[389-users] Automatic master/consumer initialization

[Rich Megginson]

Gerrard Geldenhuis wrote:
> Hi
> Is there any difference between right clicking on a replication agreement just created and selecting the Initialize Consumer or letting "nature" go its course and letting replication happen in the next "cycle".
>
> Up until now I have created replication agreements using the GUI, but I have now started doing it via ldif files. If I don't immediately run:
> dn: cn=%repl-agreement-name%,cn=replica,cn=dc\3dCompany,cn=mapping tree,cn=config
> changetype: modify
> replace: nsds5beginreplicarefresh
> nsds5beginreplicarefresh: start
>
> It seems to start on its own anyway. Having checked the data nothing looks wrong so I thought I would just double check.
>   
Doing nsds5beginreplicarefresh: start does a replica init.  A consumer 
must be initialized before a supplier can begin updating it.  If you 
have already initialized a consumer from another supplier/master, you 
don't need to initialize it again.
> Regards
>
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