Mobile replication provides you with the flexibility that you need to efficiently manage your data on the go. Instead of trying to guess when you will be able to connect and synchronize your laptop computer with the home office, the mobile replication enabler allows you to transfer data on demand. The mobile replication enabler, also referred to as the ASNCOPY program, allows you to transfer data on demand because it controls the execution of the Capture and Apply programs.
You are not burdened with cumbersome manual procedures and high telecommunications costs. Instead the new mobile graphical interface, also referred to as the ASNMOBIL program, provides you with an interface to quickly and easily select and send data, as well as receive it. Typing ASNMOBIL on the command line will start the ASNMOBIL program. The mobile graphical interface can then be used to invoke the ASNCOPY program. Mobile replication also minimizes the frequency and duration of communication line connections, thus reducing telecommunications costs.
The mobile replication enabler and its graphical interface invocation program, ASNMOBIL, is supported on the following platforms:
The mobile replication enabler can replicate data to and from source servers on the following platforms:
Mobile replication highlights include the following features:
The mobile replication components are initiated with the mobile replication enabler, ASNCOPY. You can invoke the mobile replication enabler program from the Mobile Replication Enabler window, from the command line, or from an application program.
The mobile replication enabler replicates selected replication subscriptions as soon as possible and ignores relative timing or event timing options. It uses the same control tables that are used in non-mobile replication.
You can seamlessly make the switch between mobile and non-mobile modes, without needing to redefine subscriptions.
Mobile replication has the following restrictions: