Change to new subscriber without snapshot?

We have a nightly replication of changes to a database going across the
WAN to a server that has been unstable and will be running out of disk
space soon.
I have a new subscriber set up, and can restore a backup from the old
subscriber, so the data will be the same.
Due to politics (!), I do not have access to the publisher. Can they
script out the replication, and point it to the new server without a
new snapshot coming from the publisher? The group that controls the
publisher estimates it would take 48 hours to push a snapshot across
the WAN.
Thanks in advance.
You can do a nosync initialization. Have a look at this article for more
info:
http://www.replicationanswers.com/No...alizations.asp
Rgds,
Paul Ibison SQL Server MVP, www.replicationanswers.com
(recommended sql server 2000 replication book:
http://www.nwsu.com/0974973602p.html)
|||yes, its called a no-sync subscription. You will have to make sure that the
data is in sync, otherwise your distribution agent may fail frequently. The
group that controls the publisher will have to fix this each time.
You will also have to have them auto generated the replication stored
procedures for you by using sp_enumcustomresolvers 'PublicationName'
Run this in your publication database.
Hilary Cotter
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> We have a nightly replication of changes to a database going across the
> WAN to a server that has been unstable and will be running out of disk
> space soon.
> I have a new subscriber set up, and can restore a backup from the old
> subscriber, so the data will be the same.
> Due to politics (!), I do not have access to the publisher. Can they
> script out the replication, and point it to the new server without a
> new snapshot coming from the publisher? The group that controls the
> publisher estimates it would take 48 hours to push a snapshot across
> the WAN.
> Thanks in advance.
>