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Features and Enhancements in Management Pack for SQL Server Replication

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This article covers new functionality and improvements in Management Pack for SQL Server Replication.

December 2020 - 7.0.28.0 RTM

What's New

  • Updated management pack to support SQL Server 2012 through 2022
  • Updated "Replication Agents failed on the Distributor" unit monitor to extend it for Log Reader and Queue Reader agents detection
  • Added new property 'DiskFreeSpace' for "Publication Snapshot Available Space" unit monitor
  • Removed "One or more of the Replication Agents are retrying on the Distributor" monitor as non-useful
  • Removed “Availability of the Distribution database from a Subscriber” monitor as deprecated
  • Updated display strings

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed discovery issue on SQL Server 2019
  • Fixed issue with the incorrect definition of 'MachineName' property of DB Engine in some discoveries and replication agent-state unit monitors
  • Fixed issue with wrong property-bag key initialization on case-sensitive DB Engine in some unit monitors and performance rules
  • Fixed issue with the critical state of "Replication Log Reader Agent State for the Distributor" and "Replication Queue Reader Agent State for Distributor" unit monitors
  • Fixed wrong space calculation in "Publication Snapshot Available Space"
  • Fixed duplication of securable detection for monitor "Subscriber Securables Configuration Status"
  • Fixed issue with the incorrect definition of 'InstanceName' property in "Replication Database Health" discovery
  • Fixed issue with an incorrect alert message for monitor "Pending Commands on Distributor"
  • Fixed issue with incorrect condition detection for monitor "Total daily execution time of the Replication Agent"

April 2019 - 7.0.15.0 RTM

  • Supported last changes in version-agnostic management pack for SQL Server

November 2017 - 7.0.0.0 RTM

  • Introduced many improvements and bug fixes

October 2017 - 6.7.65.0 RC1

  • The management pack was reimplemented in order to enable monitoring of SQL Server 2017 and all upcoming SQL Server versions
  • Reduced the number of files in the management pack
  • Introduced many fixes and improvements to functionality, performance, and display strings

June 2017 - 6.7.60.0 RC0

  • Added many monitors and performance rules to create the same Health model as presented in SQL Server 2008-2016 Replication management packs
  • Improved and refactored the management pack modules
  • Fixed many issues