In Transactional Replication Subscriber reinitialization instructs the Distribution Agent to locate and distribute a NEW Snapshot to the Subscriber. In Merge Replication, the reinitialization is done by the Merge Agent. Depending on the Replication settings, the Subscriber tables may either be 1) dropped, deleted, or 3) truncated resulting in loss of data on the Subscriber.
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Transactional Replication Conversations When troubleshooting Transactional Replication performance break down the flow of data into 4 simultaneous conversation. Examine performance of each conversation. This will help verify where the bottleneck investigation should begin. 1) LogReader Reader thread is reading the Transaction Log via stored procedure sp_replcmds, a wrapper for xp_replcmds. It scans the transaction log
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We recently need to find all the difference in data between 2 SQL Servers each with 300 SQL replicated tables. To find the differences, we were planning on using the TableDiff utility included with SQL 2005 which is a command line tool designed to provide TSQL needed to manually sync two table in two different
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In this video •Configuring Distributor is first step in setting up SQL Server Replication •We verify Distributor is not configured •Walkthrough setting up SQL Replication Distributor using TSQL Scripts •Highlight of key parameters •Show how to generated Distributor TSQL commands automatically from SQL Server Management Studio Remember, you can double-click the video to view FULL
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Windows Synchronization Manager on x64 SQL 2005 BOL topics describe how to launch the Windows Synchronization Manager to synchronize a subscriber. How to: Synchronize a Subscription Using Windows Synchronization Manager (Windows Synchronization Manager) http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms151863.aspx On x64 system, the BOL steps will start the x64 Win Sync Manager not the 32bit version. The x64 bit will
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