Lotus Notes® and Domino® 6 Application Development Exam Cram™ 2 (Exams 610, 611, and 612)

Using Replication to Design an Update Distribution Mechanism

Replication can be used to distribute design updates in two primary ways. First, you can update a design template database, refresh the design of the production database on the same server, and then have that database replicate with databases located on other servers, thus updating their designs during replication. Alternatively, you can update the design of the template database, replicate that template to other replica templates located on the other servers, and then refresh the design of the production databases on each server.

Whether you use the Design Refresh or Design Replace options to update database designs, design changes and document updates made in one database automatically ...