I have a database A on server_1 that is being merge replicated to database B on server_2 which is production a box
NOW
I want to restore database A on server_3 that is being merge replicated to database B on Server_4 which is test box.
How about do I do that with replication being involved?
Thanx
Hi,
We have to move two of our servers in US hosting SQL Server 2000 database to different location. These servers are clustered using MSCS and uses SAN to store database data. The database on this cluster hosts publisher and distributor. The other two sites in Europe host updateable subscribers. We are using transactional replication. The downtime will be around 24 hours during which servers will be physically moved from one location to other. During this time we will keep the two subscribers running and let the changes queued on subscribers. I have listed following steps based on my limited knowledge of SQL Server. Could somebody please advise if this approach is valid and if I have missed any steps?
1. Make sure no users are accessing database
2. Backup database (In case of emergency need)
3. Stop snapshot, Log Reader, Queue Reader and Distributor Agents
4. Stop SQL Server Service and SQL Agent
5. Take OS backup
5. Shutdown the server
6. Ship the servers and OS backup to new location
7. Setup servers at new location and restore OS backup
8. Start SQL Server Service and SQL Agent
9. Start agents listed in step 3
Regards,
Nilesh
I got Server A with 30 Databases and I was asked to move 30 databases to Server B…
But server A is having 2 databases as Publication and Distribution to two different servers….. and Server A is a subscription for 6 Databases from other servers….
Once I move the databases from Server A to Server B…… what is the best way to get the Replications too…. I mean Server B should have 2 Db’s as Pub & Distr and 6 Db’s as Subscription…
Is there any way I can script it out in Server A and run the same script in Server B with some modification…. so that the Replication work…..??
I have Jobs and Maintenance plans…. Which should also move from Server A to Server B…. I know using DTS...... is there any better way..??
Please some one give me ur suggestion on this…
Thanks
Bob
How can I do an alter table in some table that replicated database ?
I got the error message when I try !
Hi, I have setup a merged replication on two server. Server A contains the Publisher and the Distributor database and Server B contains Subscriber.
If the database at the Subscriber got corrupted. I am thinking maybe i can 'restore' the subscriber database by resynchronising the data from the publisher to subscriber.
But what happen if the Publisher database failed? How should one restore the publisher database and then restore the replication setup?
What will be a good backup/restore strategy for such a setup?
I have a table that was set up with a primary key - that i need to change. The problem is that the database is being replicated to a remote location, and will not allow me to remove or change the primary key on a published database.
Due to the size of the database and bandwith limitations it is not an option to re-initialise the published database.
Is there any to do this without breaking replication
Is there a way to move a SQL replicated database from one server to another without dropping the publication?
I have SQLCE setup with SQL server 2000; I want to redo the server but needs to move my replication to a temp server and then back.
The problem is that I do not want to drop my subscription and recreate it…it needs to stay the same.
We are going to implement either a replicated database or use log shipping to another database to support our reporting needs. Basically we are moving reporting over data off our transactional database.
With this in mind, I have several questions:
Are there any special configurations in terms of disks for a database in this situation?What are the recommended raid types?
Also, we currently store our data in one filegroup and indexes in another so obviously I'll want those on 2 separate physical disks other than the C:. What about the log files? Do I care where they go (on C: or another physical drive separate from C:, data filegroup drive and index filegroup drive)?
Thanks!
Can someone lend some assistance in this? It sounds like it should beable to be done.We have a large replicated database in SQL 2000. We need to move themdf and ldf files to a location on another drive.Will doing this affect or break replication in any way? Is there anyway to prevent this?Thanks in advance.Glenn DekhayserVoyant Strategies
View 1 Replies View RelatedWhen I try to remove a table, it complains because it's part of apublication. I could script the publication and subscriptions suchthat they can be deleted, the table removed, and then added again.But, I not sure if this is the 'best' approach.Anyone faced this challenge before?Regards,gary
View 1 Replies View RelatedHi All,
I have SQL server 2005 Database which is having following Replication stuff.
1. 6 merge Subscribers
2. 5 Snapshot Subscribers (Push Susbribers)
3. 3 Transactional Publisher
Due to the Performance Issue, there is need to move SQL server from the Current Server to an Higher End Server.
I want to keep all the Replication settings after movement of the Database. Can anyone tell me how to acheive this requirement?
Is there a possibility to keep the Replication settings ? Even we can have the Same System Name to the New Server.
Awaiting response...
Thanks,
Thams.
I'm a novice with replication and am in need of direction on how to restore replicated databases. Server A replicates 5 databases to server B using transactional replication. Server A also contains the distribution database. I'm perfoming PUSH replication.
The development area asked me to restore Server A with a copy of production data located on server C. After I restored the data from C to A, I noticed that server A was no longer published. Is this normal?
I re-published the 5 databases, but noticed that the Log Reader Agent has now been running for 2 hours. I'm trying to give myself a crash course in replication, but am coming up empty regarding (1) the prefered method for restoring replicated databases and (2) determining why the Log Reader Agent is taking so long.
Any suggestions?
Thanks, Dave
I have a production database which uses merge and snapshot replication. The Merge is for 3 tables. The snapshot is to update the rest of the data once daily. I use a Full recovery model and perform database backups (full, differential) and transaction log backups.
I have a database optimization plan which runs 4 times a week. This plan performs and integrity check and rebuilds the indexes. This optimization plan is growing the transaction log by about 8MB each time it is run and we are running out of space on the drive for our log files. The space is not being reused.
I saw in another post where Gail Shaw suggesting using SELECT name, log_reuse_wait_desc FROM master.sys.databases to see why the log space is not being reused. On the database in question, the above returns "REPLICATION".
A colleague tried to backup the transaction log a couple of times to truncate the log this weekend. She was going to perform a DBCC Shrinkfile command afterwards. But the truncate failed. Again looking into things it seems replication prevented the truncation.
We are looking at stopping the merge replication or even removing it to truncate the log file and then recreate the merge replication. How to handle shrinking the log file for now and then seeing if there are any checks or changes I can perform which will allow the transaction log space to be reused.
Hi
I often deal with a problem when replicated database is down due to
electric outage or any other scheduled type of downtime. Primary
database is up but distribution agent is going down 'after 10 attempts
to connect to replicated database'. That's the problem I think because
not only distribution agent goes in undetermined state and I have to
restart sqlagent service, but I need to go through whole process of
snapshot and applaying it to replicated db. I would like it to
accumulate transactions in distribution database and once replicated db
is up - distribute them.
I wonder if anybody can tell me how to configure distribution thread so
it does not go down after 10 unsuccessfull attempts but stays for day
or two.
Thank you, Gene.
How can I list all of the Subscriptions in a CE Database that was created with the .Net System.Data.SqlServerCe.SqlCeReplication.AddSubscription method?
After I create the CE database in an sdf file, I can connect to it with SQL Servr Mgmt Studio, then see the list of Subscriptions in the Object TreeView, under "Replication"
But I can't find that Subscription list in any properties or methods of System.Data.SqlServerCe.SqlCeReplication or System.Data.SqlServerCe.SqlCeConnection
Should I be looking in RMO features like Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication??
We want to confirm that a local CE database was last synced from the expected SQL Server database by checking the Publisher property of each subscription in the CE database.
Thanks
Hi,
I have transactional replication set up on a DB and run database maintenance scripts (index defrag, update stats, etc) on this DB daily.
Will the maintenance job/scripts also be propagated to the replica (subscriber) causing these maintenance operations to be performed on the replica OR do I need to create separate jobs on the replica DB (subscriber) also? I'm guessing the latter but wanted to verify to make sure I wasn't missing something. Thanks!
I'm trying to replicate a table(s) in access 2000 to MS SQL server 2000/2005 programatically on a timed instance and then have these tables merged in SQL to create one table.
Any guidance appreciated.
Thank you,
I have a publisher database set up for a merge replication. This is using parameterized filter with join filters.
I also have a stored procedure that does deletes & inserts on the table where the parameterized filter is applied to aid in changing a subscriber's eligibility to receive so and so data. I have observed that running the stored procedure takes extraordinarily long and as a result, the log file grows to a size 1.5 - 2.5 times the database size.
At first I reasoned that this might because I had it set up to use precomputed partitions and changing it requires recalculating the partitions. As a test, I turned off the precomputed partitions. Didn't work. I turned on "optimize synchronization" AKA "keep_partition_changes", which normally is not available when you have precomputed partition on, and that didn't work, either.
At this point, I think I can rule out precomputed partitions being a problem here but I'm stumped now what else I should do to reduce the amount of log writes being required. We do need the parameterized filters & join tables, so that can't go.
Hi,
I'm trying to get my first replication going, and I have set up a database successfully, along with merge replication, however when I attempt to create the first subscriber, I get a permissions issue, regardless of what I do. In the SQLCESA30.LOG file, I get the following entries:
2006/01/07 16:59:36 Hr=00000000 SQLCESA30.DLL loaded 0
2006/01/07 16:59:58 Hr=80004005 ERR:OpenDB failed getting pub version 28627
I posted the initial thread under the "Replication" forum, but am including this 'pointer' post here due to a lack of replies there, and the relevance of this thread to this forum. Please see http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=193693&SiteID=1 for more details.
Thanks.
I have Transaction Replication setup on a Server X. Server X is publisher and distributor. Server Y is the Subscriber.Everything works perfectly. Â But I need to change the Database with a different DB on Server X that is being replicated to Server Y. I have following questions:
 Â
 1-  Do I create a new distributor on Server X and delete the current distributor?
  2- Create a new Replication Setup on Server X and Y ?Â
  3- Delete the subscriber DB on Server Y (Subscriber) ?
  4- Can I just disable the current setup on Server X and Server Y instead of deleting it
Is there anyway to tell when records have been replicated to another device from SQL Server? I realize I can see it by looking in the distribution table, but I want to do it from a different database, so I cant access the distribution database from that DB. Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Nick
Hi,
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In our environment (SQL 2005) we have a database that uses Transactional Replication to sync data between two SQL 2005 servers. There is a web app that reads/writes data to the publisher server and the other server (that gets the replicated data) is used by some other internal applications.
At times, there is a need to delete some data from the publisher server...but this can ONLY happen once the data has been successfully replicated to the second server. Is there any way to determine if a row has been replicated successfully?
thanks
- will
I have an application that uses web-based merge replication. My publisher is SQL 2005 and my subscriber is SQL 2005 Express. I control the replication with RMO code. If I make changes to the data in both databases using SQL Server Management Studio Express, my RMO code correctly syncs the two databases. However if I make changes to the data at the subscription through my application, these changes are not picked up by the replication process, even though the changes are present if you check the tables through Management Studio. What would cause these changes to not be recognized? Any ideas would be appreciated.
View 13 Replies View RelatedHi,
I am trying to figure out a way to link a MySQL database (running on Linux) to my MSSQL7 database. My ultimate goal is to synchronize inserted/updated/deleted data in the MSSQL7 DB to the MySQL DB.
I have tried a few things and have had a few ideas. They are:
1) Create table triggers in the MSSQL7 DB that will synchronize the data to the MySQL DB. I can't figure out how to run Transact/SQL statements (INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, etc.) into an ODBC DSN pointing to the MySQL DB. I think this could be done with a linked server (see next item).
2) Add a linked server under Security->Linked Servers in the MSSQL7 Enterprise Manager. I have managed to get the remote MySQL server to link in here. I can even see the table names in the server browser, so that's encouraging! However, I cannot figure out the syntax of the fully-qualified table names in my SELECT statements. I have tried this:
SELECT * from LinuxBox..MyDB.MyTable
-and-
SELECT * from LinuxBox.MyDB.MyDB.MyTable
but I get:
Server: Msg 7312, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Invalid use of schema and/or catalog for OLE DB provider 'MSDASQL'. A four-part name was supplied, but the provider does not expose the necessary interfaces to use a catalog and/or schema.
This statement:
SELECT * from LinuxBox...MyTable;
gives me:
Server: Msg 7313, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Invalid schema or catalog specified for provider 'MSDASQL'.
Since I can see the table names in the linked server browser in Enterprise Manager, though, some kind of connection must be active. I just need to figure out how to refer to the remote tables.
A big problem is that when I supply a catalog name while defining the linked server, I get an error message from the Enterprise Manager:
Error 7399: OLE DB provider 'MSDASQL' reported an error. The provider reported an unexpected catastrophic failure.
Therefore, I can't define a catalog with the linked server. I think a catalog is required for the "4-part name" to work in the SELECT statement above.
3) Write an extended stored procedure that uses the ODBC function library to make a connection to the MySQL DSN and have a table trigger call the ESP. Hoping to be able to do something simpler than this!
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
Greg
I've got 2 servers and they are using replication to synch the data from one to other.
I've got a Full Text Catalog on a table on both servers.
- I repopulate the catalogs completely on both servers(now remember that the base tables of those catalogs are under replication and are exactly the same!!)
-When I run the exact same qquery against the 2 databases using the Full Text Catalogs I'd just finished rebuilding, I get a different number of results returned in my result set on one then I do on the other...
How the heck could this be possible?
Is there any query to find out all the tables without a Primary key or without a Unique index ?
View 3 Replies View RelatedDear All,
i've made repliaction stup using the information guide below. all the things are done axactly. now i've inserted a row in the publisher. but i'm not getting the record at the subscriber database. please let me know where i'm missing
http://blog.csdn.net/longrujun/archive/2006/06/09/783357.aspx
Arnav
Even you learn 1%, Learn it with 100% confidence.
Hope to be my last question.
I used Transacational with update sub method. When adding new column to replicated table. Do I need to generate new snapshot again? Just want to know how can I apply the new schema to subsciber DB without doing all regenerate snapshot, recreate all tables and bulk copy.. Please help
I hosed myself, please help me somebody.We have a development server (SQL7) where the database is a restored copy ofproduction (where we use replication, but not in the developmentenvironment).While we rebuild the server recently (so we could move off of NT onto 2000),everything looked to be working fine.But I recently, messed up and did a massive update filling the transactionlog of the development server. Now I can't update data in development.I tried to do my usual:BACKUP LOG LAMS WITH Truncate_onlyonly to get a message:The log was not truncated because records at the beginning of the log arepending replication. Ensure the Log Reader Agent is running or usesp_repldone to mark transactions as distributed.Did a little research into BOL and tried to call the following two procs:exec sp_repldone@xactid = null ,@xact_seqno = null ,@reset = 1exec sp_repltransBoth of which gave me an error of :The database is not published.Which it isn't as we don't run replication in the development environment.I stopped and restarted the SQL Service (as that has cleared issues in thepast), but didn't reboot the server.How can I make the database not think It's replicated (or that its caughtup?).I was thinking, would I be even be able to do another restore of a morerecent copy of Production?Sincerely ...Depressed in Delaware
View 1 Replies View RelatedHi,I am using Merge Replication for synchronizing a bunch of laptopsrunning MSDE with a central SQL Server 2000 production server.This database is used by an application that needs to know whichrecords have not yet been replicated, at any givem time.Here's a simple scenario:User A in laptop X starts his copy of the application. He syncs hisMSDE database through the application, to match the current centralservers' data. He then proceeds to add new records through theapplication and, after he is done, he synchronizes his database withthe central server, through the application.At any given time, the user might kill the application. He might addsome records today, a few more tomorrow or in a week and should be ableto change and delete records that have not yet been merged into theproduction server.The problem is that SQL Server does not have an easy way to tell whichrecords in the subscription tables have been inserted but not yetreplicated. I have been using the following query:SELECT rowguidFROM [MyTable]INNER JOIN (SELECT rowguid AS rep_idFROM msmerge_contentsWHERE generation = joinchangegen AND generation = (SELECT MAX(generation)FROM msmerge_genhistory )) dtableON rowguid_rep = dtable.rep_idThis query works for most cases but fails to identify the first recordcreated immediatly after a synchronization event.What I would like to know is if there is a correct way of identifyingrecords which are "not-yet-replicated" on a given table that is part ofa merge replication process like the one described above.Thanks in advance.
View 1 Replies View RelatedIs it possible to move/migrate a replicated database to a different server without breaking the subscriptions etc?
If so, is there a guide on how to do this?
Many thanks for your help in advance!
best regards, Stefan
hi,
can anybody advice me how to find the size of the data replicated every minute. is there and procedure for getting the size of replicated data.
Thanks in advance
Jacx