RE: Replication Error

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HI Raymond,

I tried as you suggested. I logged into the server using the same domain
account that the SQL Agent runs under.

I am assuming you manually start snapshot.exe by just running the
executasble as I tried below:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\80\COM>snapshot.exe -Embedding

C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\80\COM>echo %errorlevel%
0

C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\80\COM>replmerg.exe -Embedding

C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\80\COM>echo %errorlevel%
0

When I setup replication two jobs are setup within sql server server. A
snapshot and merge job. Within each job there are three steps. The first
step of each job (Snapshot Agent startup message, Merge Agent startup
message) starts successfully.

The second step of each job (Run Agent) fails with "The system cannot find
the path specified" error.

1) Job 1 is NPBOSSSQL4\NPBOSSSQL4-INTRANETD-Merge_Replicate-1
steps :
- Snapshot Agent startup message:
sp_MSadd_snapshot_history @perfmon_increment = 0, @agent_id = 1,
@runstatus = 1, @comments = 'Starting agent.'

- Run Agent:
-Publisher [NPBOSSSQL4\NPBOSSSQL4] -PublisherDB [INTRANETD] -Distributor
[NPBOSSSQL4\NPBOSSSQL4] -Publication [Merge_Replicate] -ReplicationType 2
-DistributorSecurityMode 1

-Detect nonlogged agent shutdown:
sp_MSdetect_nonlogged_shutdown @subsystem = 'Snapshot', @agent_id = 1

Fails with error: Executed as user: NFPOWER_DOMAIN\SQLboss.
Replication-Replication Snapshot Subsystem: agent
NPBOSSSQL4\NPBOSSSQL4-INTRANETD-Merge_Replicate-1 failed. The system cannot
find the path specified. NOTE: The step was retried the requested number of
times (10) without succeeding. The step failed. [SQLSTATE 42000] (Error
14151). The step failed.

2) Job 2 is:
NPBOSSSQL4\NPBOSSSQL4-INTRANETD-Merge_Replicate-NPBOSSSQL2\NPBOSSSQL2-2
steps:
- Merge Agent startup message:
sp_MSadd_merge_history @perfmon_increment = 0, @agent_id = 2, @runstatus =
1, @comments = 'Starting agent.'

- run agent:
-Publisher [NPBOSSSQL4\NPBOSSSQL4] -PublisherDB [INTRANETD] -Publication
[Merge_Replicate] -Subscriber [NPBOSSSQL2\NPBOSSSQL2] -SubscriberDB
[Northwind] -Distributor [NPBOSSSQL4\NPBOSSSQL4] -DistributorSecurityMode 1

- Detect nonlogged agent shutdown:
sp_MSdetect_nonlogged_shutdown @subsystem = 'Merge', @agent_id = 2

Fails with error: Executed as user: NFPOWER_DOMAIN\SQLboss.
Replication-agentclassname: agent
NPBOSSSQL4\NPBOSSSQL4-INTRANETD-Merge_Replicate-NPBOSSSQL2\NPBOSSSQL2-2
failed. The system cannot find the path specified. NOTE: The step was
retried the requested number of times (10) without succeeding. The step
failed. [SQLSTATE 42000] (Error 14151). The step failed.

"Raymond Mak [MSFT]" wrote:

> Hi Gary, can you try to see if you can manually start
> C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~3\80\COM\snapshot.exe on the distributor machine?
>
> -Raymond
>
> "Gary Murphy" wrote:
>
> > I have been trying to setup SQL Server Replication between two SQL Server
> > 2000 SP3 servers.
> >
> > I have configured the Distributer and publisher on the same SQL Server. I
> > modified the Publisher Snapshot folder to a non default ie.
> >
> > \\server\is\Replication\TLIS. Note \\server is a file server within our
> > network
> >
> > The SQL Agent Service on both SQL Servers run under a domain account; with
> > admin rights on the SQL Servers and full control on the Publisher Snapshot
> > folder.
> >
> > Questions/Errors:
> >
> > When creating the subscription i get the following message; which is
> > probably normal?
> >
> > SQL Server Enterprise Manager successfully created a pull subscription to
> > publication 'Merge_Replicate'.
> >
> > The initial snapshot for publication 'Merge_Replicate' is not available.
> > This subscription will be initialized after the snapshot is available.
> >
> > Errors:
> >
> > I am receiving the following errors when replication executes. The database
> > objects I am trying to replicate are not replicating.
> >
> > event log:
> >
> > Unable to start a DCOM Server: {08B0B2D9-3FB3-11D3-A4DE-00C04F610189}. The
> > error: "The system cannot find the path specified. "
> > Happened while starting this command:
> > C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~3\80\COM\snapshot.exe -Embedding
> >
> > Agent logs:
> >
> > Executed as user: NFPOWER_DOMAIN\SQLboss. Replication-Replication Snapshot
> > Subsystem:
> > agent NPBOSSSQL4\NPBOSSSQL4-INTRANETD-Merge_Replicate-1 failed. The system
> > cannot find the path specified. NOTE: The step was retried the requested
> > number of times (10) without succeeding. The step failed. [SQLSTATE 42000]
> > (Error 14151). The step failed.
> >
> > We are looking at using SQL Replication to support an application we are
> > currently working on. I would really appreciate your help in resolving this
> > issue. Thanks in Advance.
> >
.



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