Start/notes.ini Parameters/ServerPullReplication

ServerPullReplication

Parameter: ServerPullReplication
Short description: Forces this server to only pull during scheduled replication — changes are fetched but not pushed back.

Profile

Parameter
ServerPullReplication
Category
General (replication)
Available since
At least 10.0.1 (HCL documentation)
GUI equivalent
According to HCL no direct GUI option. Settable in the Configuration document on the NOTES.INI Settings tab.
Possible values
0 = normal push-pull replication · 1 = pull only — this server does not push changes back
Default
None — without setting, scheduled replication takes place normally (push-pull).

Description

According to HCL product documentation:
Specifies that all scheduled replication initiated from this server must be pull-push replication.
This server will not replicate back to the other server:
0 - Scheduled replication occurs normally (push-pull replication is not forced)
1 - This server pulls changes from other servers, but other servers cannot pull changes from this server
This setting affects only scheduled replication.
For example, to reduce the workload on a hub server, specify 1 for the ServerPullReplication setting on all spoke servers in a hub-and-spoke system.
In classic hub-and-spoke topologies, ServerPullReplication=1 on the spokes offloads the hub: the hub no longer needs to actively initiate replications to the spokes, but is only "queried" by the spokes.

Example configuration

ServerPullReplication=1
With ServerPullReplication=1, this server only pulls changes from other servers during scheduled replication and does not push any back itself.

Notes & pitfalls

  • Affects scheduled replication only — manual (console or program-document) replications are not affected.
  • Not relevant for cluster replication; that is governed by separate parameters (Cluster_Replicators, Disable_Cluster_Replicator).
  • According to HCL there is no direct GUI equivalent; the value can be maintained via the NOTES.INI Settings tab of a Configuration document.

Sources (HCL Product Documentation)