High Availability Production Server using online replication

Hi
In One box, stopped online replication from one box to second box located in remote ofsite. Converted code page conversion from EBCDIC code to ASCII code and then performed Upgrade SAP 4.6C with SAP ECC 5.0. Everything ran smoothly.
Secondly Customer wanted to to do online replication. For this purpose there are two options,
First Option is:
Install SAP ECC 5.0 in second box
Second Option is Homogeneous copy from One box to Second box.
I am not sure which option is better.
After that, we have to start online replication to transfer journal receiver from one box to second box and apply it to the database in Second box.
I am not familiar the OS400 iseries V5R3M0 command how to perform Online replication .
COuld you please send us procedure how to perform Online replication .
Thanks and Regards
A Prasad Rao
After that we have to start

Hi TCS-Support,
I would say, it is always a bit a pitty, to do consulting and to not know the specials of a platform :-((
You can use both ways - installation or homo-copy. I would use the homo copy, but that is my feeling - and in the end you need in order to refresh the stuff a new DB-Copy anyway.
Then you need either iASP, manual apply of journal receivers or to buy a product like Mimix, DataMirror etc. of the HA-Suites.
Regards
Volker Gueldenpfennig, consolut.gmbh
http://www.consolut.de - http://www.4soi.de - http://www.easymarketplace.de

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