June 2015
Intermediate to advanced
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SQL Server utilizes replication agents to do different tasks during the replication process. These agents are constantly waking up at some frequency and fulfilling specific jobs. As you can see in Figure 43.20, several replication agent categories are listed under the Job Activity Monitor when you expand the SQL Server Agents branch (SQL Server Agent, Jobs, Job Activity Monitor branch).
FIGURE 43.20 Replication agent jobs. Replication job category entries are prefixed with REPL-.
Here are the main replication agent categories:
Snapshot Agent
Log Reader Agent
Distribution Agent
Merge Agent (for updating subscribers)
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