describes how to use the Informatica® Data Replication product and user interfaces to perform transactional data replication and initial target materialization.
The guide covers the following topics:
Data Replication architecture, usage scenarios, and deployment topologies.
Preparing source and target databases for data replication.
Replication considerations for specific sources and targets.
Fundamentals of Data Replication processing, including Extractor and Applier processing, DDL replication, recovery and checkpoint processing, character set conversion, and datatype conversion.
Using InitialSync for target materialization.
Configuring the Server Manager.
Using the Data Replication Console to configure, administer, schedule, monitor, and manage data replication jobs.
Running replication jobs and tasks.
Using the Replication Configuration Command Line Interface.
Command-line parameters for the Extractor, Applier, Server Manager, and InitialSync.
Data Replication glossary.
This guide is intended for system administrators, DBAs, and those who are responsible for configuring and administering data replication jobs.
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