I understand the transaction retention period. Whats the history period
about .. and how would that affect replication even if its past the 48 hrs.
It says it keeps track of replication performance. What peformance does it
"Hilary Cotter" <hilary.cotter@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>A subscriber is expired when the either the history or the transaction
> retention period is elapsed.
>
> You may be bumping into this problem.
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http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;823649 >
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> Hilary Cotter
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http://www.indexserverfaq.com > "Hassan" <hassanboy@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> There is 72 hrs for transaction retention and 48 hrs for history
> retention
>> .
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>> But I dont understand what needs to trigger to inactivate ?
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>> "Hilary Cotter" <hilary.cotter@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>> > Right click on Replication Monitor, select Distributor Properties,
>> > click
>> > the
>> > properties button. Note the History Retention group. Set it there.
>> >
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>> > Hilary Cotter
>> > Looking for a SQL Server replication book?
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http://www.indexserverfaq.com >> > "Hassan" <hassanboy@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> > news:u0YOYpqrFHA.1168@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> >> History retention period of what ? Are you referring to the no. of hrs
> ,
>> >> commands remain in the distribution db if they do not get distributed
>> >> ?
>> >> If
>> >> so, i believe its the default of 72 hrs
>> >>
>> >> "Hilary Cotter" <hilary.cotter@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>> >> > what is your history retention period? If it is less than your
>> >> > retention
>> >> > this can trigger the error.
>> >> >
>> >> > --
>> >> > Hilary Cotter
>> >> > Looking for a SQL Server replication book?
>> >> >
http://www.nwsu.com/0974973602.html >> >> >
>> >> > Looking for a FAQ on Indexing Services/SQL FTS
>> >> >
http://www.indexserverfaq.com >> >> > "Hassan" <hassanboy@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> >> > news:eigeWsmrFHA.3888@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> >> >> Got the error and not too sure why
>> >> >>
>> >> >> "The subscription(s) have been marked inactive and must be
>> > reinitialized.
>> >> >> NoSync subscriptions will need to be dropped and recreated."
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Its strange.. A lot of my subscriptions have been throwing the
>> >> >> error
>> >> >> of
>> >> > late
>> >> >> on a particular server.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Why does it happen ? I know the distribution agents have been
> running
>> > or
>> >> >> should be running . Its too late now to find out as its already
>> >> >> errored
>> >> > out
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Do let me know all possible reason for why it may occur. Using
>> >> > transactional
>> >> >> replication with SQL 2000
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