Replicator 7.4 - Command Line Reference Guide

Introduction

This guide will provide an overview and list of all the available PowerShell commands for the configuration and management of Metalogix Replicator.

Replicator System Management Lifecycle

The Metalogix Replicator System Management Lifecycle describes our recommendation for deploying Replicator and then performing ongoing administration. The framework consists of several brief phases, which are explained in the following diagram:

This document describes the Metalogix Replicator command-line interface using the phases of the framework.

Replicator Administration

Replicator can be administered the Replicator Management Shell, which runs PowerShell cmdlets. This tool is used to:

·Complete many common administrative tasks that are available in the Replicator user interface.

·Script repetitive tasks.

·Perform long running tasks that may time out when triggered from within a web browser.

·Complete commands that are not available in the SharePoint interface.

Replicator Management Shell

The Replicator Management Shell provides Powershell commands for managing Replicator. To start the management shell, Start >Metalogix > Replicator > Replicator Management Shell. (Note, if you are running anything earlier than Windows Server 2012, you access the Replicator Management Shell by doing the following: Start> All Programs> Metalogix> Replicator> Replicator Management Shell).

The following code example shows how to enable a web application from the Replicator Management Shell:

Set-ReplicatorWebAppConfig -URL http://corporateoffice -Enabled 1

Refer to Replication Administration for the cmdlet syntax of supported administration functions.