You have permission Service(ForcedPrepare,ForcedUnPrepare,ForcedStart,ForcedStop).

For more information, see Standard Permissions.

You have configured and enabled the primary system so that you can register a secondary system with it.

For more information, see Enabling System Replication.

The secondary system has been stopped.

You are logged on to the host of the master name server as the root user on the secondary system.

If the host names of the primary and the secondary system are the same, change the host names used on the secondary system.

Check if the host name resolution works in both directions before you configure the secondary system for system replication.

You know the replication mode that you want to use.

For more information, see System Replication Modes.

You know the operation modes for system replication.

For more information, see System Replication Operation Modes.

The system status is Not Running.

For more information, see Instance Operations.