STRDTAMIR - Start net change mirroring

Use this command to start net change mirroring on a subscription.

This command starts mirroring of any table with a replication method set to mirroring, and a table status set to Refresh or Active.

Applies To—Source

Syntax

Table 1. Supported keywords
Keyword Description Choices Notes
TARGET Subscription name Name, generic*, *ALL Required
IDLE Idle format *WAIT, *END Optional
FORMAT Net change mirroring format *NO, *ONLY Optional
BLOCKING Blocking describe *NO, *YES Required

Subscription name (TARGET)

Specifies the name of the subscription.

This is a required parameter.

Name
Specify the name of a subscription. This must be the same name defined in Management Console.
generic*
Generic names may be used for subscriptions, by adding an asterisk (*) after one or more characters that are common to the group of subscriptions names. For example, 'abc*' specifies all subscriptions starting with the characters 'abc'.
*ALL
Specifies all subscriptions.

Idle format (IDLE)

Specifies the action that CDC Replication will take when it determines that all available data has been replicated to the target.
*WAIT
CDC Replication replication process remains active after all changes are replicated to the target.
This is the default setting.
*END
CDC Replication replication process ends after all changes are replicated to the target.

Net change mirroring format (FORMAT)

Indicates if CDC Replication should start net change mirroring.
*ONLY
Indicates that CDC Replication will not start net change mirroring.
*NO
Indicates that CDC Replication will start net change mirroring.
This is the default setting.

Blocking describe (BLOCKING)

Indicates whether the STRDTAMIR command will block until the describe completes.
*YES
The STRDTAMIR command will not complete until the describe is complete.
*NO
The STRDTAMIR command will not wait until the describe is complete before being executed.
This is the default setting.

Result

Messages are placed in the Event Log.

Examples

STRDTAMIR TARGET(SUB1) IDLE(*END)

CDC Replication starts net change mirroring on subscription SUB1. All CDC Replication processes end after all available data has been mirrored.

STRDTAMIR TARGET(SUB1) IDLE(*END) FORMAT(*NO)

CDC Replication starts net change mirroring on subscription SUB1. All CDC Replication processes end after all available data has been mirrored.

STRDTAMIR TARGET(*ALL) IDLE(*END) FORMAT(*NO)

CDC Replication starts net change mirroring on all subscriptions. All CDC Replication processes end after all available data has been mirrored.