A Replication Agent instance goes to the Admin state by default when it is started, when it is started with the -admin option, or when the quiesce or suspend command is invoked. In the Admin state, the Replication Agent instance is running, but it has no connections established to the primary database, the primary Replication Server, or the primary Replication Server RSSD.
You can perform any administrative operation while the Replication Agent instance is in the Admin state, including changing the value of any Replication Agent configuration parameter. Since there are no connections established when the Replication Agent instance is in the Admin state, you can change configuration parameters associated with communication protocols.
To change most of the Replication Agent configuration parameters,
the Replication Agent instance must be in the Admin state.
Replication Agent may also return to the Admin state from the Replicating state when a network failure or other error causes a Replication Agent connection to be dropped.
To go from the Admin state to the Replicating state, you must invoke the Replication Agent resume command.
