The Mirror Replication Agent mra utility provides the following functions:
Starts a specified Mirror Replication Agent instance
Returns the Mirror Replication Agent software version number
See “Using the mra_admin utility” for information about creating a Mirror Replication Agent instance.
To run the mra utility, invoke it as a command at the operating system prompt.
mra [-help | -i inst_name [-state] | -v]
-help
The option that returns command usage information.
You can also invoke mra with no option
specified to return command usage information.
-i inst_name
The option that specifies a Mirror Replication Agent instance to start, where inst_name is the name of an existing Mirror Replication Agent instance.
-state
The keyword that specifies a start-up state for the Mirror Replication Agent instance.
Valid -state values are:
-admin – starts the Mirror Replication Agent instance in Admin state. (This is the default start-up state.)
-replicate – starts the Mirror Replication Agent instance in Replicating state.
-v
The option that returns the Mirror Replication Agent version number.
To start a Mirror Replication Agent instance named “my_mra” in Replicating state, enter the following command at the operating system prompt:
mra -i my_mra -replicate
See “Starting the Mirror Replication Agent” for more information about starting a Mirror Replication Agent instance.
See “Mirror Replication Agent states” for more information about Admin and Replicating states.
