Distibution servers ...

So what happens when the Distribution Server blows a gasket? Somehow I get
the feeling that restoring from last nights backup isn't going to get things
back to normal? I ask because we are going to build a replication solution
that will fall under Sarbanes Oxely issues, one of which is documented
business continuity plans. Our solution will likely have a dedicated
distribution server and even though we haven't even budgeted hardware yet, I
am having visions of a major meltdown and a trip to the mental ward.
P.S. to Hilary Cotter. I think your replication book is great. I would
suggest that a follow up title would be a book (or additional chapters in a
new edition) that deal with such questions as replication headaches during
recovery and restoration. At least from personal experience, our worst days
as IT people are when we are under the gun to restore failed services.
Bob Castleman
DBA Poseur
Nope. Basically you need to cluster your distributor and hope for the best.
There is a kb article which describes how to recover from this.
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;886839
I am working on an article of my own explaining how to do this.
Hilary Cotter
Looking for a SQL Server replication book?
http://www.nwsu.com/0974973602.html
Looking for a FAQ on Indexing Services/SQL FTS
http://www.indexserverfaq.com
"Bob Castleman" <nomail@.here> wrote in message
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> So what happens when the Distribution Server blows a gasket? Somehow I get
> the feeling that restoring from last nights backup isn't going to get
things
> back to normal? I ask because we are going to build a replication solution
> that will fall under Sarbanes Oxely issues, one of which is documented
> business continuity plans. Our solution will likely have a dedicated
> distribution server and even though we haven't even budgeted hardware yet,
I
> am having visions of a major meltdown and a trip to the mental ward.
> P.S. to Hilary Cotter. I think your replication book is great. I would
> suggest that a follow up title would be a book (or additional chapters in
a
> new edition) that deal with such questions as replication headaches during
> recovery and restoration. At least from personal experience, our worst
days
> as IT people are when we are under the gun to restore failed services.
>
> Bob Castleman
> DBA Poseur
>
|||Thanks for the reference.
In your book there is mention of a second volume for merge replication. Is
this still in the works? Is there a publication date?
Thanks,
Bob
"Hilary Cotter" <hilary.cotter@.gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Nope. Basically you need to cluster your distributor and hope for the
> best.
> There is a kb article which describes how to recover from this.
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;886839
> I am working on an article of my own explaining how to do this.
> --
> Hilary Cotter
> Looking for a SQL Server replication book?
> http://www.nwsu.com/0974973602.html
> Looking for a FAQ on Indexing Services/SQL FTS
> http://www.indexserverfaq.com
> "Bob Castleman" <nomail@.here> wrote in message
> news:uzw0o4EcFHA.3204@.TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> things
> I
> a
> days
>