Online Consumer Initialization Using The Console; Performing Online Consumer Initialization - Netscape DIRECTORY SERVER 6.2 - ADMINISTRATOR Administrator's Manual

You can either initialize the consumer online using the console or manually using
the command line. Online consumer initialization using the console is an effective
method of initializing a small number of consumers. However, since each replica is
initialized in sequence, this method is not suited to initializing a large number of
replicas. Online consumer initialization is the method used when you initialize the
consumer while configuring the replication agreement on the supplier server.
Manual consumer initialization using the command line, is a more effective
method of initializing a large number of consumers from a single LDIF file.
Online Consumer Initialization Using the
Console
Online consumer initialization using the console is the easiest way to initialize or
reinitialize a consumer. However, if you are replicating across a slow link, this
process can be very time consuming, and you may find manual consumer
initialization using the command line to be a more efficient approach (refer to
"Manual Consumer Initialization Using the Command Line" on page 328 for more
information).
NOTE When a consumer server is being initialized using the online
consumer creation method, all operations (including searches) on
the replica are referred to the supplier server until the initialization
process is completed.

Performing Online Consumer Initialization

To initialize or reinitialize a consumer online:
Create a replication agreement.
1.
See "Creating a Replication Agreement" on page 301.
On the supplier server, on the Directory Server Console, select the
2.
Configuration tab.
Expand the Replication folder, then expand the replicated database. Right-click
3.
the replication agreement, and choose Initialize Consumer from the pop-up
menu.
A message is displayed to warn you that any information already stored in the
replica on the consumer will be removed.
Initializing Consumers
Chapter 8 Managing Replication 327