Creating a daily replication schedule

 

Use this information to create a daily replication schedule.

Expand the Replication management category in the navigation area and click Manage schedules.

On the Daily schedule tab, select the subtree for which you want to create the schedule and click Show schedules. If any schedules exist, they are displayed in the Daily schedules box. To create or add a new schedule:

  1. Click Add.

  2. Enter a name for the schedule. For example monday1.

  3. Select the time zone setting, either UTC or local.

  4. Select a replication type from the drop-down menu:

    Immediate

    Performs any pending entry updates since the last replication event and then updates entries continuously until the next scheduled update event is reached.

    Once

    Performs all pending updates prior to the starting time. Any updates made after the start time wait until the next scheduled replication event.

  5. Select a start time (in the server's local time) for the replication event.

  6. Click Add. The replication event type and time are displayed.

  7. Add or remove events to complete your schedule. The list of events is refreshed in chronological order.

  8. When you are finished, click OK.

For example:

Replication type
Start time
Immediate 12:00 AM
Once 10:00 AM
Once 2:00 PM
Immediate 4:00 PM
Once 8:00 PM

In this schedule, the first replication event occurs at midnight and updates any pending changes prior to that time. Replication updates continue to be made as they occur until 10:00 AM. Updates made between 10:00 AM and 2:00 PM wait until 2:00 PM to be replicated. Any updates made between 2:00 PM and 4:00 PM wait the replication event scheduled at 4:00 PM, afterwards replication updates continue until the next scheduled replication event at 8:00 PM. Any updates made after 8:00 PM wait until the next scheduled replication event.

If replication events are scheduled too closely together, a replication event might be missed if the updates from the previous event are still in progress when the next event is scheduled.

 

Parent topic:

Replication tasks