To troubleshoot replication agent failures, replication agent profiles can be configured to output verbose agent logs to a text file.  All replication agents contain the parameters -Output output_path_and_file_name and -OutputVerboseLevel [0|1|2], which when specified, output the agent log to the file output_path_and_file_name and will contain varying degrees of information… Read more

Did you know a snapshot can be applied using the Distribution and Merge Agent –AltSnapshotFolder parameter?  This means that after generating a snapshot, it can be copied to Subscribers manually using removable media for instance, and applied locally.  This can be useful with large snapshots and when replicating over slow,… Read more