Hello folks!
I am going to create the merge replication between 2 instances one of which runs on 2008 R2, and second on 2012.
Surely, 2012 is publisher and distributer, 2008 R2 - subscriber.
The goal is to organyze 2-way merge replication.
The question is hypotetical: Is there a way to restore the 2012's state on 2008 R2? backup/restore won't work as MS doesn't support backward compatibility. I don't like the Generate Scripts service either. Could I use the replication snapshot to make the state of 2008 R2 identical to 2012? How would it be working? Are there the other ways (including 3Dparty's products)?