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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.
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.
How do I set a replication schedule?
Once you have created a local replica of an IBM Notes application, you can keep your replica in sync with the server version. Do this by seting up replication schedules that allow you to replicate/sync your local replica automatically, and on a regular basis.

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.
  - How do I set a replication schedule?
    Once you have created a local replica of an IBM Notes application, you can keep your replica in sync with the server version. Do this by seting up replication schedules that allow you to replicate/sync your local replica automatically, and on a regular basis.
  - How do I add or remove replicas from bookmarks?
    You can add or remove a replica of an IBM® Notes® application from your bookmarks. You can also find all the servers that have a replica of an application, and direct your bookmark to find a new server to which the server administrator has moved a replica.
  - How do I address replication and save conflicts?
    A replication conflict occurs when two or more users edit the same document in different replicas, between one replication and the next. A save conflict occurs when two or more users edit the same document in the same application on a server, at the same time.
- Advanced Replication topics
  The following Replication topics are for more advanced Notes® users.

How do I set a replication schedule?

Once you have created a local replica of an IBM Notes application, you can keep your replica in sync with the server version. Do this by seting up replication schedules that allow you to replicate/sync your local replica automatically, and on a regular basis.

Procedure

From an open application, click File > Application > Make Available Offline.
Click Set or Change Schedules.

Note: You can set up the same replication and sync schedule from the Schedule button (Notes Basic client users: Replication tab) at the top of the Replication and Sync page.
Select Replicate/sync at this interval for normal priority and specify the schedule:
- In the Daily from field, specify start and end times that define the period of the day during which you want replication and sync to occur.
- In the Repeat every field, specify the number of minutes you want to elapse between replication and sync sessions.
  For example, suppose you have scheduled replication for 8 AM to 6 PM Monday through Friday with a 360-minute (6 hours) repeat interval. If you start IBM® Notes® at 9 AM on Tuesday, Notes® immediately replicates, and replicates again 6 hours later.
- In the Days of the week field, specify the days on which you want replication and sync to occur.
Optional: Select Replicate/sync at this additional interval for high-priority and specify the additional schedule as in the previous step.
Optional: Select any other replication triggers and whether you want to be prompted when each trigger occurs so that you have a chance to cancel the replication and sync.
Click OK.
Optional: To use the same schedule for all locations, click the Options for this Application button and select Apply changes to all locations at the bottom of the Basics page of the Replication Options dialog box. This also applies any other changes you make on this page to all locations.
Click OK.
On the Replication and Sync page, in the Enabled column, make sure the application entries you want to replicate or sync on schedule have check marks.