HP-UX Directory Server 8.1 administrator guide

1. In the Directory Server Console, select the Configuration tab.
2. Select the Replication Agreements folder in the left navigation tree, then select the Supplier
Server Settings tab in the right pane.
3. Clear the Enable Changelog checkbox.
This deletes the changelog.
4. Click Save.
5. Restart the Directory Server.
6. Reinitialize the consumers, as in “Initializing consumers”.
NOTE:
If the changelog is removed, the consumer servers must be reinitialized.
8.9.2 Moving the changelog to a new location
To delete the changelog while the server is still running and continuing to log changes, simply
move the changelog to a new location. By moving the changelog, a new changelog is created in
the specified directory, and the old changelog is deleted. Changing the location of the changelog
requires consumer reinitialization.
8.10 Initializing consumers
After a replication agreement is created, the consumer must be initialized; that is, the data must
be physically copied from the supplier server to the consumer servers. This section first describes
consumer initialization in detail, then provides instructions on the two different methods for
initializing consumers.
NOTE:
Replication will not begin until the consumer is initialized.
• “When to initialize a consumer”
• “Online consumer initialization using the console”
• “Initializing consumers online using the command line”
• “Manual consumer initialization using the command line”
• “Filesystem replica initialization”
8.10.1 When to initialize a consumer
Consumer initialization involves copying data from the supplier server to the consumer server.
After the subtree has been physically placed on the consumer, the supplier server can begin
replaying update operations to the consumer server.
Under normal operations, the consumer should not ever have to be reinitialized. However, any
time there is a chance that there is a big discrepancy between the supplier's data and the
consumer's, reinitialize the consumer. For example, if the data on the supplier server is restored
from backup, then all consumers supplied by that server should be reinitialize. As another
example, if the supplier has not been able to contact the consumer for a long time, like a week,
the supplier may determine that the consumer is too far out of date to be updated, and must be
reinitialized.
The consumer can either be initialized online using the Console or manually using the command
line. Online consumer initialization using the Console is an effective method of initializing a
small number of consumers. However, because each replica is initialized in sequence, this method
is not suited to initializing a large number of replicas. Online consumer initialization is the method
to use when the consumer is initialized as part of configuring the replication agreement on the
supplier server.
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