The Hot Standby software supplies default values for most of the master and standby database attributes and maintains them in the database root file. Optionally, you can change one or more of the database attributes using qualifiers on the Replicate commands. When you specify a database attribute, the Hot Standby software updates the database root file so that the database root file always contains the most up-to-date qualifier values for the database. You can specify database attributes using qualifiers on either of the following Replicate commands: o Replicate After_Journal Configure-Preconfigures the master and standby database attributes without starting replication operations. This optional command allows you to preset database attributes that do not take effect until the next time you start replication operations using the Replicate After_Journal Start command. o Replicate After_Journal Start-Configures database attributes at the same time you start replication for a database. If you preconfigured your database previously using the Replicate After_Journal Configure command, you can override the default settings by including one or more qualifiers on the Replicate After_Journal Start command. Whenever you enter the Replicate After_Journal Start command, the Hot Standby software initiates database replication using the qualifier values specified on the Replicate After_Journal Start command line. If you do not specify qualifier values on the command line, the Hot Standby software uses values stored in the database root file or the default value for the qualifier. Therefore, you do not need to respecify the qualifier values except to change a qualifier setting. For example, the following command example shows the Replicate After_Journal Start command the first time you enter it on the master database node: $ RMU/REPLICATE AFTER_JOURNAL START mf_personnel - /STANDBY_ROOT=REMNOD::DISK1:[USER]standby_personnel - /SYNCHRONIZATION=HOT The Hot Standby software saves the qualifier settings in the database root file (in this case, the database attributes are saved in the master database root file). The next time you start replication operations, you could enter the command line without the qualifier.