You must initialize the Mirror Replication Agent instance to populate the RASD with the information it needs about the primary database schema and transaction log devices.
This procedure requires the primary database to be quiesced.
You can initialize the Mirror Replication Agent concurrently with the standby
database materialization.
Initializing the Mirror Replication Agent instance
Log in to the Mirror Replication Agent administration port.
Initialize the Mirror Replication Agent instance:
ra_init
After you initialize the Mirror Replication Agent instance, you may need to alter the log device paths returned by the primary data server during initialization, so that the Mirror Replication Agent can access the mirror log devices.
To determine if you need to alter any default log device path, compare the path returned by the primary data server for each primary log device with the path for the corresponding mirror log device:
Use the Mirror Replication Agent ra_helpdevice command to view the log device paths returned by the primary data server during initialization.
If necessary, use the Mirror Replication Agent ra_devicepath command to alter the default log device path to point to the corresponding mirror log device.
See the Mirror Replication Agent Reference Manual for more information about the ra_devicepath and ra_helpdevice commands.
When the Mirror Replication Agent is initialized, you can put the Mirror Replication Agent instance in Replicating state. See Chapter 3, “Administering Mirror Replication Agent” section “Changing the Mirror Replication Agent state.”
