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Setting Up OpenEdge Replication : Configuring the OpenEdge Replication property files : Agent properties
 

Agent properties

Agent properties define the configuration of the local agent running for the target database.
Agent properties are found after the [agent] directive in the agent properties file. The properties file must be stored in the directory where the target database resides.
Property names and values are separated by an equal sign (for example, name=agent1).
The following table provides a list of agent properties and their values.
Table 7. Agent properties
Property name
Value
Description
connect-timeout
seconds
Specifies how many seconds the OpenEdge Replication agent will wait for connection from the OpenEdge Replication server before the replication agent shuts itself down.
seconds is an integer greater than or equal to 120 (which is the default) and less than or equal to 86,400.
Using this property means you do not have to perform a forced shutdown on your target database. If the OpenEdge Replication agent does not receive a connection attempt from the OpenEdge Replication server before the number of seconds specified have elapsed, the OpenEdge Replication agent will terminate and allow some limited system-level target database connections.
database
db_name
Specifies the target database name.
ipver
ipv4 | ipv6
Specifies whether to use TCP/IP IPv4 or TCP/IP IPv6 between the Replication server and the Replication agent. If the target database broker is using TCP/IP IPv6, OpenEdge Replication must also use IPv6.
listener-maxport
port-number
Specifies the maximum TCP port number for the agent.
port-number must be greater than the value of listener-minport+1 and less than the maximum allowable port number on the system.
For UNIX the maximum port number is 65534. For Windows the maximum port number is 32765.
listener-minport
port-number
Specifies the minimum TCP port number. The agent selects a port in a range between the values specified by listener-minport and listener-maxport.
port-number must be greater than 1024 and less than the value of listener-maxport.
maximum-polling-delay
milliseconds
Specifies the maximum value, in milliseconds, for a polling delay.
By default, the polling delay starts at 5 ms and automatically increases during periods of inactivity to a maximum of 500 ms.
milliseconds is a value greater than 500 and less than 1000.
minimum-polling-delay
milliseconds
Specifies the minimum value, in milliseconds, for a polling delay.By default, the polling delay starts at 5 ms and automatically increases during periods of inactivity to a maximum of 500 ms.milliseconds is a value greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to 10.
name
agent_name
Specifies the OpenEdge Replication agent name. By convention, the agent-name should match the name specified in the source database properties file.
ALL is not allowed as an agent name. Each agent must have a unique name.