Starting the Event Replicator Target Adapter

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# Starting the Event Replicator Target Adapter

This document describes how to start Event Replicator Target Adapter in Windows and in UNIX as well as how to start it from the Administration tool.

Note
The Event Replicator Target Adapter is automatically stopped and restarted every time an Event Replicator Target Adapter definition is saved or deleted using the Administration tool. For this reason, we recommend that you shut down the Event Replicator Target Adapter prior to making changes to the definitions and restart the Event Replicator Target Adapter when all definition changes are complete.

- Starting Event Replicator Target Adapter from the Administration Tool

- Restarting the Event Replicator Target Adapter

- Starting Event Replicator Target Adapter in Windows

- Starting Event Replicator Target Adapter in UNIX

## Starting Event Replicator Target Adapter from the Administration Tool

Note
At least one source and one target definition must be configured before you can start the Event Replicator Target Adapter using the Administration tool.

To start Event Replicator Target Adapter from the Administration tool:

1. Start up the Administration tool, as described in Starting the Administration Tool.

   The Administration tool window appears.

2. Click on the Start Target Adapter button () on the Administration tool window.

   Or:
   On the Run menu, select Start Target Adapter.

   The Event Replicator Target Adapter starts up.

## Restarting the Event Replicator Target Adapter

The Event Replicator Target Adapter can be restarted from the Administration tool.

To restart Event Replicator Target Adapter from the Administration tool once it is already started:

1. Click on the Restart Target Adapter button () on the Administration tool window.

   Or:
   On the Run menu, select Restart Target Adapter.

   The Event Replicator Target Adapter stops and restarts.

## Starting Event Replicator Target Adapter in Windows

To start Event Replicator Target Adapter using the startupart batch file in Windows environments:

1. Navigate to the following directory: <installation-dir>/Event Replicator Target Adapter/Vv.r.s/bin, where <installation-dir> is the name of the directory in which the Event Replicator Target Adapter program files were installed and v.r.s represents the current version, release, and system modification level of the Event Replicator Target Adapter.

   Or:
   From the Windows Start menu, select All Programs, then select Software AG Event Replicator Target Adapter v.r.s (where v.r.s represents the current version, release, and system modification level of the Event Replicator Target Adapter), and finally select Event Replicator Target Adapter Command Prompt. A command prompt window appears, already placed in the correct directory.

2. Run the startupart.bat file.

   The Event Replicator Target Adapter starts up.

   Even if there are no target, source, or target database option definitions defined for the Event Replicator Target Adapter, it will still start. If no definitions are defined, no processing will occur and no replication data can be received, but the Event Replicator Target Adapter will start.

## Starting Event Replicator Target Adapter in UNIX

To start Event Replicator Target Adapter in UNIX:

1. Navigate to the following directory: <installation-dir>\Event Replicator Target Adapter\Vvrs\bin, where <installation-dir> is the name of the directory in which the Event Replicator Target Adapter program files were installed and vrs represents the current version, release, and system modification level of the Event Replicator Target Adapter.

2. Run the startupart.sh script at the UNIX prompt.

   The Event Replicator Target Adapter starts up.

   Even if there are no target, source, or target database option definitions defined for the Event Replicator Target Adapter, it will still start. If no definitions are defined, no processing will occur and no replication data can be received, but the Event Replicator Target Adapter will start.

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- Starting Event Replicator Target Adapter from the Administration Tool
- Restarting the Event Replicator Target Adapter
- Starting Event Replicator Target Adapter in Windows
- Starting Event Replicator Target Adapter in UNIX