Replication got Failed due to ''sa'' password change

  • Hi,

    Is anybody knows that how to set replication back after changing 'sa' password.  I dont think dropping the whole replication and re creating it freshly doesn't make any sense.  I am just looking for the exact location where I need to set 'sa' password for Replication. I am troubleshooting this from past 4 days but still no solution. 

    I am using SQL Server 2000 with SP 3a and Transactional Replication with Pull Subscriptions.

    Thanks in advance-Mubeen

  • Mubeen,

    look from EM ,under Tools-replication-Configure Publishing,Subscribers and Distribution...

    if sa account used on any of the tabs ,it needs to be changed there too.

    HTH

    -JP

  • JP,

    I have changed in Publisher & Distributor Properties, i.e., in Publishers Tab and Subscribers Tab wherever sa is using.  After updating with new password I started agents again and it was worked fine and within minutes one of my pull subscription got failed. If I look in Subscriber Server and in Jobs, there is a job with category 'REPL-Distribution' failed. So when I look in Job Step, the login is using 'sa' and password in encrypted.  How can I update there...?

    Thanks-Mubeen

  • Can you send me the step cmd of distribution agent that is failing? Also the job history details.

    Thanks.

  • This happened to me before too.  Take a look under Tools\Replication\Configure Publishing, Subscribers, & Distribution.  Go to the Subscribers tab and hit the elipsis button to see the login name and password being used.  I changed it to a different account so that I wouldn't have to worry about changing the sa account.

    Linda

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