Best Practices for Changing Merge Replication Server

We are planning on moving some SQL Server databases that are currenlty
running Merge replication as the publisher and distributor. The existing
server will eventually be scrapped and the new server will take over as the
new Publisher/Distributor. The current server is replication to a subscriber
that is also our 24/7 website SQL Server, and cannot be interrupted, and it
is imperative that no transactions on the website server be lost. Can anyone
provide any insight or articles that outline the best approach to take while
doing this migration?
Regards,
With merge replication transactions can be and frequently are rolled back.
So from the start your topology does not make a lot of sense.
If you want to minimize data loss in your situation you would be better off
to make your web server the publisher and configure it with anonymous
subscribers. This way you can drop a subscriber or take it offline and bring
it back on line or redeploy the subscription to a new server with little
impact on the publisher (now the web server). Still you have the possibility
of data loss.
With your current topology there is no way to do this without disruption
your web server/subscriber.
Hilary Cotter
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"Frank" <Frank@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> We are planning on moving some SQL Server databases that are currenlty
> running Merge replication as the publisher and distributor. The existing
> server will eventually be scrapped and the new server will take over as
the
> new Publisher/Distributor. The current server is replication to a
subscriber
> that is also our 24/7 website SQL Server, and cannot be interrupted, and
it
> is imperative that no transactions on the website server be lost. Can
anyone
> provide any insight or articles that outline the best approach to take
while
> doing this migration?
> Regards,