Subscription, Distributor to Subscriber History (Snapshot Subscription)

Applies to: SQL Server Azure SQL Managed Instance

The Distributor to Subscriber History tab displays detailed information on the Distribution Agent, including status, history, informational messages, and any error messages.

Options

Select which Distribution Agent sessions to view from the View menu, and then select a specific session in the grid labeled Sessions of the Distribution Agent. Detailed information on this session is displayed in the grid labeled Actions in the selected session. If the selected session ended in an error, the text area labeled Error details or message of the selected session is also displayed.

View
Select which Distribution Agent sessions to view.

Status
The status of the Distribution Agent. The following list shows the possible status values:

  • Error

  • Completed

  • Retrying

  • Running

Start Time
The start time of the session.

End Time
The end time of the session. If the agent has not stopped, this field is empty.

Duration
The amount of time the Distribution Agent has run in this session. The time represents elapsed time if the agent is currently running and the total time of the session if the agent session had ended.

Error Message
If a session ended in an error, this field displays the last error message logged by the Distribution Agent. If a session did not end in an error, this field is blank.

Action Message
All informational messages and error messages that the Distribution Agent has logged during the selected session.

Action Time
The time at which the action described in the Action Message column was performed.

Error details or message of the selected session
Displayed only if the selected session displays a value of Error in the Status column. This text area displays detailed error information and the command that was attempted at the time of the error. It also includes links to additional content related to the error.

See Also

Start the Replication Monitor
View information and perform tasks using Replication Monitor
Monitoring Replication
Replication Agents Overview