How to do Sybase Database Replication and Synchronization in Red Hat EL 5?

[nxerx]

Hi All,

I would like to ask whether how to do Sybase Database Replication and Synchronization in Red Hat EL 5. I have deployed a primary database server and I need to do a secondary server as redundancy. Therefore, I need to replicate and synchronize the database from the Primary server to the Secondary server. I know there is software for this, but I am kind of tight with budget. Any way to do it without purchasing anything. Please assist. Thank you very much.

[Rubberman]

Doing this with a live database is not trivial, which is why you probably want specialized software. Using the Linux system rsync application to backup/sync changed files would work just fine, but only if the database is in a "down" state. I'm not sure that even if it is idle, but still connectable, would be viable. If you can shut down the server for a short period, then rsync should work just fine.