Setting Up Cross-Site Replication on the DR Site

To use cross-site replication, you may find it is easier to set up your DR site first as you do not configure the router_discovery setting of the remote site definition on the DR site. On the primary metaspace, the router_discovery setting is composed of the router listen URLs for all of the as-router executables running on the DR site. So, to configure the primary site, you must know how the as-routers have been started on the DR site.

Procedure

  1. Start your first metaspace member using the additional command line option: –site_name <DR site name>
  2. Start your ActiveSpaces seeders.
  3. Ensure your spaces are defined.
  4. Ensure the appropriate data is pre-loaded into your spaces.
  5. Start your as-router executables.
  6. Determine the router_discovery setting to be used on your primary site from the router_listen settings of all of the as-routers started on your DR site.
  7. Create a remote site definition for your primary site. Do not specify a router_discovery setting in your remote site definition.