once you have logged into the Replication Agent administration port, you can invoke the ra_status command:
```
1> ra_status
2> go
```
This command returns the status of the Replication Agent instance you logged into:
```
State  Action
------ ----------------------------
ADMIN  Waiting for operator command
(1 row affected)
```