From: LPR-3rd on
All servers running SQL 2005

SQL server (NOLA) replicates to 35 remote locations (StoreXX).
Earlier this week, one publication started having problems connecting
to 30 of the 35 remote locations, with an error of:
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Date 2/4/2010 10:00:01 AM
Log Job History (NOLA-Closing_Balance-CB Defaults to Stores-R99S-
Store1-2790)

Step ID 2
Server NOLA
Job Name NOLA-Closing_Balance-CB Defaults to Stores-R99S-Store1-2790
Step Name Run agent.
Duration 00:31:47
Sql Severity 0
Sql Message ID 0
Operator Emailed
Operator Net sent
Operator Paged
Retries Attempted 0

Message
2010-02-04 16:31:48.081 Parameter values obtained from agent profile:
-bcpbatchsize 2147473647
-commitbatchsize 100
-commitbatchthreshold 1000
-historyverboselevel 2
-keepalivemessageinterval 300
-logintimeout 15
-maxbcpthreads 1
-maxdeliveredtransactions 0
-pollinginterval 5000
-querytimeout 1800
-skiperrors
-transactionsperhistory 100
2010-02-04 16:31:48.081 Connecting to Subscriber 'R99S-Store1'
2010-02-04 16:31:48.440 Agent message code 20084. The process could
not connect to Subscriber 'R99S-Store1'.
2010-02-04 16:31:48.472 Category:NULL
Source: Microsoft SQL Native Client
Number: 10054
Message: TCP Provider: An existing connection was forcibly closed by
the remote host.
2010-02-04 16:31:48.472 Category:NULL
Source: Microsoft SQL Native Client
Number: 10054
Message: Communication link failure
2010-02-04 16:31:48.472 The agent failed with a 'Retry' status. Try to
run the agent at a later time.

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The problem is only this one publication & not all subscriptions. I
have deleted a problem subscription & readded, same problem.
I have created another publication (same dB) & subscription (same &
new subscribers) with the same results (error above).

Now is where it gets weird…..
I created a new publication using a different dB on both the publisher
& subscriber & everything works fine.

I have had the network folks check what they need to check & have
googled until I am blue in the face.

Can anyone give me any insight into this issue.

AHIA,
Larry….
From: LPR-3rd on
Here is the info from replication monitor:

Error messages:
The process could not connect to Subscriber 'R99S-DEVA'. (Source:
MSSQL_REPL, Error number: MSSQL_REPL0)
Get help: http://help/MSSQL_REPL0
TCP Provider: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote
host. (Source: MSSQLServer, Error number: 10054)
Get help: http://help/10054
Communication link failure (Source: MSSQLServer, Error number: 10054)
Get help: http://help/10054