The Mirror Replication Agent mro utility provides the following functions:
Starts a specified Mirror Replication Agent instance
Returns the Mirror Replication Agent software version number
For information about creating a Mirror Replication Agent instance, see “Creating a Mirror Replication Agent instance”.
To run the mro utility, invoke it as a command at the operating system prompt.
mro [-help | -i inst_name [-state] | -v]
-help
The option that returns command usage information.
You can also invoke mro 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 software version number.
To start a Mirror Replication Agent instance named “my_mro” in Replicating state, enter the following command at the operating system prompt:
mro -i my_mro -replicate
For more information about starting a Mirror Replication Agent instance, see “Starting the Mirror Replication Agent”.
For more information about Admin and Replicating states, see “Understanding Mirror Replication Agent states”.
If the Mirror Replication Agent instance encounters start-up errors:
On Microsoft Windows platforms, start-up errors are displayed in the operating system command window.
On UNIX platforms, start-up errors are displayed in the operating system command window and recorded in the Mirror Replication Agent system log.
For more information, see Chapter 4, “Troubleshooting Mirror Replication Agent.”
