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SQL Server Agent Account anjelina
10/25/2003 1:03:48 AM
sql server replication:
Hi!

I am going to be setting up replication that will support
replication from server in one country to another server
in another country both residing in the same domain.

Do I need to have the same SQL Server Agent account
running under a non system domain account on both the
publisher and subscription servers?

Thanks,
Anjelina
Re: SQL Server Agent Account Hilary Cotter
10/25/2003 12:14:14 PM
If you use all of the defaults and are not using ftp the sql server agent
accounts should be the same domain account on both servers.

If this will not work for you then they could be local admin accounts with
the same name and password, or the subscriber sql server agent account
should be in the admin group on the publisher, or have rights to map to
\\publisherServerName\c$ and have rights to access c$\program
files\Microsoft sql server\mssql\repldata\unc and the underlying files and
folders.

You can always park the snapshot files in other locations or create a share
on the publisher which the sql server agent account on the publisher has
rights to map to and access.

HTH.

BTW - I used to live in Alberta, BC, Ont, and the NWT :)
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Re: SQL Server Agent Account anjelina
10/26/2003 1:13:13 AM
Thanks Hilary!

I will be setting them both with the same domain account
and will give it a go.

Is it recommened to create the snapshot folder in a
different location that the default??

Lived mostly in Montreal and spent a few few yrs in NB
when I was small. Now living in Dubai, U.A.E. Go figure..
NWT - Yikes - chilly!!!

Anjelina
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Re: SQL Server Agent Account anjelina
10/26/2003 6:38:46 AM
As you can probably guess I'm new to setting up SQL
server replication..

I will be setting the Agent accounts under the same
account so I won't have to create the folder elsewhere.
However, how much space can I anticipate the snapshot
folder taking? I would like to setup transactional
replication, but to run at scheduled intervals, not
continously, say every hour... The default location is
located on the same drive as the O/S which has about
600MB of space, do you think that will be sufficient?

Thanks,
Anjelina...

Did my bachelors at Concordia (about half of my courses
taken at the Loyola Campus). Possible I had your dad as
teacher.. 93-96

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Re: SQL Server Agent Account Hilary Cotter
10/26/2003 9:06:53 AM
I would not use a different folder for the snapshot unless you have space
issues or you want to optimize the reads by placing it on a raid 5
partition. You can use a different folder is you want to use an account that
is not an admin account on your local machine - ie if you do not want to
give the subscriber SQL Server agent account rights to access the c$ or d$
admin shares.

My father use to teach at Loyola, and my sisters used to work in Saudi
Arabia.

Good luck.

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Re: SQL Server Agent Account Hassan
10/26/2003 12:44:26 PM
How is Dubai and where is NWT ? Is that the northwest ?

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Re: SQL Server Agent Account Hilary Cotter
10/26/2003 4:29:52 PM
how big are the tables you are replicating? If they are close to 400 Mgs
(IIRC - the OS needs 200 Free Mgs), you may run into problems.

There is the compressed snapshot option which may help you, but it also
needs to dump the snapshot in uncompressed form, before compressing it. It
does allow you to create a temporary working folder where the uncompressed
snapshot files will be dumped so if you have another drive with plenty of
free space this might work.

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Re: SQL Server Agent Account Hilary Cotter
10/26/2003 4:35:03 PM
Its the NorthWest Territories - Northern Canada - close the Arctic Circle.

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Re: SQL Server Agent Account anjelina
10/27/2003 4:08:34 AM
Hilary,

I will be replicating 2 tables.
One is currently 341MB and the other is 21MB.
I feel like I'm probably better plcaing the snapshot
folder on drive with more space...

Another question. I was asked to clean up a
Publisher/Publication so I ran the 'Disable publishing
and distribution wizard.' I believe I'm still left with
tables created as a result of the publication. Example of
which are: MSdynamicsnapshotjobs, MSdynamicsnapshotviews,
MSmerge_altsyncpartners etc.. What steps haven't I
performed to remove this Publisher, Publication
correctly?

Thanks again!!!!
Anjelina

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Re: SQL Server Agent Account Hilary Cotter
10/27/2003 7:51:34 AM
The disable publishing wizard does leave some metadata or
system tables on your server. This is not a problem and
if you check these tables should be empty.

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Re: SQL Server Agent Account anjelina
10/27/2003 8:31:41 PM
Should I delete them?

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Re: SQL Server Agent Account Hilary Cotter
10/28/2003 9:28:12 AM
you don't have too.
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