SYMPTOMS
A merge replication environment with alternate synchronization partners may not succeed after you change the retention period on the primary publication or on the main publication. Immediately after you apply the change, subscriptions still can successfully synchronize with the main publication. But after you apply the failover steps to the alternate synchronization partners, the merge agent may not succeed, and you may receive the following error message:
Category:NULL
Source: Merge Process
Number: -2147200940
Message: The Publisher has been restored from a backup whose schema change version is different from the Subscriber.
Rerun the Snapshot Agent and reinitialize the subscription.
After this, the alternate synchronization environment does not continue to work. You can still merge with the publisher that you synchronized with first after you changed the retention period, but all tries to synchronize with the other partners do not succeed. Even if you reinitialize the alternate synchronization partners and the subscribers, this action does not help.
RESOLUTION
Service pack information
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft SQL Server 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
290211 How to obtain the latest SQL Server 2000 service pack
Hotfix information
This problem is fixed for SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 2 systems that are running version 8.00.0729.
The problem exists in SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 3, version 8.00.0760. To fix this version, you must apply SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 3 rollup, version 8.00.0765.
The English version of
this fix has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following
table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal
time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time.
To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the
Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.
SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 2
Use this hotfix build for a server that is running SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 2.
Date Time Version Size File name
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17-Jan-2002 18:45 2000.80.568.0 29,244 Dbmslpcn.dll
17-Jan-2003 16:23 786,432 Distmdl.ldf
17-Jan-2003 16:23 2,359,296 Distmdl.mdf
11-Dec-2002 07:50 180 Drop_repl_hotfix.sql
02-Jul-2002 05:35 2000.80.650.0 107,088 Impprov.dll
17-Jan-2003 10:33 774,409 Instdist.sql
11-Dec-2002 07:50 1,402 Inst_repl_hotfix.sql
20-Aug-2002 06:24 2000.80.679.0 111,172 Logread.exe
15-Dec-2002 13:21 2000.80.717.0 90,692 Msgprox.dll
06-Apr-2002 16:08 2000.80.606.0 62,024 Odsole70.dll
02-Jan-2002 15:59 18,185 Qfe356326.sql
20-Aug-2002 06:47 2000.80.679.0 135,748 Qrdrsvc.exe
26-Aug-2002 12:49 2000.80.679.0 406,088 Rdistcom.dll
03-Oct-2001 15:36 437,302 Replcom.sql
20-Aug-2002 06:33 2000.80.679.0 152,136 Replmerg.exe
25-Nov-2002 11:43 1,004,990 Replmerg.sql
15-Dec-2002 13:21 2000.80.717.0 221,768 Replprov.dll
15-Dec-2002 13:21 2000.80.717.0 303,688 Replrec.dll
22-Jan-2003 09:27 1,002,101 Replsys.sql
03-Oct-2001 15:36 881,228 Repltran.sql
26-Aug-2002 12:49 2000.80.679.0 283,208 Rinitcom.dll
16-Sep-2002 12:31 390,045 Securityhotfix.sql
26-Aug-2002 12:49 2000.80.679.0 28,672 Sqlagent.dll
26-Aug-2002 08:39 2000.80.679.0 311,872 Sqlagent.exe
28-Aug-2002 06:32 2000.80.679.0 49,152 Sqlagent.rll
26-Aug-2002 12:49 2000.80.679.0 53,824 Sqlcmdss.dll
28-Aug-2002 06:40 2000.80.679.0 12,288 Sqlcmdss.rll
14-Jan-2003 11:39 2000.80.725.0 172,600 Sqlmap70.dll
20-Jan-2003 19:06 2000.80.728.0 7,479,377 Sqlservr.exe
01-Nov-2002 08:56 2000.80.698.0 45,644 Sqlvdi.dll
17-Jan-2002 18:45 2000.80.568.0 29,244 Ssmslpcn.dll
19-Dec-2002 14:55 2000.80.719.0 82,492 Ssnetlib.dll
02-Jan-2003 10:12 2000.80.722.0 25,148 Ssnmpn70.dll
06-Apr-2002 16:08 2000.80.606.0 70,208 Xplog70.dll
06-Apr-2002 16:08 2000.80.606.0 53,828 Xpqueue.dll
06-Apr-2002 16:08 2000.80.606.0 156,228 Xprepl.dll
11-Jul-2002 15:00 2000.80.658.0 279,104 Xpstar.dll
16-Sep-2002 13:12 2000.80.686.0 98,872 Xpweb70.dll
SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 3
Use this hotfix build for a server that is running SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 3.
Date Time Version Size File name
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07-Feb-2003 19:44 786,432 Distmdl.ldf
07-Feb-2003 19:44 2,359,296 Distmdl.mdf
29-Jan-2003 15:55 180 Drop_repl_hotfix.sql
31-Jan-2003 14:32 2000.80.763.0 1,557,052 Dtsui.dll
29-Jan-2003 19:18 746,470 Instdist.sql
29-Jan-2003 15:55 1,402 Inst_repl_hotfix.sql
07-Feb-2003 20:40 2000.80.765.0 90,692 Msgprox.dll
07-Feb-2003 17:53 1,065,895 Replmerg.sql
07-Feb-2003 20:40 2000.80.765.0 221,768 Replprov.dll
07-Feb-2003 20:40 2000.80.765.0 307,784 Replrec.dll
29-Jan-2003 19:18 1,084,318 Replsys.sql
07-Feb-2003 20:40 2000.80.765.0 176,696 Sqlmap70.dll
07-Feb-2003 20:40 2000.80.765.0 57,920 Sqlrepss.dll
07-Feb-2003 20:41 2000.80.765.0 7,528,529 Sqlservr.exe
07-Feb-2003 20:40 2000.80.765.0 45,644 Sqlvdi.dll
07-Feb-2003 20:40 2000.80.765.0 82,492 Ssnetlib.dll
Note Because of file dependencies, the most recent hotfix or feature that
contains these files may also contain additional
files.