Tutorial: Replicating Data Between Continuously Connected Servers
New: 17 July 2006
Replication is a good solution to the problem of moving data between continuously connected servers. Using replication's wizards, you can easily configure and administer a replication topology. This tutorial shows you how to configure a replication topology for continuously connected servers.
What You Will Learn
This tutorial will show you how to publish data from one database to another using transactional replication. The first lesson shows how to use SQL Server Management Studio to create a publication. Later lessons show how to create and validate a subscription and how to measure latency.
Requirements
This tutorial is intended for users who are familiar with basic database operations, but who have limited experience with replication. This tutorial requires that you have completed the previous tutorial, Preparing the Server for Replication.
To use this tutorial, your system must have the following components:
At the Publisher server (source):
- Any edition of SQL Server 2005, except SQL Server 2005 Express Edition (SQL Server Express) or SQL Server Compact Edition (SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition). These editions cannot be replication Publishers.
- AdventureWorks sample database. To enhance security, the sample databases are not installed by default. To install the sample databases, see Running Setup to Install AdventureWorks Sample Databases and Samples.
Subscriber server (destination):
- Any edition of SQL Server 2005, except SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition. SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition cannot be a Subscriber in transactional replication.
Note
Replication is not installed on SQL Server Express by default. For information about installing replication, see How to: Install Replication During SQL Server Express Setup. The Publisher and Subscriber can share the same instance of SQL Server 2005.
Note
In SQL Server Management Studio, you must connect to the Publisher and Subscriber using a login that is a member of the sysadmin fixed server role.
Estimated time to complete this tutorial: 30 minutes.
Lessons in This Tutorial
- Lesson 1: Publishing Data Using Transactional Replication
- Lesson 2: Creating a Subscription to the Transactional Publication
- Lesson 3: Validating the Subscription and Measuring Latency
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See Also
Other Resources
Implementing Replication Overview
Planning for Replication Programming