Creating a Sybase Replication Server

Before you begin

• A node is available to be used for provisioning.
• The node meets all of the system requirements defined in the Sybase installation documentation for the Replication Server.
• Sybase Replication Server media is mounted on the node as described in Sybase media location requirements.

To create a Sybase Replication Server

1. From the Management Console, select the node on which you want to create a Sybase Replication Server.
2. Select Provision > Add Sybase Repserver.

3. In the Naming page, populate the following fields, and click Next.
4. If the Custom Fields page appears, enter values for the custom fields, and click Next.
    This page appears only when custom fields are defined in the BMC Database Automation XML template used for this provisioning activity. See Adding-custom-fields-to-a-template.
5. In the Home Selection section, select either an existing home for the Replication Server, or select Create New Home in the Use Existing Home field of the Use Existing Home page, and click Next.
   If you created a Sybase home for the version of the database being provisioned using the Add Sybase Repserver Home wizard, that home is available in the Use Existing Home field. Selecting that home skips the wizard to the Adaptive Server Configuration step.
    If a Sybase home does not exist for the version of the database being provisioned, select Create New Home in the Use Existing Homes field of the Use Existing Home page, and click Next.

6. In the Settings page, populate the following fields, and click Next.

7. In the Licensing Configuration page, populate the following fields, and click Next.

8. If you are configuring Sybase 15, in the SySAM Notification Configuration page, populate the following fields, and click Next.

9. In the ID Server Configuration page, populate the following fields, and click Next.

   Note

   The contents of this page vary depending on whether Create ID Server is selected. All possible fields are described in the field description table.

10. In the Replication Server Configuration page, populate the following fields, and click Next.

11. In the Replication Server System Database Configuration page, populate the following fields, and click Next.

    Note

    The contents of this page vary depending on whether the Use Embedded RSSD field is checked. All possible fields are described in the field description table.

12. If the Replication Server System Database Device Configuration page appears, populate the following fields, and click Next.
     This page displays when the Use Embedded RSSDfield in the previous step is cleared.

13. In the Replication Server Disk Partition Configuration page, populate the following fields, and click Next.

14. In the Replication Server Remote Site Correction Configuration page, populate the following fields, and click Next.

15. In the Localization Configuration page, populate the following fields, and click Next.
16. If the Character Set Configuration page appears, populate the following fields, and click Next.

17. Click Next. If the Configure Localizationbox is checked in the previous step, the following page appears.

18. In the Custom Scripts Configuration page, select any pre-provisioning or post-provisioning scripts that you want to run as follows, and click Next.

19. In the Job Options page, specify any of the following Job options, and click Next.

20. If the Change Control page displays, populate the following fields, and click Next.

    Note

    The Change Control page appears only when change control is configured for your environment. See Configuring-change-control.

21. In the Summary page, review the provisioning information.
    To make changes, do the following:
    1. Click Go to to return to the provisioning step that you want to edit.
    2. Make your changes.
    3. Click Save and Review to return to the Summary page.
22. Specify your verification preferences.
     For additional information, see Understanding-pre-verification-tests.
    • To continue with database creation after the pre-verification tests have been successfully run without manual intervention, select Automatically Continue If All Tests Succeed.

    • To create the database without having first run the pre-verification steps, select Skip Pre-Verification Tests.

      Note

      The Skip Pre-Verification Tests option should only be used when you are certain all tests can succeed. The option skips verification and advances directly to the actual provisioning activity.

23. Click Create Sybase Repserver.
     If you disabled the Automatically Continue If All Tests Succeed option, you are prompted to click Continueafter the pre-verification steps are done.

    Note

    If you close your browser or leave the pre-verification page before all checks are completed, the operation cannot continue.

    After the pre-verification steps are completed or have been skipped, the Replication Server creation process begins and a progress page appears.

    Note

    If you close your browser, the operation continues. You can return to this page by using the Jobs page.

24. Click the magnifying glass icon to view log file details.
25. If this procedure was not successful, see Troubleshooting.

26. Click Doneto complete this step and return to the Contents view of this domain.

    Note

    Detailed current and historical information surrounding BMC Database Automation Job activities can be viewed in the Jobs section of the Management Console. See Monitoring-jobs-and-viewing-job-history.