GETTING CONNECTED
Scheduling replication
Using a replication schedule, you can replicate local databases on a regular basis automatically. You can set up different replication schedules for different locations. For example, you could set up a replication schedule for your Office location only, or specify different replication schedules for your Office and Home locations.

When you start Notes, Notes checks to see if replication is scheduled for the current location. If it is, Notes replicates based on that schedule. If Notes fails to perform a scheduled replication, Notes tries to replicate again each minute until the attempt is successful.

If your local databases contain time-sensitive information, it may be useful to do the following:


If you specify certain databases as high-priority, Notes will replicate them on an additional, more frequent schedule than other databases. For example, you might set your mail database as high-priority. Then you can specify the additional interval for your mail database as part of the overall schedule. For example, if most databases replicate every hour, you could set high-priority databases to replicate every half hour.

High-priority database entries on the Replicator page appear with a double clock icon.

High-priority icon on Replicator page

For information on setting databases as high priority, see To add a replica to the schedule and set its priority. For information on replicating them, see To replicate only high-priority databases.

Note If your administrator gives you roaming user privileges, Notes automatically enables the schedule (see step 5 in the procedure below) and sets replication to occur on startup (step 7) and shutdown (step 10). For more information, see Managing your roaming user information.

To specify a replication schedule

1. Open any local replica database.

2. From the menu, choose File - Replication - Settings.

3. Click "Change Schedule."


4. Select "Replication is enabled for this location."

5. (Optional) If you want the schedule to begin as soon as you finish setting it, select "Immediately." Otherwise, select "Next Replication."

6. (Optional) Select "Replicate when Notes starts." With this setting, Notes prompts you at startup to begin replication, so you have the chance to cancel. Select "Don't prompt" if you want Notes to replicate at startup without giving you a chance to cancel.

7. Select "Replication Interval" and specify the primary schedule:

8. (Optional) Select "Additional interval for high-priority databases" and specify the additional schedule as in the previous step.

9. (Optional) Select "Prompt to replicate when Notes shuts down" and an option:

10. Click OK to return to the Replication Settings dialog box.

Note If you're editing the schedule directly in the Location document instead of in a dialog box, click "Save & Close."

11. (Optional) To use the same schedule for all locations, select "Apply changes to all locations" at the bottom of the Basics page of the Replication Settings dialog box. This also applies any other changes you make on this page to all locations.

12. Click OK.

13. On the Replicator page, in the "On" column, make sure the database entries you want to replicate on schedule have check marks.

14. At the top right of the Replicator page, make sure the drop-down menu says "Scheduled replication is enabled," and if it doesn't, choose Enable Scheduled Replication in the menu.

Schedule menu on Replicator page

See Also