GETTING CONNECTED
Note Notes uses the replica ID number to locate and replicate all replicas of a database. A database copy (created by choosing File - Database - New Copy) does not have the same ID number as its original database, and doesn't replicate. A copy of a database file created through the operating system is a replica and does have the same ID number as the original database.
Replication is a great tool to have when you're away from your office network, because working in a local replica is much faster than making the same changes over a dialup telephone connection. Replication also lets users on various networks in a variety of (physical) locations share the most current version of information in a database.
Each time you replicate your mail database, for example, Notes receives new mail in your local replica, and sends any outgoing mail, as well as any recent changes to your mail such as documents you filed in folders, to the server. In a matter of seconds, your local mail can be current with the mail database on the server.
Most of the replicas you work with will be local to your own computer. If you want to create a replica of a server-based database on a different server, ask your Domino administrator for assistance.
You can use the bookmarks to see all replicas for a database that you have opened, and to discover replicas that you haven't. For more information, see Adding and removing replicas from your bookmarks.
The Replicator page displays all your replicas and helps you manage replication. You can schedule replication, or do it manually as needed, with different schedules for each location from which you use Notes.
Tip You can get to the Replication menu for a database in several ways: from the File menu while the database is open, by right-clicking a database's bookmark, or by right-clicking a database entry on the Replicator page (entries are created the first time a database replicates).
When your connection to Notes is over a telephone line, you can have Notes call each server you want to replicate with automatically. If you're using a passthru server or a network (remote LAN) server, you can have Notes make a single call and replicate all your local databases at one time, even if they're on different servers.
Tip If you use Notes on multiple computers in one office or more, ask your Domino administrator to make you a roaming user so that you can have Notes manage replication between the computers, as well as letting you use the same preferences and other settings at all the computers.
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