By default, IBM® Lotus® Domino® uses Pull-Push as the replication direction. However, you can specify a different replication direction.

• Pull-Push, the default replication direction, is a two-way process in which the calling server pulls updates from the answering server and then pushes its own updates to the answering server. Using Pull-Push, the replicator task on the calling server performs all the work.
• Pull-Pull is a two-way process in which two servers exchange updates. Using Pull-Pull, two replicators -- one on the calling server and one on the answering server -- share the work of replication.
• Push-only is a one-way process in which the calling server pushes updates to the answering server. One-way replication always takes less time than two-way replication.
• Pull-only is a one-way process in which the calling server pulls updates from the answering server. One-way replication always takes less time than two-way replication.

1. From the Domino Administrator, click the Configuration tab.

2. Select the connecting server's Domino Directory in the "Use Directory on" field.

3. Click Server, and then click Connections.

4. Click the connection you want to work with, and then click Edit Connection.

5. Click the Replication/Routing tab.

6. Select the new replication direction from the Replication Type menu.

You can also specify replication direction when you force replication. For example, you could use the Push-only or Pull-only method from the server console when there is an update in a Domino Directory on one server and you want to manually propagate that change to the other servers.

Related topics

Customizing server-to-server replication
Scheduling server-to-server replication
Forcing immediate replication
Scheduling times for replication

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