sp_replmonitorhelpsubscription (Transact-SQL)

Returns current status information for subscriptions belonging to one or more publications at the Publisher and returns one row for each returned subscription. This stored procedure, which is used to monitor replication, is executed at the Distributor on the distribution database.

Transact-SQL Syntax Conventions

Syntax

sp_replmonitorhelpsubscription [ @publisher = ] 'publisher'
    [ , [ @publisher_db = ] 'publisher_db' ]
     [ , [ @publication = ] 'publication' ]
    [ , [ @publication_type = ] publication_type ] 
    [ , [ @mode = ] mode ]
    [ , [ @topnum = ] topnum ] 
    [ , [ @exclude_anonymous = ] exclude_anonymous ] 
    [ , [ @refreshpolicy = ] refreshpolicy ]

Arguments

• [ @publisher = ] 'publisher'
  Is the name of the Publisher the status of which is being monitored. publisher is sysname, with a default value of NULL. If null, information is returned for all Publishers that use the Distributor.

• [ @publisher_db = ] 'publisher_db'
  Is the name of the published database. publisher_db is sysname, with a default value of NULL. If NULL, then information is returned for all published databases at the Publisher.

• [ @publication = ] 'publication'
  Is the name of the publication being monitored. publication is sysname, with a default value of NULL.

• [ @publication_type = ] publication_type
  If the type of publication. publication_type is int, and can be one of these values.

  Value	Description
  0	Transactional publication.
  1	Snapshot publication.
  2	Merge publication.
  NULL (default)	Replication tries to determine the publication type.

• [ @mode = ] mode
  Is the filtering mode to use when returning subscription monitoring information. mode is int, and can be one of these values.

  Value	Description
  0 (default)	Returns all subscriptions.
  1	Returns only subscriptions with errors.
  2	Returns only subscriptions that have generated threshold metric warnings.
  3	Returns only subscriptions that either have errors or have generated threshold metric warnings.
  4	Returns the top 25 worst performing subscriptions.
  5	Returns the top 50 worst performing subscriptions.
  6	Returns only subscriptions that are currently being synchronized.
  7	Returns only subscriptions that are not currently being synchronized.

• [ @topnum = ] topnum
  Restricts the result set to only the specified number of subscriptions at the top of the returned data. topnum is int, with no default.

• [ @exclude_anonymous = ] exclude_anonymous
  Is if anonymous pull subscriptions are excluded from the result set. exclude_anonymous is bit, with a default of 0; a value of 1 means that anonymous subscriptions are excluded and a value of 0 means that they are included.

• [ @refreshpolicy= ] refreshpolicy
  Internal use only.

Return Code Values

0 (success) or 1 (failure)

Result Sets

Column name	Data type	Description
status	int	Maximum status of all replication agents associated with the publication, which can be one of these values: 1 = Started 2 = Succeeded 3 = In progress 4 = Idle 5 = Retrying 6 = Failed
warning	int	Maximum threshold warning generated by a subscription belonging to the publication, which can be the logical OR result of one or more of these values. 1 = expiration – a subscription to a transactional publication has not been synchronized within the retention period threshold. 2 = latency - the time taken to replicate data from a transactional Publisher to the Subscriber exceeds the threshold, in seconds. 4 = mergeexpiration - a subscription to a merge publication has not been synchronized within the retention period threshold. 8 = mergefastrunduration - the time taken to complete synchronization of a merge subscription exceeds the threshold, in seconds, over a fast network connection. 16 = mergeslowrunduration - the time taken to complete synchronization of a merge subscription exceeds the threshold, in seconds, over a slow or dial-up network connection. 32 = mergefastrunspeed – the delivery rate for rows during synchronization of a merge subscription has failed to maintain the threshold rate, in rows per second, over a fast network connection. 64 = mergeslowrunspeed – the delivery rate for rows during synchronization of a merge subscription has failed to maintain the threshold rate, in rows per second, over a slow or dial-up network connection.
subscriber	sysname	Is the name of the Subscriber.
subscriber_db	sysname	Is the name of the database used for the subscription.
publisher_db	sysname	Is the name of the publication database.
publication	sysname	Is the name of a publication.
publication_type	int	Is the type of publication, which can be one of these values: 0 = Transactional publication 1 = Snapshot publication 2 = Merge publication
subtype	int	Is the subscription type, which can be one of the following values: 0 = Push 1 = Pull 2 = Anonymous
latency	int	The highest latency, in seconds, for data changes propagated by the Log Reader or Distribution Agents for a transactional publication.
latencythreshold	int	Is the maximum latency for the transactional publication above which a warning is raised.
agentnotrunning	int	Is the length of time, in hours, during which the agent has not run.
agentnotrunningthreshold	int	Is the length of time, in hours, that the agent has not run before a warning is raised.
timetoexpiration	int	Is the length of time, in hours, before the subscription expires if not synchronized.
expirationthreshold	int	Is the time, in hours, before the subscription expires that a warning is raised.
last_distsync	datetime	Is the datetime that the Distribution Agent last ran.
distribution_agentname	sysname	Is the name of the Distribution Agent job for the subscription to a transactional publication.
mergeagentname	sysname	Is the name of the Merge Agent job for the subscription to a merge publication.
mergesubscriptionfriendlyname	sysname	Is the friendly name given to the subscription.
mergeagentlocation	sysname	Is the name of the server on which the Merge Agent runs.
mergeconnectiontype	int	Connection used when synchronizing a subscription to a merge publication, which can be one of the following values: 1 = local area network (LAN) 2 = dial-up network connection 3 = Web synchronization.
mergePerformance	int	Performance of the last synchronization compared to all synchronizations for the subscription, which is based on the delivery rate of the last synchronization divided by the average of all previous delivery rates.
mergerunspeed	float	Is the delivery rate of the last synchronization for the subscription.
mergerunduration	int	Is the length of time to complete the last synchronization of the subscription.
monitorranking	int	Is the ranking value used to order the subscriptions in the result set, and can be one of these values: For a transactional publication: 60 = Error 56 = Warning: performance critical 52 = Warning: expiring soon or expired 50 = Warning: subscription uninitialized 40 = Retrying failed command 30 = Not running (success) 20 = Running (starting, running, or idle) For a merge publication: 60 = Error 56 = Warning: performance critical 54 = Warning: long-running merge 52 = Warning: expiring soon 50 = Warning: subscription uninitialized 40 = Retrying failed command 30 = Running (starting, running, or idle) 20 = Not running (success)
distributionagentjobid	binary(16)	ID of the Distribution Agent job for subscriptions to a transactional publication.
mergeagentjobid	binary(16)	ID of the Merge Agent job for subscriptions to a merge publication.
distributionagentid	int	ID of the Distribution Agent job for the subscription.
distributionagentprofileid	int	ID of the agent profile used by the Distribution Agent.
mergeagentid	int	ID of the Merge Agent job for the subscription.
mergeagentprofileid	int	ID of the agent profile used by the Merge Agent.

Remarks

sp_replmonitorhelpsubscription is used with all types of replication.

sp_replmonitorhelpsubscription orders the result set based on the severity of the status of the subscription, which is determined by the value of monitorranking. For example, rows for all subscriptions in an error state are ordered above rows for subscriptions in a warning state.

Permissions

Only members of the db_owner or replmonitor fixed database role on the distribution database can execute sp_replmonitorhelpsubscription.

See Also

Other Resources

How to: Programmatically Monitor Replication (Replication Transact-SQL Programming)

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