Replication
You can create an offline (local) duplicate of any HCL 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 HCL 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 HCL Notes® application. You can choose whether to apply settings to the selected replica in the current location only, or in all locations.
  - 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 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.

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.

The common ID lets you replicate changes between the replica and the original application. If you have two copies of an application with different replica IDs, you can't replicate between them.

Tip: If you copy an application (.nsf) file using your operating system, the copy is a replica. Only copies made in Notes® are not replicas.

To see an application's replica ID

Open or select the application.
From the menu, click File > Application > Properties.
Click the Information tab.
Look under Replica ID.