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 Log Reader agent randomly fails

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sassaidi
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7 Posts

Posted - 2003-10-28 : 22:24:23
Hi,

I have setup replication where one box has the publisher and one is the distributer and the subscriber. There are 2 databases being replicated with transactional replication.

The problem I have is that both of the Log Reader agents fail (about 15 times in a day). When I start the agents manually, everything resumes to normal and all transactions are applied. The only msg I get when one of the agents fails is:

"The step did not generate any output. The step failed.".

I have enabled the agent to create an output file and log everything (-outputverboselevel 2) and all I get on the distributor/subscriber box is the following:

Disconnecting from Publisher 'SERVERPUB'"

where SERVERPUB in the publisher server on the same DMZ.

Your help will be very appreciated

Sas

tkizer
Almighty SQL Goddess

38200 Posts

Posted - 2003-10-29 : 12:13:57
Are you having any network problems between the two servers? Are there any errors in the SQL Server Error Log on either server that give more information?

Tara
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KingSexy182
Starting Member

7 Posts

Posted - 2003-10-29 : 17:37:53
Also I think it could be timing out when trying to start the agent again?

try change the timeout property in the agent profile to a longer period. say 300 seconds (5 minutes)
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