MSSQLSERVER_21889

Details

Product Name

SQL Server

Product Version

11.0

Product Build Number

11.00.0000.00

Event ID

21889

Event Source

MSSQLSERVER

Component

SQLEngine

Symbolic Name

SQLErrorNum21889

Message Text

The SQL Server instance '%s' is not a replication publisher. Run sp_adddistributor on SQL Server instance '%s' with distributor '%s' in order to enable the instance to host the publishing database '%s'. Make certain to specify the same login and password as that used for the original publisher.

Explanation

In order to host the publisher database, the instance of SQL Server must be a replication publisher. sp_validate_redirected_publisher calls sp_helpdistributor at the remote server to determine whether the server is a replication publisher. This error is returned when execution of the stored procedure sp_helpdistributor indicates that the target instance of SQL Server is not a replication publisher.

User Action

Execute sp_adddistributor at the instance of SQL Server that hosts the publisher database. When running sp_adddistributor, specify the correct distributor. Use the same value for the @password parameter as that used when sp_adddistributor was initially run at the distributor.