You are trying to compare or repair a table that used to work. The compare log located in the $SP_SYS_VARDIR/log directory with names like sp_desrv or sp_clnt show a line like the following error replicating make sure SP_OCT_TARGET_COMPATABILITY is set using pre 7.5.2 VERSION
or show compare gives the following output ERROR: Illegal state: File "/u01/app/splex/var/log/avmprd_desvr-21771-01.log" is not available but the log exists in the $SP_SYS_VARDIR/log directory.
Replicating from a higher version to a lower version has issues when higher version features are used. The format of the compare log messages changed between 7.2 and 7.5 and version 7.5 can't read version 7.2 compare logs.
Workaround :
1.Set the parameter SP_OCT_TARGET_COMPATABILITY to the major version of the target. If target version if 6.0 set to 6.0 if 7.0 or 7.2 set to 7.0.
sp_ctrl>set param SP_OCT_TARGET_COMPATABILITY 6.0
2.Restart shareplex (sp_cop).
3.Remove the old compare logs . Go to SP_SYS_VARDIR/log directory delete the compare logs. These files are of the form on the source sp_desrv and on the target sp_declt
