Frequency Options

The following commands allow you to specify the interval between replications or the time of day when an action should occur. If you do not specify a time, the action occurs immediately:

• cdr define replicate
• cdr define replicateset
• cdr define template
• cdr modify replicate
• cdr modify replicateset

Frequency Options:
 
|--+-------------------+----------------------------------------|
   +- --immed----------+
   +- --every=interval-+
   '- --at=time--------'
 

The following table describes the frequency options.

Time of Day

Enterprise Replication always gives the time of day in 24-hour time. For example, 19:30 is 7:30 P.M. Enterprise Replication always gives times with respect to the local time, unless the TZ environment variable is set. However, Enterprise Replication stores times in the global catalog in Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

The -a time option lets you specify the day on which an action should occur. The string timecan have the following formats:

• Day of week

  To specify a specific day of the week, give either the long or short form of the day, followed by a period and then the time. For example, --at=Sunday.18:40 or -a Sun.18:40 specifies that the action should occur every Sunday at 6:40 P.M.

  The day of the week is given in the locale of the client. For example, with a French locale, you might have --at=Lundi.3:30 or -a Lun.3:30. The time and day are in the time zone of the server.

• Day of month

  To specify a specific day in the month, give the date, followed by a period, and then the time. For example, 1.3:00 specifies that the action should occur at 3:00 A.M. on the first day of every month.

  The special character L represents the last day of the month. For example, L.17:00 is 5:00 P.M. on the last day of the month.

• Daily

  To specify that replication should occur each day, give only the time. For example, 4:40 specifies that the action should occur every day at 4:40 A.M.

Intervals

The -e interval option lets you specify the interval between actions. The interval of time between replications can be either of the following formats:

• The number of minutes

  To specify the number of minutes, specify an integer value. For example, -e 60 indicates 60 minutes between replications.

  If you specify the interval of time between replications in minutes, the longest interval allowed is 1966020.

• The number of hours and minutes

  To specify hours and minutes, give the number of hours, followed by a colon, and then the number of minutes. For example, -e 5:45 indicates 5 hours and 45 minutes between replications.

If you specify the length of time in hours and minutes, the longest interval allowed is 32767:59.