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Replication
You can create an offline (local) duplicate of any IBM® Notes® application you use. Such a duplicate is called a replica.
Advanced Replication topics
The following Replication topics are for more advanced Notes® users.
Customizing a replica
You can use the Basics page of the Replication Options dialog box to customize an individual local replica of an IBM® Notes® application. You can choose whether to apply settings to the selected replica in the current location only, or in all locations.
Setting special replication limitations
You can use the Other page of the Replication Settings dialog box to disable replication, replicate documents based on their age, set the replica's priority in the schedule, or set a CD-ROM publishing date for the selected replica. Options on the Other page apply to the selected replica in all locations.

Replication
You can create an offline (local) duplicate of any IBM® Notes® application you use. Such a duplicate is called a replica.
- Getting started with Replication
  Replication allows you to keep a local version of a Notes® application on your hard disk drive. The local version is identical to the application on a server, so you can make changes to one version, and those changes will appear in both the local and server versions of the application. Replication is a great tool to have when working with large documents or applications, since the local version, or replica, of an application can open documents and views much faster than the server version, which has to open documents and views over a network.
- Replication quick reference
  This quick reference card is a list of instructions for common tasks and shortcuts for Notes® replication, which you can print and keep at your desk for easy reference.
- Managing replicas
  The Replication and Sync page lets you synchronize your replicas of IBM® Notes® applications with those applications on one or more servers, and lets you continue other work while Notes copies changes from one application to the other. This allows users on different networks, in a variety of places, to share the same information.
- Advanced Replication topics
  The following Replication topics are for more advanced Notes® users.
  - Replica IDs
    A replica has the same replica ID as the original application. This distinguishes a replica from a copy of an application made by clicking File > Application > New Copy.
  - Customizing a replica
    You can use the Basics page of the Replication Options dialog box to customize an individual local replica of an IBM® Notes® application. You can choose whether to apply settings to the selected replica in the current location only, or in all locations.
    - Setting special replication limitations
      You can use the Other page of the Replication Settings dialog box to disable replication, replicate documents based on their age, set the replica's priority in the schedule, or set a CD-ROM publishing date for the selected replica. Options on the Other page apply to the selected replica in all locations.
    - Setting replication defaults for all Notes applications
      You can set defaults that apply to all local replicas of IBM® Notes® applications you create. These settings include whether the applications receive partial documents or attachments, when to create new local replicas, whether to change the encryption level or turn off encryption, and whether to create full-text indexes.
  - Using replication history
    The Replication History dialog box shows a list of replication events called entries. Each entry shows when and with which server an application last replicated, and whether data was sent or received. Some entries have an asterisk (*), which indicates to IBM® Support that the replica is fully up-to-date with other servers.
  - Saving space in a replica
    You can use the Space Savers page of the Replication Options dialog box to control how much of each document is received in the selected replica each time it replicates. Options on the Space Savers page apply to the selected replica in all locations.
  - Limiting what is sent from a replica
    You can use the Send page of the Replication Settings dialog box to prevent deletions, changes in the applications title and catalog information (and application template name), and local security properties from replicating to other replicas.
  - Limiting what is received from other replicas
    You can use the Advanced page of the Replication Options dialog box to specify a computer and control some of the information received from replicas on one or more servers.

Setting special replication limitations

You can use the Other page of the Replication Settings dialog box to disable replication, replicate documents based on their age, set the replica's priority in the schedule, or set a CD-ROM publishing date for the selected replica. Options on the Other page apply to the selected replica in all locations.

About this task

For information on replicating documents based on their age, see To remove or replicate incoming documents based on age.

For information on specifying priority in the replication schedule, see To add a replica to the schedule and set its priority.

If the Replication Settings dialog box is not open, open the replica you want to customize, click File > Replication > Options for this Application, and click Other.

To disable replication temporarily for a replica

About this task

You can disable replication for a selected replica temporarily. This is useful if you want to prevent an application from being updated, for example to see whether a local replica is corrupted before replicating with a server. All other replicas of the application, local or on servers, go on replicating unless you also disable replication for them.

Tip: Removing the check mark in the Enabled column of the Replication page for a replica also disables replication.

Procedure

Open a replica and clickFile > Replication > Options for this Application.
Under Other, select Temporarily disable replication for this replica, and click OK.

To specify the date a replica was published on CD-ROM

About this task

Some organizations distribute replicas on CD-ROM. Using the publishing date, you can avoid unnecessary replication of all documents in the replica, updating only newer information.

Procedure

Open a replica and click File > Replication > Options for this Application.
Under Other, select CD-ROM publishing date and enter a date.
Click OK.