How to: View Information and Perform Tasks for a Publisher (Replication Monitor)

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Replication Monitor provides the following tabs that display information about the selected Publisher:

  • Publications
    This tab displays information about all publications at the selected Publisher.
  • Subscription Watch List
    This tab is intended to display information about subscriptions from all publications available at the selected Publisher that have errors, warnings, or the poorest performance. This tab is not displayed for Distributors running versions prior to Microsoft SQL Server 2005.
  • Common Jobs
    This tab displays information about the jobs used by all types of replication.

To view more information about the options on each tab, click the tab in the right pane, and then click Help on the menu bar. For information about starting Replication Monitor, see How to: Start Replication Monitor (Replication Monitor).

To view information and perform tasks for a Publisher

  1. Expand a Publisher group in the left pane, and then click a Publisher.

  2. To view information about all publications, click the Publications tab.

  3. To view information about subscriptions, click the Subscription Watch List tab. You can also access more detailed information and perform tasks from this tab:

    • To view detailed information about the agent associated with a subscription, right-click the subscription, and then click View Details.
    • To view the properties of a subscription, right-click the subscription, and then click Properties.
    • To synchronize a push subscription, right-click the subscription, and then click Start Synchronizing.
    • To reinitialize a subscription, right-click the subscription, and then click Reinitialize Subscription.

  4. To view summary information about jobs, click the Common Jobs tab. You can also access more detailed information and start and stop jobs from this tab:

    • To view detailed information about the job (such as the schedule, job step details, and so on), right-click the job, and then click Properties.
    • To start a job that is not running, right-click the job, and then click Start Job.
    • To stop a job that is running, right-click the job, and then click Stop Job.

See Also

Tasks

How to: View and Modify Publisher Properties (SQL Server Management Studio)

Concepts

Monitoring Replication with Replication Monitor

Help and Information

Getting SQL Server 2005 Assistance