SQL Remote User's Guide
SQL Remote Concepts
SQL Remote components
The SQL Remote Message Agent sends and receives replication messages. It is a client application that sends and receives messages from database to database. The Message Agent must be installed at both the consolidated and at the remote sites.
For Adaptive Server Anywhere, the Message Agent is a program called dbremote.exe on PC operating systems, and dbremote on UNIX.
For Adaptive Server Enterprise, the Message Agent is a program called ssremote.exe on PC operating systems, and ssremote on UNIX.