Comments on: SQL Replication The Initial Snapshot for Publication is not yet Available http://thinknook.com/sql-replication-the-initial-snapshot-for-publication-is-not-yet-available-2012-04-19/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sql-replication-the-initial-snapshot-for-publication-is-not-yet-available Because the world needs another Business Intelligence blog! Fri, 14 Sep 2018 19:30:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.41 By: Links Naji http://thinknook.com/sql-replication-the-initial-snapshot-for-publication-is-not-yet-available-2012-04-19/#comment-2727 Mon, 29 Jul 2013 22:54:18 +0000 http://thinknook.com/?p=582#comment-2727 Hey M,

That is a great find! something like that could make you pull out hairs for days trying to diagnose the issue before figuring out exact what is happening.

Thanks!

]]> By: mbourgon http://thinknook.com/sql-replication-the-initial-snapshot-for-publication-is-not-yet-available-2012-04-19/#comment-2724 Mon, 29 Jul 2013 14:34:25 +0000 http://thinknook.com/?p=582#comment-2724 There’s one other thing that can cause it – on SQL Server 2005, one of the Stored Procedures that the Replication Monitor calls, has the wrong default parameter. If the stars are just right (or maybe “just wrong”), then just viewing a server can cause it to be reinitialized. This happens if the distributor is 2005, even if the replication monitor is not. And it’s also a reason not to set up periodic snapshots – the last thing you need is it deciding it needs to reinitialize during the business day.

]]> By: admin http://thinknook.com/sql-replication-the-initial-snapshot-for-publication-is-not-yet-available-2012-04-19/#comment-452 Sat, 16 Jun 2012 11:19:54 +0000 http://thinknook.com/?p=582#comment-452 Hi Ankit,

There are other options to re-initializing your subscription using a Snapshot, I would suggest having a look at the sp_addsubscription procedure and focusing on the @sync_type parameter of that procedure.

You can basically tell SQL Server to assume that the subscription has been initialized, and to start replicating commands immediately, or you can even use other methods like backup, or manual ETL to initialize a subscription. This article describes manual replication initializing strategies .

The question that needs to be asked though before making a decision on which method to go down for initializing a subscription is: Why is your publication regularly giving you that error?

]]> By: Ankit Mathur http://thinknook.com/sql-replication-the-initial-snapshot-for-publication-is-not-yet-available-2012-04-19/#comment-451 Sat, 16 Jun 2012 08:31:13 +0000 http://thinknook.com/?p=582#comment-451 Hi,

I’m currently dealing with this issue in my MSSQL box.

One of my Publication regularly gives me this error.
Untill now I have to reinitialize the subscription. But I wish to avoid that as I have huge tables marked in replication and once I reinitialize it takes hours for it to finish up. Untill then our application gets out of bound.

Can you suggest me a way to restart the replication without reinitializing the subscription?

Thanks
Ankit Mathur

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