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Resuming Replication If Replication Log Files Are Unavailable

If, for some reason, replication log files are unavailable in an instance of Oracle BI Presentation Services, you may need to resume replication by copying over the Presentation Catalog folders that the instance subscribes to. However, this method loses the catalog contents that were not replicated to other instances. The following method preserves all catalog contents.

NOTE:  If you need to resume replication after Oracle BI Presentation Services has been offline for a time period in excess of that configured with the ReadLogRecordsSinceHoursAgo element in the config.xml file, you can adjust the value of ReadLogRecordsSinceHoursAgo so that log files in the offline period get replicated. Then, reset ReadLogRecordsSinceHoursAgo back to its original setting.

To resume replication if replication log files are unavailable

1. Use Oracle BI Catalog Manager to erase all replication logs in the {presentationcatalogpath}/replication/changelog and {presentationcatalogpath}/replication/playback folders, where presentationcatalogpath} is the full path to the Presentation Catalog folder.

   For more information about Catalog Manager, see Managing Presentation Catalogs Using Oracle BI Catalog Manager.

2. Set the UseReplication element in the Oracle BI Presentation Services configuration file (instanceconfig.xml)l to N. For more information, see Editing the instanceconfig.xml File for Replication.
3. Start the instance of Oracle BI Presentation Services.
4. Delete or rename folders that are replicated from other instances and copy them over from other instances using the sawrepaj remotecopy command.
5. Set the UseReplication element in instanceconfig.xml to Y. For more information, see Editing the instanceconfig.xml File for Replication.
6. Restart the instance of Oracle BI Presentation Services.
7. Restore the list of folders to be replicated using the sawrepaj mark command on the instance of Oracle BI Presentation Services. For more information, see Using the Oracle BI Presentation Services Replication Agent.
8. Reenable replication tasks by editing the configuration file to delete the lastPerformed attribute from all ReplicationTask elements that have the instance of Oracle BI Presentation Services as an import or export target.