Replicating from 2005(Publisher,Distributor) to 2000 (Subscription)

  • hey guys, i'm having a problem replicating to 2000. Whenever i check the subscription database in SQL 2000 instance there are no publish articles present.

    However when setting up subscription from SQL 2005, it shows the following warning:

    - Starting the synchronization agent(s) (Warning)

    Messages

    Subscriptions for the following Subscribers cannot be initialized immediately because the snapshot is not available:

    INSPIRON1520\SQL_2005, INSPIRON1520\SQL_TEST_LAB (New Subscription Wizard)-- 2000 instance

    Appreciate any help offered

    thx much

  • This is transactional repl, right?

    Did you run your snapshot agent?

    ChrisB MCDBA

    MSSQLConsulting.com

    Chris Becker bcsdata.net

  • if you are using local logins you need to use a trick...cause you cannot add sql 2005 as distributor to sql 2000 management studio, so to verify authentication settings are correct in SSMS 2005 add 2000 sql server instance and then go ahead and add distributir to it...here check the publisher properties and verify distributer authentication is correct

    if this is fine then check replication monitor and open publisher there and see status of your subcription....you can start/debug it right there...if its failing goto the job properties and get the job name and then run this job manually and check job history to see exact error message...

    if still issue...you need to provide lot more detail ....

    Prakash Heda
    Lead DBA Team - www.sqlfeatures.com
    Video sessions on Performance Tuning and SQL 2012 HA

  • run snapshot, run logreader and then start the subscrption to start the snapshot to the subscriber

    make sure you connect to every server from SSMS

  • K, thx for the help

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