Progress Fathom Replication
User’s Guide


Fathom Replication server

For Fathom Replication to succeed in keeping the source and target databases identical, communication has to take place so that transaction log records from the source are propagated to the target. The Fathom Replication server connects to the source database and sends any updates made there to the Fathom Replication agent on the target machine or machines. Also, the Fathom Replication server process provides communications for startup, schema locks, and server-side recovery if a failure occurs.

Figure 1–3 shows the Fathom Replication server in the Fathom Replication model.

Figure 1–3: Fathom Replication server

The Fathom Replication server must reside on the source database machine. The Fathom Replication server:


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