Mobile replication provides you with the flexibility that you need to efficiently manage your data on the go. Instead of trying to guess when you will be able to connect and synchronize your laptop computer with the home office, the mobile-replication-enabler allows you to transfer data on demand. The mobile-replication-enabler, also referred to as the ASNCOPY program, allows you to transfer data on demand because it controls the execution of the Capture and Apply programs.
You are not burdened with cumbersome manual procedures and high telecommunications costs. Instead the mobile interface, also referred to as the ASNMOBIL program, provides you with an interface to quickly and easily select and send data, as well as receive it. Typing ASNMOBIL on the command line will start the ASNMOBIL program. The mobile interface can then be used to invoke the ASNCOPY program. Mobile replication also minimizes the frequency and duration of communication line connections, thus reducing telecommunications costs.
The mobile-replication-enabler and its interface invocation program, ASNMOBIL, is supported on the following platforms:
The mobile-replication-enabler can replicate data to and from source servers on the following platforms:
The mobile replication components are initiated with the mobile-replication-enabler, ASNCOPY. You can invoke the mobile-replication-enabler program from the Mobile Replication Enabler window, from the command line, or from an application program.
The mobile-replication-enabler replicates selected subscription sets as soon as possible and ignores relative timing or event timing options. It uses the same control tables that are used in nonmobile replication.
You can seamlessly make the switch between mobile and nonmobile modes, without needing to redefine subscriptions.
Mobile replication has the following restrictions: