Setting different retention policies for the source replication server and target replication server

You can set policies on the target replication server that manage the replicated client-node data differently than on the source replication server. For example, you can maintain a different number of versions of files on the source and the target replication servers.

1. From the source replication server, validate the replication configuration and verify that the source replication server can communicate with the target replication server by issuing the VALIDATE REPLICATION command.
   For example, validate the configuration by using the name of one client node that is being replicated:

   validate replication node1 verifyconnection=yes

2. From the source replication server, issue the VALIDATE REPLPOLICY command to review the differences between the policies on the source and target replication servers.
   For example, to display the differences between the policies on the source replication server and the target replication server, CVT_SRV2, issue the following command from the source replication server:

   validate replpolicy cvt_srv2

3. Update the policies on the target replication server if necessary.
   Tip: You can use the Operations Center to modify the policies on the target server. Follow the instructions in Editing policies.
   For example, to maintain inactive versions of files for a shorter time on the target replication server than on the source replication server, reduce the Backups setting in the management classes that apply to replicated client data.
4. Enable the target replication server to use its policies to manage the replicated client-node data by issuing the SET DISSIMILARPOLICIES command on the source replication server.
   For example, to enable the policies on the target replication server, CVT_SRV2, issue the following command on the source replication server:

   set dissimilarpolicies cvt_srv2 on

   The next time that the replication process runs, the policies on the target replication server are used to manage the replicated client-node data.

   Tip: If you configure replication by using the Operations Center and the policies on the source and target replication servers do not match, the policy that is specified for the source replication server is used. If you enabled the policies on the target replication server by using the SET DISSIMILARPOLICIES command, the policy that is specified for the target replication server is used. If the target replication server does not have the policy that is used by the node on the source replication server, the STANDARD policy is used.