Before you can start a Mirror Replication Agent instance and connect to the primary data server, you must set all required variables:
Add the location of the JDBC driver for the primary database to the CLASSPATH environment variable.
See the Mirror Replication Agent Primary Database Guide for more information about installing and setting up the JDBC driver for the primary database and setting up Mirror Activator connectivity.
If the default character set on your Mirror Replication Agent host is different from the one on your primary database, you need to set the RA_JAVA_DFLT_CHARSET environment variable, so it is the same as that of the primary database. See the following section.
