Category: Troubleshooting

SQLServerAgent is not currently running so it cannot be notified of this action.

Share this PostHave you seen errors like these below when attempting to run SQL Replication Wizard or start a SQL Agent job? TITLE: Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio —————————— SQLServerAgent is not currently running so it cannot be notified of this action. (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 22022) SQL Server blocked access to procedure ‘dbo.sp_get_sqlagent_properties’ of
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Distribution Agent fails with: Error Locating Server/Instance Specified [xFFFFFFFF].

Share this PostSateesh Yele | Microsoft SQL Server Support Symptom Distribution Agent is failing when connecting to subscriber server when replicating between cross domain servers. Consider this, you are setting up replication between 64 bit edition servers that are cross domain and the Distribution Agent is failing with the following error in Replication Monitor. The
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Stored Procedure schema changes are not being replicated when using ”initialize with backup”

Share this PostSQL Replication allows you to replicate user-defined Stored Procedures code to subscribers similar to replicating tables.  When the sp is modified, the new schema/script is transferred to the subscriber. This ensures all subscribers have the most recent version of the SP. Transactional Replication also allows you to setup a subscriber using a backup
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Troubleshooting LogReader Error “repldone log scan occurs before the current start of replication”

Share this PostBelow are cause and recommendation for the SQL Replication LogReader error “The specified LSN (…) for repldone log scan occurs before the current start of replication in the log (…).’. When the LogReader starts, it verifies the Last Distributed transaction (last transaction in msrepl_transactions) still exists in the transaction log.  This confirms the
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