This book contains the following:
Chapter 1, “Introduction” introduces you to Replication Server, describing the role it plays in a distributed database system and its concepts and components.
Chapter 2, “Replication Server Technical Overview” provides a technical overview of the replication system, giving you the background necessary to maintain and troubleshoot the system.
Chapter 3, “Managing Replication Server with Sybase Central”describes using Sybase Central’s Replication Server Manager™ (RSM), which is a graphical tool for managing Replication Server.
Chapter 4, “Managing a Replication System” describes basic operations such as starting, stopping, and configuring Replication Server.
Chapter 5, “Setting Up and Managing RepAgent,” describes how to set up, configure and manage RepAgent.
Chapter 6, “Managing Routes” describes how to create and manage routes between source and destination Replication Servers.
Chapter 7, “Managing Database Connections” describes how to prepare databases for replication and how to create and manage connections between databases and Replication Servers.
Chapter 8, “Managing Replication Server Security” describes how to create and modify login names, passwords, and permissions and how to set up network-based security.
Chapter 9, “Managing Replicated Tables” describes how to set up and manage replicated tables.
Chapter 10, “Managing Replicated Functions” describes how to copy the execution of user stored procedures to remote sites in a replication system using replication definitions.
Chapter 11, “Managing Subscriptions” describes how to create and manage subscriptions, which allow Replication Server to replicate data between databases.
Chapter 12, “Managing Replicated Objects Using Multi-Site Availability,” describes how to create and manage database replication definitions and database subscriptions.
describes checking error logs, verifying that the components of a replication system are running, and monitoring the status of system components and processes.
describes how to use functions, function strings, and function-string classes to customize data replication with Sybase Adaptive Server® Enterprise and data servers from other vendors.
describes how to create and manage warm standby applications.
describes how to manage resources effectively and optimize the performance of individual Replication Servers.
describes Replication Server counters and how to use them.
discusses error conditions and failed transactions and how to customize data server responses to errors.
describes replication system failure conditions and provides procedures for recovering from them.
describes a method for replicating stored procedures associated with table replication definitions.
describes the Log Transfer Manager (LTM), the replication agent for SQL Server™ databases.
provides background and procedures for configuring Sybase Replication Server for high availability (HA) on Sun Cluster 2.2.
