Microsoft KB Archive/814460

= FIX: Merge Replication with Alternate Synchronization Partners May Not Succeed After You Change the Retention Period =

Article ID: 814460

Article Last Modified on 11/2/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Developer Edition
 * Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition
 * Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Personal Edition
 * Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition
 * Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Workgroup Edition
 * Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (Windows)
 * Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Developer Edition
 * Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition 64-bit

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SYMPTOMS
A merge replication environment with alternate synchronization partners may not succeed after you change the retention period on the primary publication or on the main publication. Immediately after you apply the change, subscriptions still can successfully synchronize with the main publication. But after you apply the failover steps to the alternate synchronization partners, the merge agent may not succeed, and you may receive the following error message:

Category:NULL

Source: Merge Process

Number: -2147200940

Message: The Publisher has been restored from a backup whose schema change version is different from the Subscriber. Rerun the Snapshot Agent and reinitialize the subscription.

After this, the alternate synchronization environment does not continue to work. You can still merge with the publisher that you synchronized with first after you changed the retention period, but all tries to synchronize with the other partners do not succeed. Even if you reinitialize the alternate synchronization partners and the subscribers, this action does not help.



Service pack information
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft SQL Server 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

290211 How to obtain the latest SQL Server 2000 service pack

Hotfix information
This problem is fixed for SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 2 systems that are running version 8.00.0729.

The problem exists in SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 3, version 8.00.0760. To fix this version, you must apply SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 3 rollup, version 8.00.0765.

The English version of this fix has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.

SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 2
Use this hotfix build for a server that is running SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 2.   Date         Time   Version            Size    File name --  17-Jan-2002  18:45  2000.80.568.0      29,244  Dbmslpcn.dll 17-Jan-2003 16:23                    786,432  Distmdl.ldf 17-Jan-2003 16:23                  2,359,296  Distmdl.mdf 11-Dec-2002 07:50                        180  Drop_repl_hotfix.sql 02-Jul-2002 05:35  2000.80.650.0     107,088  Impprov.dll 17-Jan-2003 10:33                    774,409  Instdist.sql 11-Dec-2002 07:50                      1,402  Inst_repl_hotfix.sql 20-Aug-2002 06:24  2000.80.679.0     111,172  Logread.exe 15-Dec-2002 13:21  2000.80.717.0      90,692  Msgprox.dll 06-Apr-2002 16:08  2000.80.606.0      62,024  Odsole70.dll 02-Jan-2002 15:59                     18,185  Qfe356326.sql 20-Aug-2002 06:47  2000.80.679.0     135,748  Qrdrsvc.exe 26-Aug-2002 12:49  2000.80.679.0     406,088  Rdistcom.dll 03-Oct-2001 15:36                    437,302  Replcom.sql 20-Aug-2002 06:33  2000.80.679.0     152,136  Replmerg.exe 25-Nov-2002 11:43                  1,004,990  Replmerg.sql 15-Dec-2002 13:21  2000.80.717.0     221,768  Replprov.dll 15-Dec-2002 13:21  2000.80.717.0     303,688  Replrec.dll 22-Jan-2003 09:27                  1,002,101  Replsys.sql 03-Oct-2001 15:36                    881,228  Repltran.sql 26-Aug-2002 12:49  2000.80.679.0     283,208  Rinitcom.dll 16-Sep-2002 12:31                    390,045  Securityhotfix.sql 26-Aug-2002 12:49  2000.80.679.0      28,672  Sqlagent.dll 26-Aug-2002 08:39  2000.80.679.0     311,872  Sqlagent.exe 28-Aug-2002 06:32  2000.80.679.0      49,152  Sqlagent.rll 26-Aug-2002 12:49  2000.80.679.0      53,824  Sqlcmdss.dll 28-Aug-2002 06:40  2000.80.679.0      12,288  Sqlcmdss.rll 14-Jan-2003 11:39  2000.80.725.0     172,600  Sqlmap70.dll 20-Jan-2003 19:06  2000.80.728.0   7,479,377  Sqlservr.exe 01-Nov-2002 08:56  2000.80.698.0      45,644  Sqlvdi.dll 17-Jan-2002 18:45  2000.80.568.0      29,244  Ssmslpcn.dll 19-Dec-2002 14:55  2000.80.719.0      82,492  Ssnetlib.dll 02-Jan-2003 10:12  2000.80.722.0      25,148  Ssnmpn70.dll 06-Apr-2002 16:08  2000.80.606.0      70,208  Xplog70.dll 06-Apr-2002 16:08  2000.80.606.0      53,828  Xpqueue.dll 06-Apr-2002 16:08  2000.80.606.0     156,228  Xprepl.dll 11-Jul-2002 15:00  2000.80.658.0     279,104  Xpstar.dll 16-Sep-2002 13:12  2000.80.686.0      98,872  Xpweb70.dll

SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 3
Use this hotfix build for a server that is running SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 3.   Date         Time   Version            Size    File name --  07-Feb-2003  19:44                    786,432  Distmdl.ldf 07-Feb-2003 19:44                  2,359,296  Distmdl.mdf 29-Jan-2003 15:55                        180  Drop_repl_hotfix.sql 31-Jan-2003 14:32  2000.80.763.0   1,557,052  Dtsui.dll 29-Jan-2003 19:18                    746,470  Instdist.sql 29-Jan-2003 15:55                      1,402  Inst_repl_hotfix.sql 07-Feb-2003 20:40  2000.80.765.0      90,692  Msgprox.dll 07-Feb-2003 17:53                  1,065,895  Replmerg.sql 07-Feb-2003 20:40  2000.80.765.0     221,768  Replprov.dll 07-Feb-2003 20:40  2000.80.765.0     307,784  Replrec.dll 29-Jan-2003 19:18                  1,084,318  Replsys.sql 07-Feb-2003 20:40  2000.80.765.0     176,696  Sqlmap70.dll 07-Feb-2003 20:40  2000.80.765.0      57,920  Sqlrepss.dll 07-Feb-2003 20:41  2000.80.765.0   7,528,529  Sqlservr.exe 07-Feb-2003 20:40  2000.80.765.0      45,644  Sqlvdi.dll 07-Feb-2003 20:40  2000.80.765.0      82,492  Ssnetlib.dll Note Because of file dependencies, the most recent hotfix or feature that contains these files may also contain additional files.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section.This problem was first corrected in Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 4.

