Connection to a replication destination

Before being able to perform any kind of data transfer to or from a replication destination machine, a source machine must first establish a connection to this destination machine. Actually, the source machine must establish a connection to an account created for it on the destination machine by the destination machine Administrator.

To successfully achieve a connection to a remote destination machine account, the source machine must provide following information:

Two kind of connections are supported: normal and guest connections.

Normal connections

To successfully achieve a normal connection to a remote destination machine account, the remote account must be both:

If ever the remote account is either disabled or active, the connection will fail.

For more information about accounts states (enabled/disabled, active/inactive), please refer to the online help available in the Replication > Replication destination > Accounts menu.

When a new normal connection has been successfully established, it is visible in the list below Select a connection in the Replication > Replication source > Connection to a destination menu.

A normal connection to a remote account grants the replication source machine read and write access to this account. As a consequence:

These capabilities are provided by the Replication > Replication source > Manage source data menu.

Guest connections

It is possible for a replication source machine to establish a guest connection to a remote shared account. A guest connection will obviously not succeed if the remote account is not shared. For more information about shared accounts, please refer to the online help available in the Replication > Replication destination > Accounts menu.

A guest connection to a remote account grants the replication source machine read-only access to this account. As a consequence:

As for normal connections, these capabilities are provided by the Replication > Replication source > Manage source data menu.