Can't delete bogus subscription
I created a subscription from a backup file / publisher, but something went wrong along the way. Now I've got a subscription that I want to remove (to clean up), but when I try to remove the...
View ArticleSQL Merge Replication: 2008 and 2008 issue.
I setup a SQL Merge replication on a 2008 R2 SQL server, then subscribed to it from a 2000 SQL server. The actual goal is to be able to synchronize from a 2000 to 2008, but from what I have found it...
View ArticleTransactional Replication (Disappearing Triggers)
SITUATION: I have two servers performing transactional replication of a database with three tables: Publishing Server A (SQL 2008 R2) -collects data (Table 1, Table 2, Table 3)Subscribing Server B (SQL...
View ArticleReplication is broken
I have a merge publication (sql server 2008 r2) setup on my publisher. I replicate to republishers and then to a local database running on each end users computer. Something recently happened and all...
View ArticleHA/DR Options for Merge Subscriber
I have merge replication established with pull subscriptions that are located remotely across the US. I am looking to see if I there are any HA/DR strategies for the subscribers that will not require...
View ArticleBesides cost, what are the tradeoffs of selecting Merge replication over P2P...
Besides cost, what are the reasons for selecting Merge replication over P2P replication. I will have about 10 servers. The exact number has not been decided on.
View ArticleIs SQL Server 2012 Merge Replication better than SQL Server 2008 R2 Merge...
Is SQL Server 2012 Merge Replication a lot better than SQL Server 2008 R2 Merge Replication, why or why not. Can you give me an intuitive explanation on the functionality added by the 2012 release. How...
View ArticleConfigure email after the logshipping restore is successful
How do I configure mail after restore job in log shipping is successful.
View ArticleIs 10 servers a decision point: Merge or P2P replication, why
What do you think about using the number of servers to decide between merge replication and P2P replication. Why is this true. Thank you,
View ArticleSQL Server 2005 to Oracle replication
I have configured Transcational replication between SQL Server 2005 SP3 and Oracle(Subscriber). And for small table its working fine.But if the table size is more than 2 gb, distribution agent is...
View Articlereplication issues between seperate servers
I have following scenario: 1- publisher / distributer running on one named instance \\MACHINENAME\SQLMASTER 2- subscriber running merge subscription on another named instance \\MACHINENAME\SQLSLAVE ....
View ArticleReplication
Hello everyone, I want to know about replication i have requirement like i hav to database 1)Customer 2) Customer Portal I want to know if data is inserted,updated or deleted on Customer database than...
View ArticleUnable to mirror databases in SQL 2008 R2, mirroring hangs on start
Hi all, I have an interesting problem that I have not seen before and need some help from you clever folks...(sorry for the long post !) Production environment - two node cluster Windows Enterprise...
View ArticleMsg 21527 - Publication '[publication]' cannot be added to database...
Hi I have generated a create script from an existing merge publication, changed the publication name, and try to add a new publication based on the old one. The generated script uses...
View ArticleMerge Agent fails to deliver snapshot
SQL Server 2005 standard edition (2005 - 9.00.5057.00 (Intel X86)) publishing a merge publication to sql express 2005 (2005 - 9.00.5000.00 (Intel X86) ) The snapshot agents runs but fails to complete...
View ArticleDownload only replication
Hi all, I have a replication scenario with one replication in download-only mode. When I insert a new record in the subscriber table the replication engine replicates the record on the...
View ArticleHow hard is it to literally combine Merge and P2P replication servers
Can I set up a distributed system where all the servers are connected and some servers use only Merge replication and some servers use P2P replication. What does the hardware and software configuration...
View ArticleSQL 2000 to 2008 Replication design questions
I have a scenario in which we have a legacy application running on SQL 2000 and want to move some scripting/rules which are run against data to another server which is running SQL 2008. We want to...
View Articleidentity range management question
I have one publisher and two subscribers , in this scenario can someone point me out what is the meaning of the following parameters : publisher range size 40000 subscriber range size 40000 Range...
View ArticleSync Center and Replication
Pull subscriptions from SQL Server 2008 R2 pulled by SQLExpress (2008 R2) First of all, everything works. Everything. No issues with permissions, conflicts, database, replication, subscription...
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