merge replication over internet

Hello!
I'm doing replication over non-trusted domains. I'm using FTP server to do
that.
I've also read Paul's articel about replication over non - trusted domains.
I'm using snapshot and merge replication.
Snapshot replication works OK, without any problems, but MERGE replication
gives me this error:
The schema script '' could not be propagated to the subscriber.
(Source: Merge Replication Provider (Agent); Error number: -2147201001)
------
The process could not connect to FTP site 'PC' using port 21.
(Source: STREZNIK\SAOP (Agent); Error number: 0)
------
Can you help me,
Uros
Uros,
this type of replication normally falls down due to
configuration/connectivity issues that have to be looked at individually.
Please try using an FTP tool to test transferring the snapshot files.
Cheers,
Paul Ibison SQL Server MVP, www.replicationanswers.com
(recommended sql server 2000 replication book:
http://www.nwsu.com/0974973602p.html)
|||Paul!
Does MERGE replication need any different settings than snapshot. Because
snapshot over FTP works without any problems.
What are the most common settings that make troubles for MERGE via FTP?
Thanks.
"Paul Ibison" wrote:

> Uros,
> this type of replication normally falls down due to
> configuration/connectivity issues that have to be looked at individually.
> Please try using an FTP tool to test transferring the snapshot files.
> Cheers,
> Paul Ibison SQL Server MVP, www.replicationanswers.com
> (recommended sql server 2000 replication book:
> http://www.nwsu.com/0974973602p.html)
>
>
|||Sorry to ask the obvious, but are your FTP settings done correctly on the
merge publication (inc folder paths).
Cheers,
Paul Ibison SQL Server MVP, www.replicationanswers.com
(recommended sql server 2000 replication book:
http://www.nwsu.com/0974973602p.html)
|||Well, I've made it as for SNAPSHOT.
Here are my settings:
I have path for ftp \SAOPReplication\ftp
Just the same as for SNAPSHOT.
Should tha path be different?
"Paul Ibison" wrote:

> Sorry to ask the obvious, but are your FTP settings done correctly on the
> merge publication (inc folder paths).
> Cheers,
> Paul Ibison SQL Server MVP, www.replicationanswers.com
> (recommended sql server 2000 replication book:
> http://www.nwsu.com/0974973602p.html)
>
>
|||Uros,
please can you post up the results of sp_helpmergepublication and
sp_helppublication for the merge and snapshot publications.
Cheers,
Paul Ibison SQL Server MVP, www.replicationanswers.com
(recommended sql server 2000 replication book:
http://www.nwsu.com/0974973602p.html)
|||Paul!
Here are the results of those store procedures.
I hope you can sort this out on notepad. I've tried and it worked.
id name
description
status retention sync_mode allow_push allow_pull allow_anonymous
centralized_conflicts priority snapshot_ready
publication_type pubid snapshot_jobid
enabled_for_internet dynamic_filters has_subscription
snapshot_in_defaultfolder alt_snapshot_folder
pre_snapshot_script
post_snapshot_script
compress_snapshot ftp_address
ftp_port ftp_subdirectory
ftp_login
conflict_retention keep_partition_changes
allow_subscription_copy allow_synctoalternate validate_subscriber_info
backward_comp_level publish_to_activedirectory max_concurrent_merge
max_concurrent_dynamic_snapshots
------
-----------
-- -- -- -- -- --
-- -- --
-- --
-- -- --
-- --
-----------
-----------
-----------
------
-----------
------
-- -- --
-----------
-
-- -- --
1 MERGE_STRANKE_SAOPsf
Merge
publication of SAOPsf database from Publisher PC.
1 14 0 1 1 1
1 100.0 1 0
817F7880-1B66-4C7E-8D8D-1AD3270328B7
0x679F4FFFFA5CAE418DC4919151EBD05A 1 0 0
0 \\PC\D$\SAOP\Replikacije
NULL
NULL
1 PC
21 \SAOPreplikacije\ftp
SQLRemote
14 0 0
0 NULL
40 0
0 0
pubid name
restricted
status task replication frequency synchronization method description
immediate_sync enabled_for_internet allow_push allow_pull
allow_anonymous independent_agent immediate_sync_ready allow_sync_tran
autogen_sync_procs snapshot_jobid retention has
subscription allow_queued_tran snapshot_in_defaultfolder alt_snapshot_folder
pre_snapshot_script
post_snapshot_script
compress_snapshot ftp_address
ftp_port ftp_subdirectory
ftp_login
allow_dts
allow_subscription_copy centralized_conflicts conflict_retention
conflict_policy queue_type backward_comp_level publish_to_AD
------
-- -- -- -- --
-----------
-- -- -- -- --
-- -- -- --
-- -- --
-- --
-----------
-----------
-----------
------
-----------
------
-- -- -- --
-- -- -- --
2 SNAPSHOT_ARTIKLI_SAOPsf
0 1
1 1 0 Snapshot
publication of SAOPsf database from Publisher PC.
1 1 1 1 1
1 1 0 0
0x30961C9177CEEF4AA8EDF9FE69CC7E01 336 1 0
0 \\PC\D$\SAOP\Replikacije
NULL
NULL
1 PC
21 \SAOPReplikacije\ftp
SqlService
0 0 NULL
14 NULL NULL 10 0
|||Can the subscriber resolve the host name PC to the FTP Server? It probably
needs to be a Fully Qualified Domain Name like PC.MyDomain.Com, or you need
a hosts file entry mapping PC to the IP address of the FTP server.
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
"uros" <uros@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hello!
> I'm doing replication over non-trusted domains. I'm using FTP server to do
> that.
> I've also read Paul's articel about replication over non - trusted
> domains.
> I'm using snapshot and merge replication.
> Snapshot replication works OK, without any problems, but MERGE replication
> gives me this error:
> The schema script '' could not be propagated to the subscriber.
> (Source: Merge Replication Provider (Agent); Error number: -2147201001)
> ------
> The process could not connect to FTP site 'PC' using port 21.
> (Source: STREZNIK\SAOP (Agent); Error number: 0)
> ------
> Can you help me,
> Uros
|||Hilary!
I've done that. I've updated the host file. And as I said, SNAPSHOT
replication works fine via FTP, but merge replication fails with that error.
I don't know, how to continue and I have a deadline.
U.
"Hilary Cotter" wrote:

> Can the subscriber resolve the host name PC to the FTP Server? It probably
> needs to be a Fully Qualified Domain Name like PC.MyDomain.Com, or you need
> a hosts file entry mapping PC to the IP address of the FTP server.
> --
> 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
> "uros" <uros@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:3D947F9B-2DA3-4C75-9860-1401E33EEB3C@.microsoft.com...
>
>
|||Uros,
sorry - even in notepad this is pretty difficult. Please can you set the
query analyser to output the results to text and use a Pipe delimiter, then
repost the results.
Cheers,
Paul Ibison
"uros" <uros@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Paul!
> Here are the results of those store procedures.
> I hope you can sort this out on notepad. I've tried and it worked.
> id name
> description
>
> status retention sync_mode allow_push allow_pull
> allow_anonymous
> centralized_conflicts priority snapshot_ready
> publication_type pubid snapshot_jobid
> enabled_for_internet dynamic_filters has_subscription
> snapshot_in_defaultfolder alt_snapshot_folder
>
> pre_snapshot_script
>
> post_snapshot_script
>
> compress_snapshot ftp_address
> ftp_port ftp_subdirectory
>
> ftp_login
> conflict_retention keep_partition_changes
> allow_subscription_copy allow_synctoalternate validate_subscriber_info
>
> backward_comp_level publish_to_activedirectory max_concurrent_merge
> max_concurrent_dynamic_snapshots
> --
> ------
> ----------
--
> -- -- -- -- -- --
> -- -- --
> -- --
> -- -- --
> -- --
> ----------
--
> ----------
--
> ----------
--
> --
> ------
> --
> ----------
--
> ------
> -- -- --
> --
> ----------
--
> -- -- --
> --
> 1 MERGE_STRANKE_SAOPsf
> Merge
> publication of SAOPsf database from Publisher PC.
>
> 1 14 0 1 1 1
> 1 100.0 1 0
> 817F7880-1B66-4C7E-8D8D-1AD3270328B7
> 0x679F4FFFFA5CAE418DC4919151EBD05A 1 0 0
> 0 \\PC\D$\SAOP\Replikacije
>
> NULL
>
> NULL
>
> 1 PC
> 21 \SAOPreplikacije\ftp
>
> SQLRemote
> 14 0 0
> 0 NULL
>
> 40
> 0
> 0 0
> pubid name
> restricted
> status task replication frequency synchronization method
> description
>
> immediate_sync enabled_for_internet allow_push allow_pull
> allow_anonymous independent_agent immediate_sync_ready allow_sync_tran
> autogen_sync_procs snapshot_jobid retention has
> subscription allow_queued_tran snapshot_in_defaultfolder
> alt_snapshot_folder
>
> pre_snapshot_script
>
> post_snapshot_script
>
> compress_snapshot ftp_address
> ftp_port ftp_subdirectory
>
> ftp_login
> allow_dts
> allow_subscription_copy centralized_conflicts conflict_retention
> conflict_policy queue_type backward_comp_level publish_to_AD
> --
> ------
> -- -- -- -- --
> ----------
--
> -- -- -- -- --
> -- -- -- --
> -- -- --
> -- --
> ----------
--
> ----------
--
> ----------
--
> --
> ------
> --
> ----------
--
> ------
> -- -- -- --
> -- -- -- --
> 2 SNAPSHOT_ARTIKLI_SAOPsf
> 0
> 1
> 1 1 0 Snapshot
> publication of SAOPsf database from Publisher PC.
>
> 1 1 1 1 1
> 1 1 0 0
> 0x30961C9177CEEF4AA8EDF9FE69CC7E01 336 1 0
> 0 \\PC\D$\SAOP\Replikacije
>
> NULL
>
> NULL
>
> 1 PC
> 21 \SAOPReplikacije\ftp
>
> SqlService
> 0 0 NULL
> 14 NULL NULL 10 0
>

Merge Replication between two servers not connected via internet and on two separate domains

I have two sql server 2000 databases and I wish to do merge replication between them, the problem is that they are not connected via the internet (no ping) and are on two separate domains in different countries.

I can use email and I can use encrypted ftp.

I am wondering if I could use sql ce merge replication to a pocket pc which creates an sdf file, that I then email backwards and forwards and build identical publication and subscriptions at either server to merge sync with this sdf file through a pocket pc.

Has anyone done this before?

Does anyone have any other suggestions?

It's not going to be possible. Merge replication is built with partners that can publish/subscribe to each other. If all you have is email/ftp, you will have to roll your own "merge" - take look at bcp/bulkload/dts in book online.

merge replication and domains

Does SQL2K needs the publisher and subscriber to be in same domain?
Can we configure merge replication between two stand-alone servers?
it does not, you can replicate from two stand alone server. What you should
do is create a local administrator account with the same name and password
on both servers and use this account for the SQL Server and SQL Server Agent
accounts.
--
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
"ravi lobo" <ravi lobo@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Does SQL2K needs the publisher and subscriber to be in same domain?
> Can we configure merge replication between two stand-alone servers?
|||You might want to have a look at these articles:
http://www.replicationanswers.com/InternetArticle.asp
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=321822
Rgds,
Paul Ibison SQL Server MVP, www.replicationanswers.com/default.asp
(recommended sql server 2000 replication book:
http://www.nwsu.com/0974973602p.html)
|||I have done that..but when i create the subscriber i get the message..process
could not deliver the snapshot to the subscriber..
"Hilary Cotter" wrote:

> it does not, you can replicate from two stand alone server. What you should
> do is create a local administrator account with the same name and password
> on both servers and use this account for the SQL Server and SQL Server Agent
> accounts.
> --
> --
> 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
> "ravi lobo" <ravi lobo@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1E7324F8-3F93-45C3-876A-56A7FE81D907@.microsoft.com...
>
>
|||i did that but it was not working. Only after giving the $ share access to
the snapshot folder it started working.
"Hilary Cotter" wrote:

> it does not, you can replicate from two stand alone server. What you should
> do is create a local administrator account with the same name and password
> on both servers and use this account for the SQL Server and SQL Server Agent
> accounts.
> --
> --
> 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
> "ravi lobo" <ravi lobo@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1E7324F8-3F93-45C3-876A-56A7FE81D907@.microsoft.com...
>
>