One of the things that annoys me in 2005 is that you cannot change the snapshot location during the setup of the replication. Does anyone know if I missed something or if they are going to change that in a future patch?
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We are using HTTPS merge replication - is it possible to specify an alternative location when applying the initial snapshot ?
Thanks
Bruce
Hi,
I have transactional replication setup with SQL 2000 on W2K3 cluster using updateable push subscribers. While setting up replication, we chose default location for snapshot folder that resides on non-clustered drive. Is there a way to change this location without disturbing current replication setup. I looked at the 'alternate snapshot location' solution, but it requires snapshot re-initialization. I am trying to do this with minimal effort and downtime.
Thanks,
np70
Hi all,
I found that my testing server is accumulating shapshot folder in repldata. Everytime, we refresh the tables (snapshot publication), a new folder created without the old folders. And I found that there is at most 1 snapshot folder remain in production server. Any parameter to adjust the retention period of the snapshot folder? Thanks in advance
Hi,
I need to restore a sql server 2000 database which does not have any backups apart from a snapshot folder which contains some .bcp, .IDX and .Sch files. (there was a transactional replication setup on this database at some point and the snapshot folder is still there.)
Is this possible? any help will be highly appreciated.
thanks,
Alind
At present our snaopshot folder for merge replication(mainly) and our snapshot replications are on a seperate server. We now need to move the folder to a new server.
Anybody explain how we will do this and what affects it will have
Thanks
We are using SQL Server 2005 SP2 to do transactional replication.
We and have a separate service account for the SQL Agents (sqladmin) vs. SQL Replication Agents (sqlrepadmin). It is my understanding this is a replication security best practice. The sqlrepadmin has full permissions on the snapshot share folder and it's subdirectories. The sqladmin account does not have permissions at all.
I have been getting an error message when we run the distribution clean up job.
Executed as user: PRODsqladmin. Could not remove directory '\Tes01boxRepldatauncqabox01_DB01_TO_ORACLE20070905104896'. Check the security context of xp_cmdshell
I have dropped the publication and recreated which is what appears to have caused the error.
From
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms151151.aspx
Note:
If a publication is dropped, replication attempts to remove the snapshot folder under the security context of the SQL Server service account. If this account does not have sufficient privileges, log in with an account that does have sufficient privileges and remove the folder manually. Removing a folder requires the Modify privilege if the folder is a local path or the Full Control privilege if the folder is a network path.
The note above implies that the SQL Server service account (sqladmin) needs permissions on the snapshot folder as well.
Finally my questions:
Is there a workaround that will allow the distribution cleanup job to run as sqlrepadmin and perform the delete?
If both sqlrepadmin and sqladmin need permissions to the snapshot what is the reasoning from a security perspective of separating them out?
I have a merge replication. Currently works fine. Publisher & Distributor are on the same server. I need to change the location of the alternate folder for the snapshot files.
I’ll probably just change it through the GUI, but would I use sp_changedistpublisher or sp_changemergepublication if I were scripting everything?
My real concern is the subscribers. Do I have to ‘tell’ the subscribers where the alt folder has been changed to? Do I just run sp_changemergepullsubscription on the subscribers?
hi all
when my snapshot folder is on a network drive, on which "simple filesharing" is enabled, i can access that folder without typing a user and password and configuring login security settings.
but in fact the network drive on which the snapshot folder will be located will do have a login and password. (when i go to it with windows explorer, i have to enter my login and password).
won't this cause problems for the replication? as i don't see where to enter net network login when i configure the replication via the wizard.
Thanks for help
Hello there,
I need to install SQL 2005 in one drive on my computer, and data folders in another drive. Can anyone tell me how this can b done during setup please?
Thanks in advance.
Hemant
We have a vendor that is exposing our database via a High Availability replica. They are geographically far away from us though so we would like to extract portions of the database over to our side for our reporting /warehousing purposes. I was curious if it is possible to setup snapshot replication on a high availability group?
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I am Having trouble trying to set up SQL Server Replication Utilising Web Synchronisation Where the
IIS(Web Server) is on a separate machine to the SQL Server(Publisher). I am using MSDE as the SQL Server Box, however even when I used SQLServer2000, or SQLServer2005 I have had no joy with the 2 separate Servers setup.
If I have the one server then I have no problems (i.e. One Server Setup)
Server A: Windows 2000,
with MSDE installed
enabled for Merge replication,
and has a Publication set up.
IIS Web Page Setup for Synchronisation
My SQL Server 2005 Mobile device syncs via the web page on ServerA Fine, no problems at all.
The Trouble is when I am trying to utilise SQL Server Replication as follows. (i.e. 2 Server Setup)
Basically I am using the Same ServerA as in the one Server setup I had above. All I have done is I am now using a Separate IIS Server for the Web Synchronisation ServerB
I have run the "Configure Web Synchronisation Wizard"(ConnWiz30.exe) on my web page on ServerB. And I am using Anonymous Access Authentication With Windows NT Authentication on my Web Server(ServerB),
the Anonymous User is a Domain user, and is the Same Domain User I used in the One Server setup which I had working (so this IIS Anonymous Domain user should have all permissions required on the ServerA (SQL Publisher) both Windows permissions and SQL Server Permissions.
Server A: Windows 2000,
with MSDE installed
enabled for Merge replication,
and has a Publication set up.
Server B: Windows XP, IIS Web Server(Web page enabled for Web Synchronisation)
I have a Mobile device as a subscriber, which is using Web Synchronisation on ServerB(Web Server), to sync with the ServerA (MSDE Box).
The error I am receiving is "A Call to SQL Server Reconciler has Failed" Try to resynchronise, "The Process Could Not deliver the Snapshot to the Subscriber"
A little extra info:
-I can remotely connect from my Web server(ServerB) to the SQL Box ServerA via a TCP/IP ODBC connection so remote connections does not seem to be an issue.
-If on My Mobile device if I try to Add a Subscription & Synchronise the replication using the
AddSubscription(AddOption.ExistingDatabase), it works fine. (Obviously the subscription database does exist before the synchronisation)
If I try to Add a Subscription & Synchronise the replication using the
AddSubscription(AddOption.CreateDatabase), I get the error as mentioned.
Is there something I have missed? Any help you can provide is much appreciated.
Thanks.
Is there a way to extract only installation files to install SQL 2012 client tools from complete media set. I'm interested in SQL MGMT Studio/Profiler/Data Quality services/Configuration tools.
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View 2 Replies View RelatedI dont alot about sql server 2005(Express edition). For debugging purposes i want to copy the whole app_data folder(.mdf & .log files) on the production server to another folder on the same machine(or sometimes to a network folder). So when i copy and try to paste this App_data folder to a new location, i get this error message
"cannot copy ASPNETDB: it is being used by another person or program. close any programs that might be using the file and try again."
After reading the above message, i close visual web developer, stop the website in IIS and stop the SQLExpress service on the server and try again but still get the same message.
So how can i make sure that all the programs accessing these database files are closed such that i'm able able to copy them to a different location.
I know a WMI event watcher can be used to watch for a new file being added to a folder. However, I need to check for new folders being added to an existing folder. I haven't been able to find a post on doing this. Is there a way in WQL to check for a new folder being added instead of a new file? I've used SQL for years, but am new to SSIS.
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Ok,
I have a network folder called A
I have a SharePoint (2007) Document Library site called B. Web Client is enabled on the server and B is mapped as a Drive (let's call it Y for this discussion)
I want to move documents in A to B. Easy enough, right? Not so....
I first started by creating a batch file that issues a COPY \A \Y /Y at the command prompt. Viola! Worked Great!
I then moved that command to a SQL Agent job as a CMDExec statement (exact same statement) and attempted to run it.....CRASH! It found the files in A but then said "The system cannot find the path specified"
Ok, so I tried it in SSIS. CRASH! Checked the error log. Same thing...
So I then checked the account under which the SQl Agent was running (special domain account for all our SQL Servers). Thinking it might mater I changed it to run under my name (I'm in Domain admin). I also ensured I had permissions to the SPS 2007 library as well. (I did).
Ran again! CRASH! Same error....
So, I created a batch file , placed thec ommand in the batch file and ran that from the command prompt! Viola! Worked Great.
So, I was thinking of how ingenious I was as I pasted my C:RootCopy.bat into my SQL Agent job. With a big grin on my face I right clicked and picked "Start Job at step".......CRASH! Same error.
Does anyone have any ideas on this ???????????????
Thanks,
Stephen
Hi
I seem to have a strange problem when applying a snapshot when the tables in the publication have been updated while the snapshot was being generated.
Say for example there is a table called RMAReplacedItem in the publication. When the snapshot starts being applied to the subscriber, a stored procedure called sp_MSins_RMAReplacedItem_msrepl_css gets created that handles an insert if the row already exists (ie it updates the row rather than inserting it). However, after all the data has been loaded into the tables, instead of calling this procedure, it tries to call one called sp_MSins_RMAReplacedIte_msrepl_cssm - it takes the last letter of the table name and adds it to the end of the procedure name.
The worst part is that this causes the application of the snapshot to fail, but it doesnt report what the error is, and instead it just tries applying the snapshot again. The only way i have managed to find which call is failing is to run profiler against the subscriber while the snapshot is being applied and see what errors.
I have run sp_broswereplcmds and the data in there is what is applied to the subscriber - ie the wrong procedure name.
All the servers involved are running sql 2005 service pack 2. The publisher and subscriber were both upgraded from sql 2000, but the distribution server is a fresh install of sql 2005.
Ruprect asked me in this thread (http://www.dbforums.com/showthread.php?postid=4469852#post4469852) to start a thread on snapshot isolation for questions etc, so here it is.
Please have a read of the excellent whitepaper at http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnsql90/html/sql2k5snapshotisol.asp
and then post any questions.
My team owns snapshot isolation and the devs who wrote it work for me so I can answer all questions you may have.
Thanks
Best all,
I have an urgent problem.
I have SQL Server 2005 installed in Windows 2000.
In SQL Server Management Studio's SQL Editor, when I run following:
USE bugdb2
SET ALLOW_SNAPSHOT_ISOLATION ON;
SET TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL SNAPSHOT
I get following errors:
Msg 195, Level 15, State 5, Line 6
'ALLOW_SNAPSHOT_ISOLATION' is not a recognized option.
Msg 102, Level 15, State 1, Line 8
Incorrect syntax near 'SNAPSHOT'.
Please help to solve this problem..
Thank you very much
Mel
I have a set of folders with the following structure:
MainFolder
1999
SpreadsheetA.xls
SpreadsheetB.xls
SpreadsheetC.xls
2000
SpreadsheetA.xls
SpreadsheetB.xls
SpreadsheetC.xls
etc.
Is there a way that I can use the foreach loop container to loop the sub folders? My plan was to get the folder name and path into a variable, use this to build the connection string for each file in this folder, carry out the upload for that folder, then move onto the next folder and do the same thing, but I cannot see a way to do this.
Thanks,
Sam
Hello Every
I have a problem with ASP.NET connect to Database Snapshot SQL Server 2005.
Step One: I create database snapshot.
Step Two: I want to use ASP.NET to Database Snapshot that create already. But I don't know connection string to database snapshot.
Please help me ............................
Thank You,
Hi to all,
We have an environment production with a lot of activity all days,
for this reason the time for the maintenance tasks is very short (only
for Reindex and no more).
We must execute all days a DBCC CheckDB command without to affect
the performance server and we have a problem with the temporally
snapshot that is create during this command because usually we have
some load tasks executing at the same time of the DBCC and the size of
the snapshot is too big and produce an error for not enough space on
the disk.
In some documents we have read that when you have an environment
with non NTFS disks the command work like on SQL Server 2000 without
snapshot.This is not our case because we have NTFS disks but we would
like to execute the command without snapshot, with database online and
compatibility level option to SQL Server 2005 (9.0).
Someone know if this is possible?
Thanks in advance,
Prado
It seems SQL Server 2005 can store data in both C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL ServerMSSQL.1MSSQLData and C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL ServerMSSQL.2MSSQLData. But what's the difference of the 2 folders? I accidentally found identical mdf files in the two folders and got confused. Thanks.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI have a "merge" publication created, with only Procedures, Views and Functions. (Note I have other merge publications that replicate the tables from the same database). I keep getting the same error (see -below) on various procedures. I cannot find anything wrong with the procedures themselves. I also checked the offending procedure by removing it from the publication and compiling it in the database...it works fine. None of my other publications (all tables) encounter this error. * I have 3 others.
My version of SQL is 9.00.1399.06
Here is the message I am getting. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Note I changed the proc name due to client restrictions.
Message: StartIndex cannot be less than zero.
Parameter name: startIndex
Command Text:
select 'number' = convert(int, 0), 'definition' = definition
from sys.sql_modules
where object_id = object_id(@qualified_object_name)
union all
select 'number' = convert(int, procedure_number), 'definition' = definition
from sys.numbered_procedures
where object_id = object_id(@qualified_object_name)
Parameters: @qualified_object_name = [dbo].[pra_merge]
Stack: at Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication.AgentCore.ExecuteWithOptionalResults(CommandSetupDelegate commandSetupDelegate, ProcessResultsDelegate processResultsDelegate, Int32 queryTimeout, CommandBehavior commandBehavior)
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication.AgentCore.ExecuteWithOptionalResults(CommandSetupDelegate commandSetupDelegate, ProcessResultsDelegate processResultsDelegate, CommandBehavior commandBehavior)
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication.Snapshot.SmoScriptingManager.TextModeOnObjectScripter.Script()
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication.Snapshot.SmoScriptingManager.GenerateNonTableArticleSchScript(Scripter scripter, BaseArticleWrapper articleWrapper, SqlSmoObject smoObject, Boolean quotedIdentifierOn, Boolean ansiNullsOn, Boolean textMode)
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication.Snapshot.SmoScriptingManager.GenerateStoredProcedureArticleScripts(ArticleScriptingBundle articleScriptingBundle)
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication.Snapshot.MergeSmoScriptingManager.GenerateArticleScripts(ArticleScriptingBundle articleScriptingBundle)
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication.Snapshot.SmoScriptingManager.GenerateObjectScripts(ArticleScriptingBundle articleScriptingBundle)
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication.Snapshot.SmoScriptingManager.DoScripting()
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication.Snapshot.SqlServerSnapshotProvider.DoScripting()
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication.Snapshot.MergeSnapshotProvider.DoScripting()
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication.Snapshot.SqlServerSnapshotProvider.GenerateSnapshot()
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication.SnapshotGenerationAgent.InternalRun()
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication.AgentCore.Run() (Source: MSSQLServer, Error number: 52006)
Get help: http://help/52006
Source: mscorlib
Target Site: System.Text.StringBuilder Remove(Int32, Int32)
Message: StartIndex cannot be less than zero.
Parameter name: startIndex
Stack: at System.Text.StringBuilder.Remove(Int32 startIndex, Int32 length)
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication.Snapshot.SmoScriptingManager.TextModeOnObjectScripter.ProcessGetObjectScriptResult(SqlDataReader dataReader)
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication.AgentCore.ExecuteWithOptionalResults(CommandSetupDelegate commandSetupDelegate, ProcessResultsDelegate processResultsDelegate, Int32 queryTimeout, CommandBehavior commandBehavior) (Source: mscorlib, Error number: 0)
Hello, I would like to know if anyone here has any information on how to change the default version of SQL Server 2005 Express which ships with Visual Studio 2005 to the new SQL 2005 Express SERVICE PACK 1?
I see a file under disc:vswcuSSESQLEXPR.exe I am wondering if changing that file with the new one from Microsoft Download Center will do it...
There's another file under that folder named sqlexpr32.exe I am wondering what it's for?
Thanks in advance.
Hello, I would like to know if anyone here has any information on how to change the default version of SQL Server 2005 Express which ships with Visual Studio 2005 to the new SQL 2005 Express SERVICE PACK 1?
I see a file under disc:vswcuSSESQLEXPR.exe I am wondering if changing that file with the new one from Microsoft Download Center will do it...
There's another file under that folder named sqlexpr32.exe I am wondering what it's for?
Thanks in advance.
Sql server 2000 was installed to a default folder C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL Server
And sql server 2005 was installed to the same location C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL Server
how do i know which files are related to 2000 and which are related to 2005
please let me know
Hi
View 8 Replies View RelatedI am using snapshot replication to copy data from one database to another. I truncate the destination table first. The publisher and the subscriber are different databases on the same server. The data turns into 1 unrecognizable row.
Here is what the source table looks like:
displayTypeID, displayType
1, Title List Formats
2, Title Details
3, Title List Export
4, Pricing Notes
5, clone Mask 001
6, clone Mask 002
7, clone Mask 004
8, clone Mask 008
9, hide From Admin
10, not Common Attr
11, Insert Title
12, title Types
The resulting data looks like this:
DisplayType, displayTypeId
, 1660953600
I see no errors in replication and nothing in the source table looks like bad data that could cause such a malady. I see the problem on two different servers now and identified the source of the problem, the column order is reversed in the source and destination tables. The data types do not even match so I would at the very least expect an error from bcp.
Hi,
View 6 Replies View RelatedI've seen a few threads on this which seem to suppose the problem is on Express edition rather than Standard edition. Not so here.
This is definitely Standard edition, SP3 as seen by running
SELECT CONVERT(char(20), SERVERPROPERTY('Edition'))
SELECT CONVERT(char(20), SERVERPROPERTY('ProductLevel'))
In SSMS
Under the Management folder there is no "Maintenance Plans" folder.
There IS a "Maintenance Plans" folder under the Legacy Folder.
I have another instance which is Standard and SP1 which looks just fine.