In this chapter, we discuss:
Q replication administration tasks, which cover setting up the Q replication environment (as shown in the following diagram)
Administration of a running system
These tasks are represented by the various boxes, and will be highlighted as we go through the chapter:
Many of the administration tasks that we need to perform can be achieved using either the Replication Center (only on Linux and Windows) or ASNCLP commands.
The Replication Center can be started either by typing db2rc
from a command prompt, or on Windows through the Start menu:
Start | All Programs | IBM DB2 | DB2COPY1 | General Administration Tools | Replication Center
Many of the Replication Center fields have an eclipse button next to them:
If we are unsure as to the correct value for a field, we can press this button and a list of possible values to choose from will be displayed.
The final step of any task that we perform through the Replication Center takes us to the Run Now...