What is publication in replication?

What is publication in replication?

A publication is a collection of one or more articles from one database. The grouping of multiple articles into a publication makes it easier to specify a logically related set of database objects and data that are replicated as a unit.

What does reinitialize subscription mean?

Reinitializing a subscription involves applying a new snapshot of one or more articles to one or more Subscribers: transactional and snapshot replication allow individual articles to be reinitialized; merge replication requires all articles to be reinitialized.

What is publisher and subscriber in SQL Server?

A publisher is the main database copy on which publication is configured, making data available to other MS SQL servers that are configured to be used in the replication process. The Publisher can have more than one publication. A subscriber is a database that receives the replicated data from a publication.

What is re initializing means in replication?

Initializing or re-initializing a subscription consists of applying (or re-applying) a snapshot of the publication to that subscription. This consists of dropping subscribing tables at the subscriber, and recreating them containing the same data as the snapshot.

How is replication related to the publishing industry?

Replication uses a publishing industry metaphor to represent the components in a replication topology, which include Publisher, Distributor, Subscribers, publications, articles, and subscriptions. It is helpful to think of Microsoft SQL Server replication in terms of a magazine: A magazine publisher produces one or more publications.

How to add a SQL replication subscriber to SQL Server?

Click on Add SQL Server subscriber and add SQL03V as a subscriber. Configure agent security and click Next. Schedule the SQL replication agent to run as per your choice. Initialize the subscription Immediately to apply the snapshot immediately after creation.

Can a client subscription be used in Merge Replication?

All replication types allow push and pull subscriptions. Merge replication uses two additional terms to distinguish subscriptions: client subscriptions and server subscriptions. Both client and server subscription types can be used with push and pull subscriptions.

Is there a magazine metaphor for SQL server replication?

Although the magazine metaphor is useful for understanding replication, it is important to note that SQL Server replication includes functionality that is not represented in this metaphor, particularly the ability for a Subscriber to make updates and for a Publisher to send out incremental changes to the articles in a publication.