Hi All,
I have a question regarding publication retention periods when you have a republisher.
I have a merge replication topology as follows:
Server1 = publisher (with single database)
Server2 = republisher (and distributor)
Server3 = mirror of publisher DB
Plus 6 remote/mobile devices that subscribe to publications (with static/join filters) on server2.
There's an MSDN article that talks about "considerations for setting the publication retention period for merge publications" - and it says that "The retention period for any republisher must be set to a value equal to or less than the retention period set at the original Publisher."
My remote subscribers need a retention period of 5 days because they can't always sync due to poor mobile coverage - and those publications are on the republisher. Does that mean that the retention period for the publication that the republisher subscribes to on the publisher must be 5 days or more?
I'm just trying to clarify this because at the moment I have a retention period on the publisher publication of 1 day and 5 days for the remote clients and I'm getting lots of "false" conflicts between the publisher and republisher.
And if I have to increase the retention period on the publication on the publisher do I need to reinitialise all subscriptions in the topology?
Thanks for your help.