How do i set a preferred Replication server?

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Hi There

Once, somewhere i read, that with 8.5.1 u can set a Preferred Replication Server (“any available, try yxz first”) via a Policy.

But i never found the Option nor i found something about it in the release notes.

Did this very cool and important setting make it live? :slight_smile:

thanks!

kind regards

Tibor

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Subject: Try Replication Settings

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Subject: We have made a change that helps the preferred setting for the mail file.

It was tracked under SPR #JMAN7K3RDN

In 8.5.1, the setting for the mail file on the replicator page will default to the mail/home sever as specified in the location document. As such, replication will always occur against the user’s main/primary mail server, and will only failover if that server is not available. With the change, replication will not “lock on” to a secondary server.

There is an INI variable, REPL_MAIL_MODE, that can control the behavior:

0 = Do nothing, the setting is what it is. This is the 8.02/8.5 and 8.5 FP1 behaviors and pre 8.02 behaviors.

1 = Force. Regardless of current value, if will use the value of the homeserver from the location. The user CAN NOT change this value.

This is what the hotfix did without an INI setting.

2 = If preferred is not set (i.e. The original default), or is set to the current home server, we will default to using the homeserver specified in this location going forward. This is the default in 8.03 and 8.51. The user can override and change the setting, if they want.

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Subject: thanks, got another question

Hi there

Thanks for the first part :slight_smile:

does that whole thing work on regular databases too?

thanks!

kind regards

Tibor