Progress Fathom Replication
User’s Guide


Agent properties

Table 3–3 is a list of agent properties and their values.
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 equals sign. For example: name=agent1.

Table 3–3: Agent properties
Property name
Value
Description
connect-timeout 
minutes 
Specifies how many minutes the Fathom Replication agent will wait for connection from the Fathom Replication server until the target database is shutdown.

minutes
is an integer >= 15 and <= 1440.

Using this property means you do not have to do a forced shutdown on your target database. If the Fathom Replication agent does not receive a connection attempt from the Fathom Replication server before the number of minutes specified, the Fathom Replication agent will terminate and allow target database connections.
database 
db_name 
Specifies the source database name.
listener-maxport 
port_number 
Specifies the maximum TCP port number for the agent.

port_number must be > listener-minport+1 and < the maximum allowable port number on the system.

For UNIX the maximum port number is 65534. For NT 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 > 1024 and < listener-maxport.
maximum-polling-delay 
milliseconds 
Specifies the maximum value 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 >500 and <1000.
minimum-polling-delay 
milliseconds 
Specifies the minimum value 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 >=1 and <=10.
name 
agent_name 
Specifies the Fathom Replication agent name. By convention, the agent_name should match the name specified in the source database properties file. This directive is only used by Progress Explorer.
ALL is not allowed as an agent name. Each agent must have a unique name.


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