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stephanie
4/12/2007 9:08:03 PM

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Hi all,
I found that my testing server is accumulating shapshot folder in repldata.
Everytime, we refresh the tables (snapshot publication), a new folder created
without the old folders. And I found that there is at most 1 snapshot
folder remain in production server. Any parameter to adjust the retention

Re: accumulating shapshot folder in repldata

Hilary Cotter
4/13/2007 8:09:57 AM

It is normal to create a date stamped snapshot folder within your main
publication snapshot folder, for example within here

C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL
Server\MSSQL.2\MSSQL\repldata\unc\Publisher_P2P1_P2P1

These are normally cleaned up by one of the clean up jobs.

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RE: accumulating shapshot folder in repldata

Paul Ibison
4/13/2007 3:18:02 PM

This should remain until the distribution retention period is reached (named
subscriber not yet initialized or anonymous subscribers enabled) or all
subscribers have been initialized. After that the cleanup agent will delete
the folder.

RE: accumulating shapshot folder in repldata

stephanie
4/13/2007 7:14:02 PM

I found the distribution transaction retention is 1-12 hrs only and there is
2 snapshot folders generated more than 1 weeks ago. Any idea? Thanks a lot.

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Re: accumulating shapshot folder in repldata

Paul Ibison
4/14/2007 7:28:36 PM

Perhaps the cleanul agent is not enabled? If it is, check the history of it
to see if that has any clues. Also check that these folders contain snapshot
info from the publication you're expecting and not another one.
Cheers,
Paul Ibison SQL Server MVP, www.replicationanswers.com

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