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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
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.
  - How do I create a replica?
    Use replication to make a server-based HCL Notes® application available on your computer, and keep it in sync with the server version.
- 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.

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.

Note: An application copy (created by clicking File > Application > New Copy) cannot be replicated. Application copies only show application views and documents as they appeared when the copy was created, and are not kept current with the server version. Please be aware of this important distinction between application replicas and application copies.

Server-based replicas

In addition to creating local replicas, replication also lets users on different networks, in a variety of physical locations, share the most current version of information in an application. If you want to create a replica of an application on a server, ask your HCL Domino® administrator for assistance.