SQL Server Case of the Week: The Transaction Log of Your Snapshot Replication Publisher Database Won’t Truncate… But Why?
Quick Summary When snapshot replication is configured with schema replication enabled, DDL changes are sometimes marked for replication but never marked for truncation, creating a false “undistributed command” that prevents log truncation and causes uncontrolled growth. The solution was to add a log reader agent using sp_addlogreader_agent on the publisher to mark all replicated commands for truncation. Context The SQL … Read more