USER AND SERVER CONFIGURATION

Specifying replication settings for multiple replicas from one source replica
You can customize replication settings for multiple replicas of a database from one central source replica and then replicate these custom settings to the appropriate replicas. This approach to customizing replication allows you to centralize replication management and requires that you know the replication requirements for each replica.

The only replication settings you can specify using centralized management are "Replicate only a subset of the documents," to control which documents a replica receives, and "Receive these elements from other replicas," to control which non-document elements a replica receives.

Note that changing centrally-administered replication settings requires two replications for the changes to take effect: the first replication to replicate the new settings from the source server to the destination servers and a second replication to replicate based on the new settings. The second replication doesn't occur until the source database is updated in some other way; to force the new settings to take effect if the source database isn't updated, clear the replication history.

1. Make sure you understand replication settings.

2. Make sure you have Manager access in the ACL of the central source replica. Make sure that the central source replica has Manager access in the ACL of all destination replicas.

3. Do one of the following:

4. Click the Advanced panel.

5. To specify a destination server, click the computer icon next to "When computer," specify the name of the destination server, select Add Server, then click OK. Or accept the default entry. To specify an IBM® Lotus® Notes® client as a destination server, enter the Notes user's hierarchical name.

6. To specify a source server, click the computer icon next to "Receives from," specify the name of a source server, select Add Server, then click OK. Or accept the default entry. To specify the name of a Notes client as a source server, enter the Notes user's hierarchical name.

7. To delete a server, click either computer icon, select a server, select Delete Server, then click OK.

8. To have the specified destination replica receive a subset of documents, click "Replicate only a subset of the documents" and then specify the views/folders to replicate or specify a replication formula.

9. To specify which non-document elements the replica should receive, select appropriate options under "Receive these elements from other replicas." You must select "Replication formula."

10. Repeat Steps 5 through 9 for each additional destination/source server combination.

11. Click OK.

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