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DB2 Replication Guide and Reference


Overview of Replication Administration Steps

When setting up the replication environment, you can use the Control Center to manage the source and target table definitions and the control tables. See Replication Products for information about how the Control Center is packaged. The following list describes the high-level steps you use to administer your replication objects. See Chapter 3. Getting Started for a sample scenario for most of these tasks.

  1. Check and optionally update the default settings in the Tools Settings notebook.

  2. Review the DPCNTL file for your platform to determine whether you need to customize the control tables for your site.

  3. Optionally customize the DPCNTL file for your platform and site requirements. See Working with Customized Replication Control Tables for more information.

  4. Define and manage replication sources. See Chapter 8. Working with Replication Sources for more information.

  5. Define and manage replication subscriptions. See Chapter 9. Working with Replication Targets for more information.

Once you have created the control tables and defined the replication sources and targets, you need to configure and run the Capture and Apply programs to begin replicating data.

This chapter describes the following tasks:


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