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How do I turn off transactional replication?
Connect to the Publisher or Distributor you want to disable in Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio, and then expand the server node. Right-click the Replication folder, and then click Disable Publishing and Distribution. Complete the steps in the Disable Publishing and Distribution Wizard.
What is the difference between transactional replication and Merge replication?
Merge Replication is the same as SQL Server Transactional replication; however, Merge replication replicates data from the Publisher to Subscriber and vice-a-versa. Merge replication uses the Snapshot Agent and the Merge Agent.
How is redirected publisher defined in replication agent?
If the publisher database belongs to an availability group, the redirected publisher is the availability group listener name. The stored procedure sp_get_redirected_publisher is used by replication agents to query a distributor to determine whether a publisher/database pair has a defined redirected publisher.
Can a secondary database be a publisher in replication?
When the replication agent restarts after failover, the connection will automatically be redirected to the new primary. In an availability group a secondary database cannot be a publisher. Republishing is only supported when transactional replication is combined with Always On availability groups.
How to remove transactional replication in Stack Overflow?
There are multiple ways to go about this, BUT the cleanest is to use SSMS. You will need to go to the publisher, expand the replication folder, right click on each publication, and delete the publication. That will prompt you to connect to the subscriber, and remove the subscription components there.
Can a replication monitor be redirected to an explicit node?
It may not be redirected to an explicit node. After failover to a secondary replica, Replication Monitor is unable to adjust the name of the publishing instance of SQL Server and will continue to display replication information under the name of the original primary instance of SQL Server.