I need a hand. Have to replicate a DB to remote sites. Trying to do a local proof of concept (so just one DB to another on the same server, transactional publication) before moving on.
destination dbs are located states away and have poor bandwidth. if they connect via the application console to the main production db, it takes them forever to load a part (this is a cad db) or it will just straight timeout.
the idea proposed by the nc guy was that we stand up servers with recent copies of the production db, replication pushes transaction changes every morning outside of business hours.
Here's what I've done:
Created a local publication of the subscription DB using the approved service account (with sysadmin role) Created local subscription (push)
Here's the problem: The initial snapshot hasn't created, when i try to force it with a query- I...
