Chapter 1: Introduction to ASE Replicator


About this book

The ASE Replicator User’s Guide describes how to use the ASE Replicator feature of Sybase® Adaptive Server® Enterprise (ASE) to implement basic replication from a primary Adaptive Server to one or more remote Adaptive Servers.

Audience

This book is intended for System Administrators and Database Administrators who want to implement simple Adaptive Server replication with ASE Replicator.

How to use this book

This book contains the following chapters:

Chapter 1, “Introduction to ASE Replicator,” provides an introduction to replication system concepts and an overview of the ASE Replicator. This chapter describes the major ASE Replicator components and explains how they work.

Chapter 2, “Setting Up and Starting ASE Replicator,” describes the initial setup and configuration procedures for ASE Replicator. The setup procedures in this chapter must be performed after installation of the software and before replication can begin.

Chapter 3, “Administering ASE Replicator,” describes administrative operations, including managing and monitoring ASE Replicator and the replication system.

Chapter 4, “ASE Replicator Procedures,” describes the ASE Replicator command procedures in detail, including syntax, options, usage, and examples.

Chapter 5, “Troubleshooting ASE Replicator,” describes basic troubleshooting and recovery procedures for ASE Replicator.

Appendix A, “Distribution Database Schema,” describes the schema of the Distribution Database.

Related documents

The Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise documentation set consists of the following:

Other sources of information

Use the Sybase Getting Started CD, the SyBooks™ CD, and the Sybase Product Manuals Web site to learn more about your product:

Sybase certifications on the Web

Technical documentation at the Sybase Web site is updated frequently.

StepsFinding the latest information on product certifications

  1. Point your Web browser to Technical Documents.

  2. Select Products from the navigation bar on the left.

  3. Select a product name from the product list and click Go.

  4. Select the Certification Report filter, specify a time frame, and click Go.

  5. Click a Certification Report title to display the report.

StepsFinding the latest information on component certifications

  1. Point your Web browser to Availability and Certification Reports.

  2. Either select the product family and product under Search by Product, or select the platform and product under Search by Platform.

  3. Select Search to display the availability and certification report for the selection.

StepsCreating a personalized view of the Sybase Web site (including support pages)

Set up a MySybase profile. MySybase is a free service that allows you to create a personalized view of Sybase Web pages.

  1. Point your Web browser to Technical Documents.

  2. Click MySybase and create a MySybase profile.

Sybase EBFs and software maintenance

StepsFinding the latest information on EBFs and software maintenance

  1. Point your Web browser to the Sybase Support Page.

  2. Select EBFs/Maintenance. If prompted, enter your MySybase user name and password.

  3. Select a product.

  4. Specify a time frame and click Go. A list of EBFs/Maintenance releases is displayed.

    Padlock icons indicate that you do not have download authorization for certain EBFs/Maintenance releases because you are not registered as a Technical Support Contact. If you have not registered, but have valid information provided by your Sybase representative or through your support contract, click Edit Roles to add the “Technical Support Contact” role to your MySybase profile.

  5. Click the Info icon to display the EBFs/Maintenance report, or click the product description to download the software.

Conventions

The following style conventions are used in this manual:

Table 1 shows the conventions for syntax statements that appear in this manual:

Table 1: Syntax statement conventions

Key

Definition

command

Command names, command option names, configuration parameter names, and other keywords are in this font in body text.

variable

Variables, options, or words that stand for values that you fill in, are in this font in body text.

{ }

Curly braces indicate that you choose at least one of the enclosed options. Do not include braces in your option.

[ ]

Brackets mean choosing one or more of the enclosed options is optional. Do not include brackets in your option.

( )

Parentheses are to be typed as part of the command.

|

The vertical bar means you may select only one of the options shown.

,

The comma means you may choose as many of the options shown as you like, separating your choices with commas to be typed as part of the command.

In this manual, most of the examples are in lowercase. However, you can disregard case when typing Transact-SQL keywords. For example, SELECT, Select, and select are the same.

Adaptive Server’s sensitivity to the case of database objects, such as table names, depends on the sort order installed on Adaptive Server. You can change case sensitivity for single-byte character sets by reconfiguring the Adaptive Server sort order. See the System Administration Guide for more information.

Accessibility features

This document is available in an HTML version that is specialized for accessibility. You can navigate the HTML with an adaptive technology such as a screen reader, or view it with a screen enlarger.

Adaptive Server HTML documentation has been tested for compliance with U.S. government Section 508 Accessibility requirements. Documents that comply with Section 508 generally also meet non-U.S. accessibility guidelines, such as the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) guidelines for Web sites.

NoteYou might need to configure your accessibility tool for optimal use. Some screen readers pronounce text based on its case; for example, they pronounce ALL UPPERCASE TEXT as initials, and MixedCase Text as words. You might find it helpful to configure your tool to announce syntax conventions. Consult the documentation for your tool.

For information about how Sybase supports accessibility, see Sybase Accessibility. The Sybase Accessibility site includes links to information on Section 508 and W3C standards.

If you need help

Each Sybase installation that has purchased a support contract has one or more designated people who are authorized to contact Sybase Technical Support. If you cannot resolve a problem using the manuals or online help, please have the designated person contact Sybase Technical Support or the Sybase subsidiary in your area.





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