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MS Access Forum / Replication / November 2004Lost Indirect Replication
A user has a weird problem. They sometimes can send indirect replica messages to other synchronizers and sometime not. They can directly replicate if they open access itself but not through the replication manager. They were working fine until a bit after installing Windows XP SP2. I've watched the replica send a message to the server and the server read it, but that's as far as it goes. Could it be the XP SP2 firewall blocking a port or protocol or something? It's like it can see the folders but something blocks every request in reply. I've tested the drop box on the replica and the server can create a text file and edit it as well. So it's not like the sever doesn't have the rights. Does anyone have any ideas? Can the server see the remote pc's drop box by name i.e. \\remotepcname\drop and the remote PC see the servers drop box by name i.e. \\servername\drop If this is not the case then replication messages may but never complete. What error messages do you get ? > A user has a weird problem. They sometimes can send indirect replica > messages to other synchronizers and sometime not. They can directly [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Does anyone have any ideas? The PC can see the server's drop box name, but the server cannot see the PC's until I enter the PC's IP address at the server. I think the problem relates to the PC not announcing itself to the network once the VPN is established. The error message from the PC is "replication in progress" as it sends fine but never receives a reply. The server error is cannot connect to \\remotepcname\drop. Can the server see the remote pc's drop box by name i.e. \\remotepcname\drop and the remote PC see the servers drop box by name i.e. \\servername\drop If this is not the case then replication messages may but never complete. What error messages do you get ? > A user has a weird problem. They sometimes can send indirect replica > messages to other synchronizers and sometime not. They can directly [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Does anyone have any ideas? Unless both PC's can see the others drop box by name synchronisation will not work. Once the VPN is connected try Opening a windows explorer on the client PC and go to the Menu Tools/Synchronize and synchronise all items. once that has finished see if the server can see the clients dropbox by name. > The PC can see the server's drop box name, but the server cannot see the > PC's until I enter the PC's IP address at the server. I think the problem [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > > > > Does anyone have any ideas? Yeah I did that and they can, but still fails. From the server side, error, from the client side, error or "In Progress". We just setup another local PC yesterday to be WinXP SP2 with the firewall on. The PC's is visible from the network as is it's drop box. I can understand possible VPN problems but this PC is local to the network, plus it was working under Windows 2000...? Again I can directly sync fine, but with indirect it just has lots of "In Progress" messages. I've tried indirect replication to other machines that are working but no luck as its the same as with the server. I thought it might be a synchronizer/WinXP Firewall problem so I added mstrans40.exe to the exceptions list but no success so far. Would I need to reboot the machine to enable the exception? Unless both PC's can see the others drop box by name synchronisation will not work. Once the VPN is connected try Opening a windows explorer on the client PC and go to the Menu Tools/Synchronize and synchronise all items. once that has finished see if the server can see the clients dropbox by name. > The PC can see the server's drop box name, but the server cannot see the > PC's until I enter the PC's IP address at the server. I think the problem > relates to the PC not announcing itself to the network once the VPN is > established. > > The error message from the PC is "replication in progress" as it sends fine > but never receives a reply. The server error is cannot connect to > \\remotepcname\drop. [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > > > I've watched the replica send a message to the server and the server read > > it, but that's as far as it goes. > > > > Could it be the XP SP2 firewall blocking a port or protocol or something? > > It's like it can see the folders but something blocks every request in > > reply. I've tested the drop box on the replica and the server can createa > > text file and edit it as well. So it's not like the sever doesn't have the > > rights. > > > > Does anyone have any ideas? If both PC's can see the others drop box by name confirm that both the server has enough rights on the client Drop box folder and share and the client has enough rites on the servers drop box folder and share. From both PC's try creating a file in the other PC's drop box while accessing it by netbios name. Try looking in the Synchronizer.log . if you are getting a lot of 'Reason = Invalid destination path' errors then it does imply that there are networking issues that must be sorted out. > Yeah I did that and they can, but still fails. From the server side, error, > from the client side, error or "In Progress". [quoted text clipped - 61 lines] > > > > > > Does anyone have any ideas? Yep, I can confirm that be creating and editing a text file from each machine to the other's drop box. One sec! I just checked again and the security was only allowing read access...? Too many IT cooks in this network kitchen, I'm starting to think. I've set the client dropbox folder to read/write for everyone and indirection replication works fine again.Oh dear! Sorry for the drama and thanks for the help. If both PC's can see the others drop box by name confirm that both the server has enough rights on the client Drop box folder and share and the client has enough rites on the servers drop box folder and share. From both PC's try creating a file in the other PC's drop box while accessing it by netbios name. Try looking in the Synchronizer.log . if you are getting a lot of 'Reason = Invalid destination path' errors then it does imply that there are networking issues that must be sorted out. > Yeah I did that and they can, but still fails. From the server side, error, > from the client side, error or "In Progress". > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > I thought it might be a synchronizer/WinXP Firewall problem so I added > mstrans40.exe to the exceptions list but no success so far. Would I need to > reboot the machine to enable the exception? > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > The PC can see the server's drop box name, but the server cannot see the > > PC's until I enter the PC's IP address at the server. I think the problem > > relates to the PC not announcing itself to the network once the VPN is > > established. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > > > If this is not the case then replication messages may but never complete. > > What error messages do you get ? > > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > > It's like it can see the folders but something blocks every request in > > > reply. I've tested the drop box on the replica and the server can create > a > > > text file and edit it as well. So it's not like the sever doesn't have > the > > > rights. > > > > > > Does anyone have any ideas? |
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