Merge replication: subscriber jobs missing.

I didn't actually see this but my customer swears:
Merge replication subscriber sql 2000 sp3a had the jobs disappear from the
agent for about 10 hours and the publisher said it could not connect. This
morning the jobs are back and replication was able to be started manually.
Help.
There was a set of conditions which would cause the replication agents to
disappear. Basically if you restored a published database, and then create a
publication with the same name as the old one, everything would disappear.
By chance, where are the agents running? On the subscriber or publisher?
Hilary Cotter
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"SQLdba" <burt_king@.yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>I didn't actually see this but my customer swears:
> Merge replication subscriber sql 2000 sp3a had the jobs disappear from the
> agent for about 10 hours and the publisher said it could not connect.
> This
> morning the jobs are back and replication was able to be started manually.
> Help.
|||They run on the publisher. When you say everything would disappear, did it
ever come back?
"Hilary Cotter" wrote:

> There was a set of conditions which would cause the replication agents to
> disappear. Basically if you restored a published database, and then create a
> publication with the same name as the old one, everything would disappear.
> By chance, where are the agents running? On the subscriber or publisher?
> --
> Hilary Cotter
> Looking for a SQL Server replication book?
> http://www.nwsu.com/0974973602.html
> Looking for a FAQ on Indexing Services/SQL FTS
> http://www.indexserverfaq.com
>
> "SQLdba" <burt_king@.yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:770297FF-ADE0-46FA-A235-93D0007C62BC@.microsoft.com...
>
>
|||Not until I removed some publications.
Hilary Cotter
Looking for a SQL Server replication book?
http://www.nwsu.com/0974973602.html
Looking for a FAQ on Indexing Services/SQL FTS
http://www.indexserverfaq.com
"SQLdba" <burt_king@.yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> They run on the publisher. When you say everything would disappear, did
> it
> ever come back?
>
> "Hilary Cotter" wrote:
|||Two things. First, it's transactional replication, not merge. Sorry for
that mistake.
Second, I was able to see the jobs when I looked at the server and was able
to restart the replication manually.
"Hilary Cotter" wrote:

> Not until I removed some publications.
> --
> Hilary Cotter
> Looking for a SQL Server replication book?
> http://www.nwsu.com/0974973602.html
> Looking for a FAQ on Indexing Services/SQL FTS
> http://www.indexserverfaq.com
>
> "SQLdba" <burt_king@.yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:E20EC89D-A27E-4C0A-9B2F-4311220DFDDF@.microsoft.com...
>
>