Shutting down a Replication Agent instance

To shut down a Replication Agent instance, you must log in to the instance’s administration port and invoke the shutdown command.

The Replication Agent shutdown command allows you to shut down a Replication Agent instance in one of two ways:

• normal shutdown – this is the default shutdown method. A normal shutdown first quiesces the Replication Agent instance before shutting down the instance.

• immediate – this shuts down and terminates the Replication Agent instance immediately, without first quiescing. To use this option, use the immediate keyword when you invoke the shutdown command.

  The shutdown command with no option (normal shutdown) is ignored if the Replication Agent instance is in transition from one state to another. You can invoke the shutdown command with the immediate keyword at any time, when the Replication Agent instance is in any state.

When a Replication Agent instance is quiesced, it does the following:

• Stops reading new entries in the transaction log

• Finishes processing any data already in its internal queues

• Starts its connection to the primary database if it is down and recycles its connection with the primary Replication Server

• Changes its state from Replicating to Admin

To shut down a Replication Agent instance

1. Log in to the Replication Agent administration port.

2. Once you have logged into the Replication Agent administration port, you can invoke the shutdown command:

   • Use the following command to shut down the Replication Agent instance gracefully:

     1> shutdown
     2> go
     

     This command first quiesces the Replication Agent instance before shutting it down.

   • Use the following command to shut down the Replication Agent instance immediately:

     1> shutdown immediate
     2> go
     

     This command shuts down and terminates the Replication Agent instance immediately, without first quiescing.

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