The Content Replication tool automates content replication between the component storage areas of a distributed storage area. A content replication job looks for all content not locally present, gets the files while connected to other sites, and performs an IMPORT_REPLICA for each content file in need of replication. The job generates a report that lists each object replicated. The report is saved to the repository in /System/Sysadmin/Reports/ContentReplication.

If the report runs against the content at a remote distributed site, the report name will have the sites server configuration name appended. For example, if London is a remote site, its report would be found in /System/Sysadmin/Reports/ContentReplicationLondon.

In a distributed environment, the jobs argument values for the remote sites are based on those of the Content Replication job for the primary site, but the job name and target server will be unique for each site. The job name has the format:

dm_ContentReplicationserverconfig.object_name

The jobs target_server property identifies the local server performing the replication using the format repository.serverconfig@hostname. The Content Replication job is inactive by default.

The Content Replication tool requires enough temporary disk space to transfer the largest content file to be replicated.