sigh...log shipping frustrations

Not sure why I'm not getting this.  Everytime I attempt to setup a log
shipping scenario it gives me an error.

My primary servername is gimli.
Secondary is stryder.

Everytime I get an error from msdb.dbo.sp_add_jobserver
'The specified @server_name ('STRYDER2') does not exist.'


What is up with this?  It insists on adding a '2' to whatever I specify as
my servername.
This truly must be a bug no?

OK and now playing with replication I was setting up STRYDER as a
distributor.  It failed saying that STRYDER is already configured as a
distributor.  So I started at the beginning of the wizard and told it to use
an existing server and specified STRYDER.  ARRGGHH!!
Then it says STRYDER is not configured as a distributor.....is this sounding
like my install is hosed or something?  I'm not sure it knows what its own
name is.

@@servername returns STRYDER

Good thing this is my test bed.  :)




"Tim Greenwood" <tim_greenwood AT yahoo DOT com> wrote in message
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> Not sure why I'm not getting this.  Everytime I attempt to setup a log
> shipping scenario it gives me an error.
>
> My primary servername is gimli.
> Secondary is stryder.
>
> Everytime I get an error from msdb.dbo.sp_add_jobserver
> 'The specified @server_name ('STRYDER2') does not exist.'
>
>
> What is up with this?  It insists on adding a '2' to whatever I specify as
> my servername.
> This truly must be a bug no?
>

reinstall.

:-)

Kevin3NF


"Tim Greenwood" <tim_greenwood AT yahoo DOT com> wrote in message
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> OK and now playing with replication I was setting up STRYDER as a
> distributor.  It failed saying that STRYDER is already configured as a
> distributor.  So I started at the beginning of the wizard and told it to
> use an existing server and specified STRYDER.  ARRGGHH!!
> Then it says STRYDER is not configured as a distributor.....is this
> sounding like my install is hosed or something?  I'm not sure it knows
> what its own name is.
>
> @@servername returns STRYDER
>
> Good thing this is my test bed.  :)
>
>
>
>
> "Tim Greenwood" <tim_greenwood AT yahoo DOT com> wrote in message
> news:uPWhSeBFHHA.4432@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... 
>
>

Yeah thanks :( :) not the answer I wanted!  But that fixed it.  Really
freaked me out...I don't get where that came from.



"Kevin3NF" <Kevin@DontSpamMe3NF-inc.com> wrote in message
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> reinstall.
>
> :-)
>
> Kevin3NF
>
>
> "Tim Greenwood" <tim_greenwood AT yahoo DOT com> wrote in message
> news:eqS7HzBFHHA.2468@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... 
>
>