Red Hat DIRECTORY SERVER 7.1, Administrator'S Manual

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Forcing Replication Updates
Chapter 8 Managing Replication 351
To ensure that directory information will be synchronized immediately when a
server comes back online, you can use either the Directory Server Console on the
supplier server that holds the reference copy of the directory information or a
customizable script.
Forcing Replication Updates from the Console
To ensure that replication updates are sent immediately when a consumer or a
supplier in a multi-master replication configuration comes back online after a
period of time, you can perform these steps on the supplier server that holds the
most recent version of the directory information:
1.
In the Directory Server Console, click the Configuration tab, expand the
Replication folder and the database nodes until you select the replication
agreement corresponding to the replica that you must update.
2.
Right click the replication agreement, and choose Send Updates Now from the
drop-down list.
This initiates replication toward the server that holds the information that
needs to be updated.
Forcing Replication Updates from the
Command-Line
From the consumer that requires updating, you can run a script that prompts the
supplier to send replication updates immediately. This script is shown in Code
Example 8-1.
You can copy this example and give it a meaningful name, such as
replicate_now.sh
. You must provide actual values for the variables listed in
Code Example 8-1.
NOTE You must run this script since it cannot be configured to run
automatically as soon as the server, which was offline, comes back
online again.