This chapter describes the steps for setting up and starting replication. It does not include specifics about operating the Capture and Apply programs for each operating system. See Operations for such specifics.
You can use either the DB2 Control Center or the DB2 DataJoiner Replication Administration (DJRA) tool to define sources and targets for replication, to set the schedule for updating the targets, to specify the enhancements to the target data, and to define any triggers that initiate replication. You can use the DB2 Control Center to administer replication only when your source and target tables are in DB2 Universal Database databases (for any operating-system environment), but you can use DJRA to administer replication when your source and target tables are in DB2 Universal Database databases (for any operating-system environment) or in supported non-IBM databases.
The administration tasks described in this chapter set up the control information that both the Capture and Apply programs use to capture changed data and replicate it to the target tables, in the proper format, and at the appropriate interval.