pull subscription, subscriber configuration

Hi,
I was trying a pull subscription and I got all kinds of error messages
all suggesting that the merge agent isn't being run or it isn't
accessible. But, the moment I did a push subscription, it ran and
replication happened without an error message. I don't understand why.
My subscriber is an ordinary windows 2000 OS and is not of a server
configuration. Could that be a reason, since, in a pull subscription,
the agent is supposed to run on the subscriber(which isn't a server)?
Any suggestions or thoughts are welcome!
Also, is there a way a subscriber can tell the publisher to push a
subscription?
Thanks,
PS.
By definition a pull subscriber "pulls" the subscription on its own schedule - it doesn't tell the publisher push now.
Its hard to figure out exactly what the error is from your description. Please provide the complete error messages you are getting.
In general when you have pull subscription problems.
1) check that the SQL Server agent account has rights to read the snapshot share and the underlying path on the publisher, likely to be \\publisherName\C$\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL\ReplData\unc
2) check on your publisher that you have enabled your subscriber to impersonate the Server agent account on the Publisher. Go to Tools, point to replication, click configure publishers, subscribers, and distributors, click on the browse button to the righ
t of your subscriber and select the impersonate option.
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"ps" wrote:

> Hi,
> I was trying a pull subscription and I got all kinds of error messages
> all suggesting that the merge agent isn't being run or it isn't
> accessible. But, the moment I did a push subscription, it ran and
> replication happened without an error message. I don't understand why.
> My subscriber is an ordinary windows 2000 OS and is not of a server
> configuration. Could that be a reason, since, in a pull subscription,
> the agent is supposed to run on the subscriber(which isn't a server)?
> Any suggestions or thoughts are welcome!
> Also, is there a way a subscriber can tell the publisher to push a
> subscription?
> Thanks,
> PS.
>