Replication-Replication Distribution Subsystem: agent SERVERA-dbCreator-TranPub_dbCreator-SERVERB-6 failed. The process could not read file 'C:\Replication\unc\SERVERA_DBCREATOR_TRANPUB_DBCREATOR\20170830103552\Subjects_2.pre' due to OS error 3.

Error message: I got this error when i am trying to configure Transnational publication in replication. I have chosen pull subscription while i am configuring Transnational publication

Error messages:
The process could not read file 'C:\Replication\unc\SERVERA_DBCREATOR_TRANPUB_DBCREATOR\20170830103552\Subjects_2.pre' due to OS error 3. (Source: MSSQL_REPL, Error number: MSSQL_REPL20024)
Get help: http://help/MSSQL_REPL20024
The system cannot find the path specified.
 (Source: MSSQL_REPL, Error number: MSSQL_REPL3)
Get help: http://help/MSSQL_REPL3

From Eventviewr:
Replication-Replication Distribution Subsystem: 
agent SERVERA-dbCreator-TranPub_dbCreator-SERVERB-6 failed. 
The process could not read file 'C:\Replication\unc\SERVERA_DBCREATOR_TRANPUB_DBCREATOR\20170830103552\Subjects_2.pre' 
due to OS error 3.

Troubleshooting Step:

1) When i check the snapshot agent status it has run fine. No issues with it
2) When i check log reader agent status it has running fine. No issues with it
3) Then i found above error in " Launch replication monitor" side as well as Eventvwr side.
4) When i check distribution Agent job status because i have configured PULL subscription. Don' find any error message.
5) I checked the path from both publisher and subscriber server side file exists. and no issues with the path.
6) I checked the login account and service accounts with which agents are running. And both accounts have sysadmin privileges.
7) The issue here is distribution agent job which is running from subscriber end because of PULL subscription is failing not with error icon you can find the same in replication monitor view details

Work Around:  
1) UNC folder is not in shared mode and not in the network. So that is the reason subscriber is not able to find it. So create this folder in shared mode and check the same from subscriber too like(\\SERVARA\UNC)
2) Go the publisher server--> Right click on Replication folder-->Go to Publishers--->Click on .....
window
3) Find Default snapshot folder and change the path to network and click on Ok button





Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException (0x80131904): Execution Timeout Expired. The timeout period elapsed prior to completion of the operation or the server is not responding. ---> System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception (0x80004005): The wait operation timed out

I got this error in one of my client's production environment, this type of issues might come up when we are not properly updating statistics. System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException (0x80131904): Execution Timeout Expired.  The timeout period elapsed prior to completion of the operation or the server is not responding. ---> System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception (0x80004005): The wait operation timed out Workaround: Please run UPDATE STATISTICS command in all the tables on a particular database EXEC sp_updatestats So in my scenario UPDATE STATISTICS on all the tables resolved the issue.
Read more

Pre login Handshake or Connection Timeout Period

Image
Service was unable to open new database connection when requested. SqlException: Connection Timeout Expired.  The timeout period elapsed while attempting to consume the pre-login handshake acknowledgement.  This could be because the pre-login handshake failed or the server was unable to respond back in time.  The duration spent while attempting to connect to this server was - [Pre-Login] initialization=16225; handshake=14840; Connection string - Data Source=sqlserverintancenamehere;Initial Catalog=CatalogNamehere;Integrated Security=True;Persist Security Info=False;Max Pool Size=1000;Connect Timeout=20;Load Balance Timeout=120;Packet Size=4096;Application Name=Applicationname hereBusinessLayerHost.exe;Workstation ID=HostnameHere setspn -a MSSQLSvc/hostname.doaminname.net:1433 ServiceAccountNameHere need to run the above command in a command prompt, most of the time you would NOT have permissions to run this, please check with Active Directory Team or Wi...
Read more

Transparent Data Encryption(TDE) with Master Key and Certificate in SQL Server

Image
/*  There is only one master key, you can not create  multiple */ use master go CREATE MASTER KEY ENCRYPTION BY PASSWORD = 'StrongPasswordHere' GO /*  Creating certificate in the master database, after creating  master key */ use master GO CREATE CERTIFICATE MyFirstCert WITH SUBJECT = 'TDECertificate' ; GO /* Enable databse encryption key but you can not see under this specific user database. */ USE G GO CREATE DATABASE ENCRYPTION KEY WITH ALGORITHM = AES_128 ENCRYPTION BY SERVER CERTIFICATE MyFirstCert GO ALTER DATABASE G SET ENCRYPTION ON;  /*  Backing up certificate */ use master go BACKUP CERTIFICATE MyFirstCert TO FILE = 'C:\Certificates\MyFirstCert' WITH PRIVATE KEY ( FILE = 'C:\Certificates\MyFirstCertKey' , ENCRYPTION ...
Read more