Upgrading subscriptions to use auto-encoding mode

If you are planning to upgrade your datastore from CDC Replication version 6.3 or earlier to CDC Replication version 6.5 or later and you want to use the auto-encoding functionality that is available for MBCS character data, you are required to manually upgrade subscriptions that you created with CDC Replication version 6.3 and earlier.

About this task

To use auto-encoding mode for subscriptions created with CDC Replication version 6.3 and earlier:

  1. Upgrade your target datastore to CDC Replication version 6.5 or later.
  2. Upgrade your source datastore to CDC Replication version 6.5 or later.
  3. Upgrade subscriptions that were created with CDC Replication version 6.3 by following the procedure outlined in this section.

For more information on upgrade procedures, see the CDC Replication documentation for your database platform.

All subscriptions created with a new installation of CDC Replication version 6.5 or later (with the exception of the CDC Replication Engine for Db2® for i) will automatically use auto-encoding mode.

To upgrade subscriptions to use auto-encoding mode

Procedure

  1. Click Configuration > Subscriptions.
  2. Right-click the subscription (CDC Replication version 6.3 and earlier) that you want to upgrade and select Convert to Auto-Encoding Mode.
  3. Management Console prompts you to confirm that you want to convert all table mappings in the subscription to auto-encoding mode. Click Yes.
  4. Management Console displays a progress bar and disconnects from Access Server when the upgrade is complete.
  5. Log in to Access Server to use auto-encoding mode for the upgraded subscription.