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Administering HCL Compass Multisite
Administering HCL Compass Multisite
Database replica creation
Creating your database replicas requires careful planning and consideration part of which involves making decisions about mastership and methods of packet delivery.
Replica creation scenario
The following topics provide an example of the replica export, transport, and import processes.
Transporting the replica packet
If you chose not the use the -fship option when you exported the replica packet, an additional step is required to transport the packet to the new site.

Transporting the replica packet

If you chose not the use the -fship option when you exported the replica packet, an additional step is required to transport the packet to the new site.

About this task

In Boston, send the replica-creation packet to the new site. This process differs depending on the options you used in the step, Exporting the replica packet:

If you used –fship, the packet was sent to the new site immediately.
If you used –ship, you must run shipping_server to send the packet to the new site. For example:
shipping_server –sclass cq_default –poll
If you used –out to write the packet to a file, you must transport the file to the new site.