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User-initiated Replication
User-initiated replication enables users to collect and replicate objects that cannot be easily bound together by replication rules. When a user initiates replication, the replication process begins immediately. The replication action is available from the Actions menu on the Search Results table as well as through the row-level Actions menu on the details page for the object.
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For the replication action to appear and for the function to be active, the user must be a member of a Replication Managers group. For more information, see Adding Members to the Replication Managers Group.
When the users select the replicate action, the User Initiated Replication window appears. On this window, users must identify target File Server sites to replicate and choose whether to replicate all, required, or no dependents for CAD documents.
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Selecting which dependents to replicate is applicable only to CAD document objects that were selected. For each target CAD document, dependents use the as-stored configuration specification if it exists. If it does not exist, the latest configuration specification is used.
After the user initiates the replication action, the following process occurs:
1. The replication job starts in the background. The results of the job (success, failure, and errors) are reported in the Event Management utility.
2. A predictive replication rule and schedule are created to replicate future iterations of the replicated objects.
3. All the objects included in the replication job are replicated to the vault that is the default target for the site.
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Every site must have a vault that is the default target for the site. If a vault that is a default target for a site already exists and you select a new vault, the new vault becomes the default target for the site rather than the existing one.