Creating a bidirectional replication environment

Use the Configure Replication wizard to define an environment where data is updated at multiple locations and replicated to each site. The Configure Replication wizard is available only in the two-tier environment.

Conflict resolution is the responsibility of the site. Sybase does not provide automatic conflict resolution.

In the left pane, select the replication environment.
In the right pane, double-click Configure Replication.
On the Configure Replication wizard, select Create a Bidirectional Replication Environment. Click Next.
Select a server and corresponding database to participate in bidirectional replication. Click Add. The corresponding server.database connection displays in the Connections list.
Repeat the above step for each server and database pair in your environment. Click Next.
Select the Replication Server that will manage the database connections. Click Next.
Enter the user name and password of the maintenance user. If you do not provide the maintenance user information, the wizard uses the name and password that you provided on the wizard page by default. Accept the default values or enter other values. All selected connections use this maintenance user login information. Click Next.
Select the user name and password that the RepAgent will use to connect to Replication Server. If you do not provide a user, the wizard uses the name and password that you provided on the wizard page by default. Accept the default, or enter other values. All connections will use this RepAgent login. Click Next.
Specify how replicated tables will be materialized. Select:
- Create Subscription Without Materialization or
- Define Subscription for Bulk Materialization
If you chose Define Subscription for Bulk Materialization in the previous step, click Use Dump Marker in Transaction Log to use dump and load coordination. Click Next.

For more information about subscription materialization, see the Replication Server Administration Guide Volume 1.
Review the summary of the replication environment. If everything looks correct, click Finish. Otherwise, click Back to return to an earlier page in the wizard and change the replication environment information. Return to the final wizard page and click Finish.

Replication Manager creates these objects:

Physical connections
A database replication definition for the primary database
One or more database subscriptions for each of the replicate databases
Maintenance user for both Adaptive Server Enterprise databases