Starting as-router as the First Metaspace Member

To facilitate using cross-site replication while not having to change your existing ActiveSpaces deployment, you can start an as-router as the first metaspace member.

To use an as-router to define your local site specify the following command line option when starting the as-router: 
-site_name <string>
Use the -site_name command line option to define your local site using the specified name. This automatically enables cross-site routing for the metaspace.
Note: as-routers are leech members of the metaspace which provide the routing capabilities between the two metaspaces involved in cross-site replication. There may be cases where you want to restart an as-router to re-establish communication with the other metaspace. Therefore, as-routers are not the best choice for a first member of the metaspace for the same reason that as-agents running as 'leech-only' proxies are not the best choice. See the section The as-router Executable for more information about as-routers.