Drilldown on current and recent activity details for the replication environment.

How to open the Activity drilldown

From the Spotlight Client

  1. Select the connection from the left Connections pane.
  2. Click Monitor | Activity from the ribbon.
    Activity drilldown for SQL Server Replication

About the Activity drilldown

Publications page

Use the Publications grid to show information about the publications on the publisher.

Subscriptions page

Subscriptions grid

Show information about the subscriptions that belong to a publication on the publisher.

Select a subscription for more detail.

Sessions for subscription

Shows the delivery rate for the selected subscription between the publisher and distributor, and the distributor and subscriber. A high number of undistributed commands may indicate latency issues on the distributor.

The buttons and flows show current alarms for the selected subscription.

Sessions of the Log Reader Agent

Shows information about the Log Reader Agent session for the selected subscription.

Sessions of the Distribution Agent

Shows information about the Distribution Agent session for the selected subscription.

Top 200 Actions

Shows the informational and error messages logged for the selected session.

Agents page

Agents grid

Shows information about agent sessions.

Performance chart

Shows various statistics relating to agent sessions.

The following counters can be displayed by clicking the arrow next to the chart name:

  • Delivery Rate - Average number of commands delivered per second.
  • Delivery Latency - Latency, in milliseconds, between the transaction entering the distribution database and being applied to the Subscriber.
  • Delivered Transactions - Total number of transactions delivered in the session.
  • Delivered Commands - Total number of commands delivered in the session.
  • Average Commands - Average number of commands per transaction delivered in the session.

Sessions grid

Shows information about the sessions on the selected agent.

Top 200 Actions grid

Shows the informational and error messages logged for the selected session.