The rs_init program prepares a database for replication. If the database has primary data, rs_init:
Creates an LTM configuration file
Creates a run file, an executable script to start the LTM
Starts the LTM
Sets the secondary truncation point to “valid” in the SQL Server database, preventing SQL Server from truncating database log records before the LTM has retrieved them
Refer to the Replication Server installation and configuration guides for your platform for details on each step.
If you are adding a database that requires an LTM, you specify the following information in rs_init:
LTM name
Replication Server user and password
LTM Administrator user and password
LTM error log file name
LTM configuration file name
LTM password encryption
LTM character set
LTM language
LTM sort order
LTM interfaces file information
