In a test environment, you may occasionally need to reset the replication environment. Instead of deleting and re-creating a new Mirror Replication Agent instance, use this procedure to facilitate resetting the environment:
To reset the primary database for replication
Protect your new environment from old log information by using the following command in the Mirror Replication Agent to archive all current redo log data:
pdb_init move_truncpt
Alternately, you can use the following Oracle command:
alter system archive log current ;
To retain marking and log device information, re-initialize the Mirror Replication Agent using ra_init with the force option, which forces the Mirror Replication Agent repository to be refreshed instead of overwritten:
ra_init force
If you prefer to delete and replace all the information
in the Mirror Replication Agent repository, issue the ra_deinit command
followed by a normal ra_init command
(without the force option).
For more information about the ra_init command, see the Mirror Replication Agent Reference Manual.
Zero-out the locator stored in Replication Server using the rs_zeroltm command. For example:
isql -USAMPLE_RS_RSSD_prim -PSAMPLE_RS_RSSD_prim_ps -SSAMPLE_RS_ERSSD -DSAMPLE_RS_ERSSDrs_zeroltm NY, NYora92 go
The following is displayed:
Locator has been reset to zero. (return status = 0)
