Ok, there were multiple deadlocks over the weekend. Nearly all are fairly much the same as the log text below.

There is definitely something wrong with replication. Any thoughts, this isn't my area of experience (yet)?

Date,Source,Severity,Message

10/13/2013 11:37:10,spid15s,Unknown,waiter id=processb84898 mode=X requestType=wait

10/13/2013 11:37:10,spid15s,Unknown,waiter-list

10/13/2013 11:37:10,spid15s,Unknown,owner id=process84a3e8 mode=U

10/13/2013 11:37:10,spid15s,Unknown,owner-list

10/13/2013 11:37:10,spid15s,Unknown,keylock hobtid=72057603557294080 dbid=7 objectname=VendProd.dbo.MSmerge_genhistory indexname=nc2MSmerge_genhistory id=lock5735a8c0 mode=U associatedObjectId=72057603557294080

10/13/2013 11:37:10,spid15s,Unknown,waiter id=process84a3e8 mode=U requestType=wait

10/13/2013 11:37:10,spid15s,Unknown,waiter-list

10/13/2013 11:37:10,spid15s,Unknown,owner id=processb84898 mode=X

10/13/2013 11:37:10,spid15s,Unknown,owner-list

10/13/2013 11:37:10,spid15s,Unknown,keylock hobtid=72057603557163008 dbid=7 objectname=VendProd.dbo.MSmerge_genhistory indexname=c1MSmerge_genhistory id=lock3fef1080 mode=X associatedObjectId=72057603557163008

10/13/2013 11:37:10,spid15s,Unknown,resource-list

10/13/2013 11:37:10,spid15s,Unknown,Proc [Database Id = 32767 Object Id = 793474348]

10/13/2013 11:37:10,spid15s,Unknown,inputbuf

10/13/2013 11:37:10,spid15s,Unknown,where generation = @gen -- and guidsrc = @guidsrc

10/13/2013 11:37:10,spid15s,Unknown,changecount = @changecount

10/13/2013 11:37:10,spid15s,Unknown,coldate= getdate()<c/>

10/13/2013 11:37:10,spid15s,Unknown,art_nick = case when isnull(@art_nick<c/>0) <> 0 then @art_nick else art_nick end<c/>

10/13/2013 11:37:10,spid15s,Unknown,set genstatus = 2<c/>

10/13/2013 11:37:10,spid15s,Unknown,update dbo.MSmerge_genhistory with (rowlock)

10/13/2013 11:37:10,spid15s,Unknown,frame procname=mssqlsystemresource.sys.sp_MSupdategenhistory line=62 stmtstart=3390 stmtend=4004 sqlhandle=0x0300ff7f2c754b2f43c1ec005e9b00000100000000000000

10/13/2013 11:37:10,spid15s,Unknown,executionStack

10/13/2013 11:37:10,spid15s,Unknown,process id=processb84898 taskpriority=0 logused=376 waitresource=KEY: 7:72057603557294080 (580158c649f3) waittime=4171 ownerId=31497399 transactionname=user_transaction lasttranstarted=2013-10-13T11:37:06.737 XDES=0x163e44e0 lockMode=X schedulerid=4 kpid=7932 status=suspended spid=63 sbid=0 ecid=0 priority=0 transcount=2 lastbatchstarted=2013-10-13T11:37:06.737 lastbatchcompleted=2013-10-13T11:37:06.727 clientapp=Replication Merge Agent hostname=[redacted] hostpid=9716 loginname=IVM-NTBIO\SQLADMIN isolationlevel=read committed (2) xactid=31497399 currentdb=7 lockTimeout=4294967295 clientoption1=536938848 clientoption2=128024

10/13/2013 11:37:10,spid15s,Unknown,Proc [Database Id = 32767 Object Id = 103774808]

10/13/2013 11:37:10,spid15s,Unknown,inputbuf

10/13/2013 11:37:10,spid15s,Unknown,inner join sys.dm_exec_sessions p on p.program_name = s.application_name collate database_default)

10/13/2013 11:37:10,spid15s,Unknown,subscriber_number not in (select s.subscriber_number from dbo.sysmergesubscriptions s

10/13/2013 11:37:10,spid15s,Unknown,coldate not in (select login_time from sys.dm_exec_sessions) and

10/13/2013 11:37:10,spid15s,Unknown,where generation <= @current_max_gen and genstatus = 4 and

10/13/2013 11:37:10,spid15s,Unknown,nicknames = @nickbin

10/13/2013 11:37:10,spid15s,Unknown,coldate = getdate()<c/>

10/13/2013 11:37:10,spid15s,Unknown,set genstatus = 3<c/>

10/13/2013 11:37:10,spid15s,Unknown,update dbo.MSmerge_genhistory with (rowlock)

10/13/2013 11:37:10,spid15s,Unknown,frame procname=mssqlsystemresource.sys.sp_MSmakegeneration line=163 stmtstart=10842 stmtend=11972 sqlhandle=0x0300ff7f587a2f063508ed005e9b00000100000000000000

10/13/2013 11:37:10,spid15s,Unknown,executionStack

10/13/2013 11:37:10,spid15s,Unknown,process id=process84a3e8 taskpriority=5 logused=916 waitresource=KEY: 7:72057603557163008 (b800f13d884e) waittime=4171 ownerId=31497398 transactionname=user_transaction lasttranstarted=2013-10-13T11:37:06.737 XDES=0x25cef600 lockMode=U schedulerid=1 kpid=4140 status=suspended spid=68 sbid=0 ecid=0 priority=-5 transcount=2 lastbatchstarted=2013-10-13T11:37:06.730 lastbatchcompleted=2013-10-13T11:37:06.727 clientapp=[redacted]\sql2005-21 hostname=[redacted] hostpid=9340 loginname=sa isolationlevel=read committed (2) xactid=31497398 currentdb=7 lockTimeout=4294967295 clientoption1=673384800 clientoption2=128024

10/13/2013 11:37:10,spid15s,Unknown,process-list

10/13/2013 11:37:10,spid15s,Unknown,deadlock victim=process84a3e8

10/13/2013 11:37:10,spid15s,Unknown,deadlock-list