Capture Enhancements

Controlling the Capture Program

The Capture program is controlled by signals that you or the Apply program can store in the signal table, IBMSNAP_SIGNAL. This table, along with other replication control tables, ensures that the Capture and Apply programs communicate effectively with each other and with the Replication Alert Monitor.

Capture uses signals from IBMSNAP_SIGNAL for the following situations:

  • To determine when to start capturing changes for a particular table

  • To determine when to terminate

  • Whether it must perform update-anywhere replication

  • To provide the log sequence number for setting a precise endpoint for Apply events

The signal table also allows for precise termination of log record reading and for users to communicate ...

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