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How to: View Information and Perform Tasks for a Publication (Replication Monitor)

Replication Monitor provides the following tabs that include information about the selected publication:

  • All Subscriptions

    This tab displays information about all subscriptions to the selected publication.

  • Agents

    This tab displays information about all agents used by a publication:

    • The Snapshot Agent, which is used by all publications.

    • The Log Reader Agent, which is used by all transactional publications.

    • The Queue Reader Agent, which is used by transactional publications that have queued updating subscriptions.

  • Warnings (for Distributors running SQL Server 2005 and later)

    • This tab allows you to specify warnings and alerts for agents.

  • Tracer Tokens (transactional replication only, for Distributors running SQL Server 2005 and later)

    This tab allows you to measure latency, the amount of time that elapses between a transaction being committed at the Publisher and the corresponding transaction being committed at the Subscriber.

For more information about the options on each tab, click the tab in the right pane, and then click Help on the menu bar. For information about starting Replication Monitor, see How to: Start Replication Monitor (Replication Monitor).

To view information and perform tasks for a publication

  1. Expand a Publisher group in the left pane, expand a Publisher, and then click a publication.

  2. To view and modify publication properties, right-click the publication, and then click Properties.

  3. To view information about subscriptions, click the All Subscriptions tab.

    To view and modify subscription properties, right-click the subscription, and then click Properties. You can also access more detailed information and perform tasks on this tab. For more information, see How to: View Information and Perform Tasks for the Agents Associated With a Subscription (Replication Monitor).

  4. To view information about agents, click the Agents tab. You can also access more detailed information and perform tasks on this tab. For more information, see How to: View Information and Perform Tasks for the Agents Associated With a Publication (Replication Monitor).

  5. To view information about agent warnings and thresholds, click the Warnings tab. For more information, see the topics How to: Set Thresholds and Warnings for a Transactional Publication (Replication Monitor), How to: Set Thresholds and Warnings for a Merge Publication (Replication Monitor), and How to: Set Thresholds and Warnings for a Snapshot Publication (Replication Monitor).

  6. To view information about tracer tokens, click the Tracer Tokens tab. For more information about how to use tracer tokens, see How to: Measure Latency and Validate Connections for Transactional Replication (Replication Monitor).