Patent ID: 8572037

Claim:
A method for replicating data of a database that is hosted on a database server system by at least one replication server that includes at least one processor, the method comprising: sending, via the at least one processor, a database request to the database server, wherein the database request comprises metadata indicating replication data requested by the at least one replication server; and receiving, via the at least one processor, a database response from the database server, wherein the database response comprises the requested replication data indicated by the metadata, wherein the database request is wrapped in a conventional request to the database hosted on the database server, wherein the replication data requested by the at least one replication server relates to redo log data stored in a redo log of the database server, the redo log storing modifications made to data stored within the database, and wherein the metadata indicates the redo log data requested by the at least one replication server.