Replication Isues After Upgrading Subscriber To 2005
May 16, 2006
Hi There
A while ago i migrated a 2000 database to a new instance of sql server 2005 and succesffully setup replication from a 2000 publisher.
However to experiment i took an existing 2000 instance with a subscriber databases and upgraded the default instance to 2005. (Upgraded from 2000 Enterprise to 2005 Enterprise)
After the upgrade the setup logs were all successful, i also run upgrade advisor before and made sure there were no issues.
To see what happens i did not drop the subscription before upgrade (is this an absolute neccessity ?)
All i did was stop the distribution agent before upgrade, to see what would happen, i did not expect it to work.
But since the upgrade i cannot delete the subscription on the subscriber after upgrade, i also cannot create a new subscriptions on the upgraded subscriber.
I get the following error:
Sql Server error 207: column job_step_uid not found.
I found the following link :
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/914781/en-us
but it only refers to desktop editions and express, they refer to the msdb database not upgrading, but the upgrades logs are clear i see no evidence of an issue when upgrading msdb.
What exactly is going on? How can i delete the old subsciption and start creating new ones in the upgraded subscriber ?
I have read the Upgrading replicated DB's topic in BOL, no mention of having to drop subscription before upgrade although i suspect so, all it mentions scripting out the replication , changing the scripts , dropping the subscription (no mention of before or after upgrade), and re-creating them. (all of these i am unable to do due to the above error.)
I have been looking for a way to replicate data from a DB2 system running on an AIX machine. I found some information related to doing this with SQL2000, but not with 2005. Can this be done - preferably without writing our own provider.
Hi Folks Is there an easy way around this ? One Way Transactional Rep Subscriber needs SCHEMABINDING on the majority of their Views (require View Indexes) which read from Replicated Tables. Main table has 4 Million Rows ReInitialize Subscription Errors with Cannot Drop Table because it is being referenced By Object ..... [schemaBound View] GW
I was wondering if it is possible to setup replication between a 2005 SQL Publisher and a 2000 SQL Subscriber? Is there any special setup steps I need?
Are there any requirements that dictate the SQL Server version for the distribution agent for a SQL 2000 publisher with a transactional push subscription to a SQL 2005 subscriber?
We have a module in our business-application, that automatically installs merge replication of the business-application's database, both at publisher and subscribers. It's intended for Sql-2000. Now we need it to be applicable also for Sql-2005, so the module requires some changes, because, as we noticed, sql-2005's replication technology differs from Sql-2000's one.
A few questions to experts, familiar with Merge Replication in SQL-2005:
1. Is it possible to create hybrid replication, with publisher running at SQL-2000 (MSDE) and subscribers running at SQL-2005 Express? Merge publication is not supported in SQL 2005 Express, but some users may require option to use the application at free-of-charge database platform.
2. How deep are changes in merge replication implementation at system level? Is it just modified a bit since SQL-2000, or changed entirely? This knowledge is needed, because the module uses some low-level features (executing system sp's, querying replication-specified tables, etc.). For example, when we tried to create subscription of existing publication in SQL 2005 using the module as is, we found out that sp_addmergepullsubscription_agent doesn't use @encrypted_password parameter anymore, and subscription creation process failed.
3. If anybody has experience using merge replication creation/deletion/detection scripts, generated by SQL 2000, in SQL 2005! Please, tell - what more problems may happen?
I am using the "Pull Subscription Wizard" to set up merge replication. I go through all the steps of the wizard and then I hit "Finish" at the end. When it gets to the third step (Creating the Subscription), I get the old:
__________________________________________________ _________ mmc.exe has generated errors and will by closed by Windows. You will need to restart the program.
An error log is being created. __________________________________________________ _________
This happens whether I try to do this from my PC or from the actual server I am creating the subscription on.
Has anyone else had this issue? Is there a hotfix I need?
I hope anyone here can help me with this tough problem:
I have a replication enviroment with several subscribers. Publisher:MSSQL 2000, SP3 Subscribers: MSSQL200, SP3 and MSDE2000, SP3
Since a few weeks, one of the subscribers fails when synchronizing with the message "This process could not enumerate changes at the subscriber"
The erroroutput with verboselevel 3 doesn't help me much, I append it to the end of this posting. (unfortunately german)
I heard that this error can be caused by a "blank" in an image column or different Service Pack Versions - definitely not possible in this case! The only strange detail is that the SQL Server Versionnumber of this MSDE shown via EM is not the same as the number shown in controlpanel->software. By the way, is it ok that here are two lines for the MSDE? SP3 is definitely installed on all machines!
Any help would be greatly appreciated - i'm already losing hope... Best Regards, Gert
Microsoft SQL Server-Merge-Agent 7.00.623 Copyright (c) 1998 Microsoft Corporation
Percent Complete: 0 Verbindung mit Abonnent 'MyServerAT074' Connecting to Abonnent 'MyServerAT074.MyDB' MyServerAT074.MyDB: {call sp_MSgetversion } Percent Complete: 0 Verbindung mit Verteiler 'MyServer1s' Connecting to Verteiler 'MyServer1s.' MyServer1s.: {call sp_MSgetversion } MyServer1s.: {call sp_helpdistpublisher (N'MyServer1s') } MyServer1s.distribution: select datasource, srvid from master..sysservers where srvname = N'MyServer1s' MyServer1s.distribution: select datasource, srvid from master..sysservers where srvname = N'MyServerAT074' MyServer1s.distribution: {call sp_MShelp_merge_agentid (0, N'MyDB', N'MyDB', 9, N'MyDB')} Percent Complete: 0 Initialisiert MyServer1s.distribution: {call sp_MShelp_profile (19, 4, N'')} Percent Complete: 1 Verbindung mit Verleger 'MyServer1s' Connecting to Verleger 'MyServer1s.MyDB' Connecting to Verleger 'MyServer1s.MyDB' MyServer1s.MyDB: {call sp_MSgetversion } Percent Complete: 3 Ruft Publikationsinformationen ab Percent Complete: 4 Ruft Abonnementinformationen ab Connecting to Abonnent 'MyServerAT074.MyDB' Disconnecting from Abonnent 'MyServerAT074' Percent Complete: 4 Uploadet Datenänderungen zum Verleger Percent Complete: 5 Ruft die Liste der Löschungen von MyServer1s.MyDB ab Percent Complete: 5 Verarbeitet Artikel 'First'
...... SNIP .... Percent Complete: 5 Verarbeitet Artikel 'LastTable' Percent Complete: 0 Der Prozess konnte die Änderungen auf dem Abonnenten nicht aufzählen. Percent Complete: 0 Category:SQLSERVER Source: MyServerAT074 Number: 0 Message: Attributverletzung eingeschränkter Datentypen Attributverletzung eingeschränkter Datentypen Disconnecting from Abonnent 'MyServerAT074' Disconnecting from Verleger 'MyServer1s' Disconnecting from Verleger 'MyServer1s' Disconnecting from Verteiler 'MyServer1s'
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The problem is the published database has a generated primary key (max +1 )that is calculated via a stored procedure during all inserts. I would bring the stored procedure over to the subscriber but that would not help since the values in the target table will not be 'current' because the subscriber database is only updated nightly.
I am tring to use SQL Server Mobile 2005 to subscribe to a SQL Server 2005 publication from a pocketPC. In my code I have a SqlCeReplication object. One of the properties that must be set is: Subscriber, but I have no idea what that should be set to. When I was setting up the publication I don't remember specifying anything like that, and the class description of this property doesn't help: "Specifies the name of the Subscriber". Any help will be appreciated.
I created an application with the MSDE (SQL server 2000 edition).
The application handles the contents of an automatic wharehouse system, on one side it interfaces to the wharehouse hardware (industrial controllers) and on the other side it interfaces to an As400 system using the IBM ODBC driver. Database and application run on WXP proffesional.
As the wharehouse works round the clock, we would like to add a standby system. We do not need a failover system, it is enougth that the reserve system has everything installed and set up and that the database is up to date so the the wharehouse may be restarted using the reserve system.
So we require live database replication.
In order to experiment I took a copy of the database and put it on the desktop and portable in my lab, which are both running W2KP. I could not get the database published, the wizard round up with an error saying that the computer cannot be set up as a distribution server (error 14114).
I realised that I may need a server edition of windows to do this, is this correct?
What would be my best (cheapest) option to upgrade, given that my requirements are very simple and straightforward **except** for the replication. Note that ideally the replication would include everything, so that if e.g. a user changes password, a view of stored procedure gets modified etc, it will all get replicated.
I seem to remember that SQL server 2000 required the enterprise edition for this level of replication, and had to be run on a windows server edition. As far as I can see the 2005 edition offers a limited replication on the standard edition. Would it be better to upgrade to this?
Would the 2005 server edition be able to do the necessary replication on W2KP/XP?
I have tried backing up the replication from Primary Server (Publisher) A and copying over to Subscriber B. When I sync. I am missing the data. I don't know what step I am missing or it is bug on SQL 2K SP3.
I don't know what i am doing wrong.
Can anybody give me a step by step detail how to backup the publisher database and copy to a subscriber and sync by saying the schema and data already available. As we have WAN problem all the times, and when I try the full snapshot of 20 gig it was taking more than 24 hrs and also if the connection fails my snapshot also fails
I installed 2 SQL2000 servers at a client site, the first acting as a publisher and distributor for transactional replication. The second is a push subscription to the first. The client wanted to change the database name, and some other stuff, so I removed the replication and set it up again for the new database name.
All's fine at the publisher / distributor but the subscriber is showing as still having active push subscription to the old (and new) databases
I am using merge replication with a push subscription type. I am wondering if the updates of the tables on the subscriber side are push to the publisher from the subscriber or pulled from the subscriber by the publisher when the syncronisation takes place. this makes a big diferrence for me and i can't find the answer to this question anywhere...
if anyone could answer it would be really appreciated
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I have defined 'AnyServer' on both the servers using cliconfg (Server1's AnyServer pointed towards Server2 and Server2's AnyServer pointed towards Server1, I need to do that because there is a restriction to run the same code on both the servers),
After inserting a record on server1 in the 'test' database, the changes successfully transfers to the server2, then server2 sends it back to server1 and server1 generates the error of
"Violation of PRIMARY KEY constraint 'PK_Table1'. Cannot insert duplicate key in object 'Table1'."
It seems as if loop detection is failing if I keep the same subscriber name on both sides.
It runs fine when I change the subscriber name in the subscription (@subscriber = 'Server2' for server1 and @subscriber = 'Server1' for server2).
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Who is right? I haven't been able to find an answer from the Microsoft site and news groups.
I am trying to setup mirrored subcriber in Transactional Replication in SQL 2005. I am not able to do so as it don't work after failover.However I am able to setup mirrored publisher with distribution property "PublisherFailoverPartner" for snapshot and log reader agent profiles and it works even after failover.
However I need to know, do we have something called "Subscriberfailoverproperty" or any other method to set up mirrored subscriber in Transactional Replication in SQL 2005.
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I made a subscription in the brancserver named BR1:DB1(this will replicate the data from CDB to DB1) I also made a subscription for DB2 named BR1:DB2(this will replicate the data from CDB to DB2)
Unfortunately, upon starting the synchronization for BR1:DB1, the data replicated into DB1 also contains data for DB2. same happens with the BR1:DB2..
How do I filter the data that will be replicate per database..Example:only data for DB1 coming from CDB should be replicated into DB1 if that specific subscription(BR1:DB1) is synchronized.
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Can anyone refer me to any online help or documentation on how a proper replication can be done between SQL 2005 Exress and SQL 2000??
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On some of the client machines, replication fails with the following error (when initializing the subscription):
from subscriber merge agent verbose log: A dynamic snapshot will be applied from 'D:DOCUME~1JBAUMG~1.CORLOCALS~1TempDB101-EQA-SCL_BQDB_BQ_PUB_BQDB'
Validating dynamic snapshot 2007-04-1819:39:45.434 OLE DB Subscriber 'FRG-BAUMGARTENJSQLEXPRESS': sys.sp_MSregisterdynsnapseqno @snapshot_session_token=N'\XXX.XX.XX.XXSnapshotuncDB101-EQA-SCL_BQDB_BQ_PUB20070417180079dynsnap', @dynsnapseqno='5599F67E-A1A9-4573-A14F-9851F6FE4B51'
(Note: XXX.XX.XX.XX is a proper IP of DB, I have just masked it in the post)
The merge process was unable to deliver the snapshot to the Subscriber. If using Web synchronization, the merge process may have been unable to create or write to the message file.When troubleshooting, restart the synchronization with verbose history logging and specify an output file to which to write.
I enabled verbose logging for the snapshot agent for the subscriber, but there was no error there. It is obvious from the log info above that the error occurs only after downloading the snapshot to the client and during applying it to the subscriber by the merge agent.
After I got this error, I tried running the subscriber program again and it successfully replicated on the third attempt. But this behavior is not consistent and it fails for most of the time on some of the machines
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<o:p></o:p> SQL1 -> SQL2 ->SQL3..
I know, that it is simpler just to publish DB for SQL2 and SQL3 from SQL1, but, because of network connectivity, I can't do that...
I am setting up a system using SQL Server 2005 replicating to both SQL Express and MSDE clients. My question is this - if a client PC has been rebuilt - i.e. new hard disk etc, how can I automatically make that machine realise that it is already a subscriber of a SQL Server database and for it to automatically get a snapshot?
Sadly the hostnames for the boxes I am trying to replicate are similar:
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