Hi, I'm receiving the error: "The Merge Agent received the following error status and message from the Internet Information Services (IIS) server during Web synchronization: [500 :'( The specified network name is no longer available. )']"
during web syncronization, merge replication.
Database server is SQL Server 2005 SP2 and the web server (a separate machine) is windows server 2003. Client databases (i.e. the subscribers) are sql server 2005 and 2008. There are about 200 subscribers.
The behaviour is quite difficult to understand. The error is not systematic. About 10% of synchronizations are failing. It happens that the same client can receive the error but, after about 10 minutes, when it retries, its replication becomes successful.
This is a replication system that exists for 3 years, ever worked quite well. Now i can't understand what can be the source of this problem. Any ideas ?
Many thanks in advance
Stefano