All about “Not for Replication”

Rishi Maini | Microsoft SQL Server Escalation Services All about “Not for Replication” “Not for Replication” is a property which can be set for different objects like Check constraints, Foreign Key constraints, Triggers , Identity columns etc while using SQL Server Replication. Feature used when the DBA would like the transactions to behave differently when
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The process could not execute ‘sp_repldone/sp_replcounters’

Anurag Sharma | Microsoft SQL Server Escalation Services Log Reader fails with below error message The process could not execute ‘sp_repldone/sp_replcounters’ on ‘SQLGUY’. (Source: MSSQL_REPL, Error number: MSSQL_REPL20011) Get help: http://help/MSSQL_REPL20011 The log scan number (23:49:3) passed to log scan in database ‘PUBLISHER’ is not valid. This error may indicate data corruption or that the
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Distribution Agent fails with: Error Locating Server/Instance Specified [xFFFFFFFF].

Sateesh 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 process could
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