Timeouts on my Subcriber

  • I am getting the following messages:

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    The process is running and is waiting for a response from one of the backend connections.

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    Category:COMMAND

    Source:  Failed Command

    Number: 

    Message: {CALL sp_MSupd_ITEM_200522 (NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,2005-06-02 11:59:59.000,1,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,2005-06-02 08:19:41.000,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,82010,2005-06-01 00:00:00.000,'301180292',0,0x0006100000000000)} {CALL sp_MSupd_ITEM_200522 (NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'301180111',2005

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    Source:  ODBC SQL Server Driver  Number:  S1T00  Message: Timeout expired 

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    This is what I have done:

    1.  Stopped and started SQL Server

    2.  Rebooted server

    3. Verified that MDAC is at latest level

    4.  Increased query timeouts on the distribution agent and restarted the agent

    I am still getting timeouts with the same frequency.  What should I try next?

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  • We see this at times when the msrepl_transaction table gets too large, log reader is bringing over a large transaction, or many distribution tasks are running at the same time.  Create a new distribution profile where CommitBatchSize = 1 and CommitBatchThreshold = 1.  Set your distribution to use this profile and restart it.  You can then switch it back to the default profile when it completes. 

    Hope this works for you,

    Michelle 

  • Michelle - thanks!  i did try this also.  but it didn't make a dent.  i think i've narrowed it down to a hardware issue with my SAN. 

    tell me if you think this tracks ...

    while the timeouts were happening the  Disk Queue length was thru the roof.  i took the tables with the most updates pending out of replication.  i was then able to restart replication without any timeouts.  i created another publication with my most active tables, took a snapshot, started the distribution agent again, and taaa daaa! no more timeouts.  although ... from the sounds of it, it seems like your solution should have worked, but it didn't ... what gives, if it isn't a disk issue?  any ideas?  bottom line is that it's fixed now ... *knocking on wood*

     

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