To start a Mirror Replication Agent instance, log in to the Mirror Replication Agent host machine with a user name that has execute permission in the Mirror Replication Agent installation directory and all subdirectories (for example, the “sybase” user).
Following are two ways you can start a Mirror Replication Agent instance:
Invoke the ma utility and specify the instance that you want to start, or
Invoke the RUN script for the instance that you want to start.
The ma utility and the RUN script are batch files on Microsoft Windows and shell scripts on UNIX.