Did you set your retention low enough in the SnapManager Configuration utility?

One note here, but from what I understand SnapManager for SQL Server is on the way out and...

Nate - I ran into the same issue with adding / removing databases and posted a thread on the NetApp forums. I did receive a couple responses on how to...

We deploy database changes separately from code changes and allow for a layer of abstraction. The benefits here are tremendous although there is a more complicated framework that has to...

Great. Glad that worked. If that wasn't the issue I was going to be hitting the "stumped" button pretty quickly. 🙂

Ok, since you are not seeing anything on the subscriber, we need to make sure that you are indeed sending it to the correct subscriber. You will need to expand...

In SSMS connected to the Publisher, expand Replication, Local Publications, Select the publication you are referring to and expand, right click on the subscription select "View Synchronization Status" and let...

My pleasure. I'll look forward to hearing your findings in the future.

I'm sure you stopped some process that was running - which is a good thing. 🙂

I would recommend doing some logging via a system level trace or logging of...

Excellent news. Get DAC configured now too. 🙂 http://ask.sqlservercentral.com/questions/1770/enable-dedicated-administrator-connection.html

Most likely it is trying to complete some process that was running prior to the stop request and may be doing a rollback. Without insight into what queries were running...

Let me know when it comes back.

No, let it stop, don't kill the process. It will eventually stop.

Yes, if you don't have DAC configured and no access to SQL Server then you have to restart the SQL Server service, unfortunately.

To get a TRUE view into how much memory SQL Server is using I would recommend reading this post - http://sqlblog.com/blogs/jonathan_kehayias/archive/2009/08/24/troubleshooting-the-sql-server-memory-leak-or-understanding-sql-server-memory-usage.aspx

For a server with 8 GB of memory I would...

You should always have a max server memory setting to ensure that you don't starve the OS. There are varying opinions on how much you should leave. How much do...