You must initialize the Mirror Replication Agent instance to populate the RASD with the information it needs about the primary database schema and transaction log devices.
This procedure requires the primary database to be quiesced.
To initialize the Mirror Replication Agent instance
Log in to the Mirror Replication Agent administration port.
Initialize the Mirror Replication Agent instance:
ra_init
You may need to alter the log device path(s) returned by the primary data server during Mirror Replication Agent initialization, so that the Mirror Replication Agent can access the mirror log devices.
To determine if you need to alter any default log device path, compare the path returned by the primary data server for each primary log device with the path for the corresponding mirror log device:
Use the Mirror Replication Agent ra_helpdevice command to view the log device path(s) returned by the primary data server during initialization.
If necessary, use the Mirror Replication Agent ra_devicepath command to alter the default log device path to point to the corresponding mirror log device.
See Chapter 4, “Mirror Replication Agent Command Reference,” for more information about the ra_devicepath and ra_helpdevice commands.
