Release 10.1C: OpenEdge Replication:
User Guide


Target database access

The type of access allowed on the target database depends on which OpenEdge Replication product you have installed and the activity being performed by the OpenEdge Replication agent, as follows:

Limited logins are allowed immediately after the agent completes its startup. Normal logins that allow the access listed in Table 3–2 are allowed after synchronization completes.

Table 3–2: Standard system-level access to target database 
Tool
Description
Shut down
PROSHUT command to shut down the database
Monitor
PROMON utility that displays database information
AIW
A background process that writes AI buffers to disk soon after they are filled
BIW
A background process that continually writes filled BI buffers to disk
WDOG
The watchdog that cleans up after improperly terminated processes
OpenEdge Replication agent
Receives information from the OpenEdge Replication server and updates the target database
OpenEdge Replication Utility DSRUTIL
Allows you to perform specific OpenEdge Replication agent and target database commands
Database agent
Provides information to OpenEdgeŽ Management about the status of the database

If the OpenEdge Replication agent is transitioning the target database to a normal OpenEdge database, critical system-level commands are allowed to access the database, as shown in Table 3–3.

Table 3–3: System-level access to target database during transition 
System-level activity
Description
Shut down
PROSHUT command to shut down the database.
Monitor
PROMON that displays database information.
WDOG
The watchdog cleans up after improperly terminated processes.

When transition is complete and the target database becomes a normal OpenEdge database, all traditional database activity is allowed.

Connecting a client to a target database in read-only mode (-RO) is never allowed. If the target database transitions to a normal OpenEdge database, read-only mode is allowed.


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