Problem configuring Replication via Wizard...

  • I'm using the Configure Publishing and Distrub Wizard for our inhouse server. First it warns me that I shouldn't use the system account to configure the server as a publisher. Then it continues through to the Sql Agent Properties screen where it shows me two checkboxes for either the "System Account" or "This Account" option.

    Once I choose "This Account", I then enter a valid login account. At that point I get a nasty error which states :

    "no mapping between account names and security ids was done"

    So far I can't figure out how to get past this. Any advice for this ?

    Thank you,

    Bob

  • Create a domain account that is also a local admin on the server and use that account.

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  • Thanks Dinakar. I created admin user "Replication" on the Win 2k server ("tms_server"), then created the  user in Enterprise Manager as "TMS_SERVER\Replication". I was then able to get past the initial user config error.

    Unfortunately, I now get an error as I click on "Finish" in the publisher wizard. The error is :

    "Sql...could not configure 'TMS_SERVER' as the Distributor 'TMS_SERVER'.

    "Error 18483: Could not connect to server 'TMS_SERVER' because 'distributor_admin' is not defined as a remote login at the server."

    Now, I'll inspect the Win 2k server and see if I can reconfigure the "Replication" user as a remote login. I'm a little confused here as to why this is so difficult to configure replication.

    As a side-note, does the following SnapShot folder default appear to be a problem ?

         \\TMS_SERVER\E$\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL\ReplData

     

    Thanks again for your assistance.

    Bob

  • make sure there is enough diskspace in that folder as it can get filled up prety quickly sometimes, especially when you reinitialize or add a new article etc.

    also, the user needs to be the sysadmin on the server.

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  • Disk space looks fine.

    I already made TMS_SERVER\Replication part of the Admin group on my Win 2k server. Is that the user you're referring to ?

    Do I need to add "distributor_admin" as a user ? I don't actually see that user on the server.

    Thanks,

    Bob

  • when you configure distribution on the node it will add the distribution_admin user for you.

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  • Hi,

     

    Check the following

     

    a. Register the server using the named-pipes (client network library) and try using the replication wizard.

    b.    Check whether an entry for the local server exist in sysservers table in the master database with server id=0 and name as server name

     

    rangark.

  • I tried the first suggestion, but named pipes is already enabled.

    On the 2nd suggestion, I noticed that in master..sysservers my server 'TMS_SERVER' is NOT listed ! The server that is listed is :

    srvid     srvname

    0        TMS_SERVER2

    Why is TMS_SERVER2 listed when it should be named TMS_SERVER (without the "2") ? How do I changed that ? Do I update the master database ?

    Thanks,

    Bob

  • 1.You should use name pipes (SqL Server Registration - Client setup) for setting up the replication process

    2. If you don't see the required values. You can go and update the values in the sysservers.

    rangark

  • For the first suggestion, I would need more specific steps.

    For the second suggestion, when I try and update the srvname column of sysservers I get :

    Server: Msg 259, Level 16, State 2, Line 1

    Ad hoc updates to system catalogs are not enabled. The system administrator must reconfigure SQL Server to allow this.

     

  • First Suggestion

    On the SQL Server Client , register the server used named pipes -server name instead of using IP to connect to the server. After this ,use the wizard to setup the replication process.

     

    Second suggestion.--further steps

     

    1.      Sp_dropserver ‘localservername’,’droplogins’

     

    2.      Add the local server back to the list by running the code

     

     

    Sp_addserver ‘localservername’,’local’

    rangark

     

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