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 Initial snapshot for this article is not yet avail

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sqlpal2007
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Posted - 2011-11-21 : 10:52:08
Hello All,

I have transactional replication setup between SQL 2005 SP2 (publisher) and SQL 2008 R2 (subscriber). These publisher and subscribers are connected via VPN. Every 2 weeks I get this message saying
'The initial snapshot for the article is not yet available' and the data doesn't synchronize going forward.

I have no other option than reinitialize the data. Can anyone tell me why is this happening? Also can I avoid re snapshot as the tables very big. Is there a way I could just restart the distribution agent and it can catch up on the replication instead of full snapshot?

Please please let me know. This is happening for a while now.

Thanks in advance,

   

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