between your publisher and subscriber.
"Samuel Shulman" <samuel.shulman@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:%23knLfHO5GHA.3308@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> That is what is happening for days
>
> Is it possibly because it is over VPN?
>
> I did set the time out to 1000. Is it not enough?
>
> This is the script of the Run Agent step:
> -Publisher [SERVER\SERVER1] -PublisherDB [MRN1] -Publication
> [MRN1_rep] -Subscriber [LEEDSSERVER.MRN.LOCAL\MRNLEEDS] -SubscriberDB
> [MRN1] -Distributor [SERVER\SERVER1] -DistributorSecurityMode 1
> -QueryTimeout 1000 -Output
> C:\ShmuelShulman\OUTPUTFILE1.txt -Outputverboselevel 2
>
>
> Thank you for your help,
> Samuel
>
>
> "Hilary Cotter" <hilary.cotter@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:uyDqc9N5GHA.3836@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> It appears that your network connection has failed in the middle of your
>> snapshot deployment. Restart your merge agent and it should progress
>> further or complete the next time.
>>
>> --
>> 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 >>
>> "Samuel Shulman" <samuel.shulman@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
>> news:%23JqkyKN5GHA.1252@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>I was adviced to turn Logging on to spot the problem with the
>>>consistantly failing Merge Replication
>>>
>>> Below is the end of the log. I you need the entire log I will add it
>>>
>>> Percent Complete: 31
>>> select * from "dbo"."tblUser" where 1 = 2
>>> Bulk copying data into table 'tblSolsFeeEarner'
>>> [9/30/2006 9:26:01 PM]LEEDSSERVER.MRN.LOCAL\MRNLEEDS.MRN1: select * from
>>> "dbo"."tblUser" where 1 = 2
>>>
>>> Percent Complete: 32
>>> The process could not deliver the snapshot to the Subscriber.Bulk
>>> copying data into table 'tblStaff'
>>>
>>> Percent Complete: 33
>>> [9/30/2006 9:26:01 PM]SERVER\SERVER1.MRN1: {call
>>> sp_reinitmergesubscription (N'MRN1_rep',
>>> N'LEEDSSERVER.MRN.LOCAL\MRNLEEDS', N'MRN1', 'FALSE')}
>>> Bulk copying data into table 'tblTeam'
>>> Percent Complete: 34
>>> Bulk copying data into table 'tblTeamMembers'
>>> Percent Complete: 35
>>> Bulk copying data into table 'tblTest'
>>> Percent Complete: 36
>>> Bulk copying data into table 'tblUser'
>>> Reinitialized subscription to publication 'MRN1_rep' at subscriber
>>> 'LEEDSSERVER.MRN.LOCAL\MRNLEEDS:MRN1'Percent Complete: 0
>>> The subscription has been marked for reinitialization. Reinitialization
>>> will occur the next time you synchronize this subscription.
>>> Percent Complete: 0
>>> The process could not deliver the snapshot to the Subscriber.
>>> Percent Complete: 0
>>> Category:NULL
>>> Source: Merge Replication Provider
>>> Number: -2147201001
>>> Message: The process could not deliver the snapshot to the Subscriber.
>>> Percent Complete: 0
>>> Category:AGENT
>>> Source: LEEDSSERVER.MRN.LOCAL\MRNLEEDS
>>> Number: 20037
>>> Message: The process could not bulk copy into table
>>> '"dbo"."MSmerge_contents"'.
>>> Percent Complete: 0
>>> Category:SQLSERVER
>>> Source: LEEDSSERVER.MRN.LOCAL\MRNLEEDS
>>> Number: 11
>>> Message: General network error. Check your network documentation.
>>> Disconnecting from Subscriber 'LEEDSSERVER.MRN.LOCAL\MRNLEEDS'
>>> Disconnecting from Subscriber 'LEEDSSERVER.MRN.LOCAL\MRNLEEDS'
>>> Disconnecting from Publisher 'SERVER\SERVER1'
>>> Disconnecting from Publisher 'SERVER\SERVER1'
>>> Disconnecting from Distributor 'SERVER\SERVER1'
>>> Microsoft SQL Server Merge Agent 8.00.2039
>>> Copyright (c) 2000 Microsoft Corporation
>>> Microsoft SQL Server Replication Agent:
>>> SERVER\SERVER1-MRN1-MRN1_rep-LEEDSSERVER.MRN.LOCAL-12
>>>
>>>
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