Managing and Monitoring Replications on Remote Servers

To monitor or manage replications remotely (for example, if you have Syniti Replicateinstalled on several systems and want to manage the installations from a single location), it is possible to:

• Add remote servers to any standard installation of Syniti Replicate.

• Install the Management Center only, then add remote servers to the Management Center.

If you choose to manage replications remotely, there are a few issues to consider:

• When you install Syniti Replicate to be run from a remote Management Center, the metadata connection has to be accessible from the remote system and point to a unique server name identifiable in the local network. Local-only connection strings such as those that might be used with Microsoft SQL Server CE or Microsoft Access do not work  unless remote access is specifically established, for example, if pointing to a local database file, make sure that the file is shared and accessible from the remote machine.

• Each Management Center component installed remotely connects to one (or more) server agent(s) to retrieve authorization/security information and metadata information for the server. The Management Center application will be able to monitor and partially modify remote Syniti Replicate configurations. When the Management Center is used for the local system, additional permissions are available, such as the ability to modify server security and server configuration settings, set the default metadata, add or remove metadata, change license, and so on.

• Drivers: Sometime is necessary to get access to the connection properties in the Management Center, but this is not possible for certain groups of databases. To get remote access from the Management Center, you need to make sure to install the right .NET driver version in the same Remote server where you are getting access. For example, if you attempt to run a testing connection for a MySQL Database, you have to install the MySQL .NET Driver in your local machine to test this connection.

• User control over local and remote installations of the server depends on the established user ID and permissions. In a default Syniti Replicate installation, there are no user restrictions. Users can be defined in the User Settings dialog, available in the Metadata Explorer.