IBM DB2 Everyplace Sync Server Administration Guide Version 7 Release 2 Modification 1


The administration process

If you are just getting started with administration and have not yet created any objects, you might find it easier to follow these steps to set up synchronization in your organization:

  1. Think about the mobile users within your organization and plan their synchronization needs. What data do they need to access? What applications do they use? The answers to questions like these help you determine how many synchronization groups you need and which users will be associated with each group. This step is explained in Evaluating the characteristics of your mobile users.
  2. Within the Mobile Devices Administration Center, create groups according to your plan in step 1.

    See Creating a data synchronization group for more information about creating groups.

  3. Create and assign users to each group in one of two ways:
  4. Define replication subscriptions for each table and file that the members of the group need to access. See Setting up data and file replication for more information.
  5. To allow a group to access the tables and files they need, create one or more subscription sets that reference the subscriptions that you created in step 4. See Enabling groups to access their data and files for more information.

After you provide administration information, you need to register each user's device with a user ID and password as explained in Registering the user's device, then ensure the user is enabled for synchronization (see Enabling and disabling synchronization). After users are enabled, they perform an initial synchronization to replicate to the device the configuration information that you defined in the Mobile Devices Administration Center. This information includes what subscription sets the user can synchronize and what data and files are associated with those subscription sets. Registering the user's device provides more information about how to register a user and perform an initial synchronization.


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