We are running a transactional replication with 2 DB publication. Configuration is below:
SVR_A = DISTRIBUTOR + PUBLISHER
SVR_B = SUBSCRIBER
Due to a system upgrade, I'm planning to re-initialize replication from scratch. So I have the steps on removing the existing replication.
[1] ON SVR_A - DROP SUBSCRIPTION
USE Published_DB; EXEC sp_dropsubscription @publication = N'Published_DB_Publication', @subscriber = N'all', @destination_db = N'Published_DB', @article = N'all';
[2] ON SVR_B - CLEANUP SUBSCRIPTION
USE Subscription_DB; EXEC sp_subscription_cleanup @publisher = @SVR_A, @publisher_db = 'Published_DB', @publication = 'Published_DB_Publication'
[3] ON SVR_A - DROP PUBLICATION
USE Published_DB; EXEC sp_droppublication @publication = N'Published_DB_Publication';
[4] ON SVR_A - REMOVE REPLICATION
EXEC sp_removedbreplication 'Published_DB_Publication';
[5] ON SVR_A - REMOVE SUBSCRIBER
EXEC sp_dropsubscriber @subscriber = 'SVR_B'
[6] ON SVR_A - REMOVE PUBLISHER AND DISTRIBUTOR
USE Master; EXEC sp_dropdistpublisher @publisher='SVR_A'; EXEC sp_dropdistributiondb 'distribution'; EXEC sp_dropdistributor;
Did I miss anything?
Thanks