2005 local server name help

you have to add the server with
exec sp_addserver 'newname','local'
the key word 'local' will set the serverid to 0.
-oj
"Mike" <mguissine@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>I have installed SQL Server 2005 and by mistake replace local server
> name with linked server.
> Ran sp_dropserver 'Localservername' and sp_addserver 'localservername'.
> After that I installed replication on same server and enable it as
> distributor and subscriber.
> It worked fime till server reboot
> After reboot, the replication stopped working. I find out that this is
> due to local server name not exists anymore (it's no record with id=0
> in sys.servers view).
> Now I have real big problem:
> 1. I can't drop linked and add a local server with same name since it
> used in replication.
> 2. I can't drop replication because it's trying to get server by name
> (apparently quering same view) and it returns NULL.
> Any help , please.
> Mike
>I have installed SQL Server 2005 and by mistake replace local server
name with linked server.
Ran sp_dropserver 'Localservername' and sp_addserver 'localservername'.
After that I installed replication on same server and enable it as
distributor and subscriber.
It worked fime till server reboot
After reboot, the replication stopped working. I find out that this is
due to local server name not exists anymore (it's no record with id=0
in sys.servers view).
Now I have real big problem:
1. I can't drop linked and add a local server with same name since it
used in replication.
2. I can't drop replication because it's trying to get server by name
(apparently quering same view) and it returns NULL.
Any help , please.
Mike|||you have to add the server with
exec sp_addserver 'newname','local'
the key word 'local' will set the serverid to 0.
-oj
"Mike" <mguissine@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1151461463.763845.263690@.75g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
>I have installed SQL Server 2005 and by mistake replace local server
> name with linked server.
> Ran sp_dropserver 'Localservername' and sp_addserver 'localservername'.
> After that I installed replication on same server and enable it as
> distributor and subscriber.
> It worked fime till server reboot
> After reboot, the replication stopped working. I find out that this is
> due to local server name not exists anymore (it's no record with id=0
> in sys.servers view).
> Now I have real big problem:
> 1. I can't drop linked and add a local server with same name since it
> used in replication.
> 2. I can't drop replication because it's trying to get server by name
> (apparently quering same view) and it returns NULL.
> Any help , please.
> Mike
>|||I maybe didn't explained things correctly..
I created linked server with 'LocalServerName' thas my local server
(id=0) does not exists anymore. Now I want to put it back. The right
steps to do it would be:
1. drop linked server. sp_dropserver 'name', 'droplogins'
2. create local server. sp_addserver 'name' , 'local'
The problem is that the server is used in replication, so I can't drop
it hense can't add new server with the same name. I can't do anything
with replication either...
The only way I think is to hack into system tables and change id to 0
for the linked server so it will become local. But it looks like in
SS2005 i don't have that option...
Mike
oj wrote:[vbcol=seagreen]
> you have to add the server with
> exec sp_addserver 'newname','local'
> the key word 'local' will set the serverid to 0.
> --
> -oj
>
> "Mike" <mguissine@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1151461463.763845.263690@.75g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...|||I maybe didn't explained things correctly..
I created linked server with 'LocalServerName' thas my local server
(id=0) does not exists anymore. Now I want to put it back. The right
steps to do it would be:
1. drop linked server. sp_dropserver 'name', 'droplogins'
2. create local server. sp_addserver 'name' , 'local'
The problem is that the server is used in replication, so I can't drop
it hense can't add new server with the same name. I can't do anything
with replication either...
The only way I think is to hack into system tables and change id to 0
for the linked server so it will become local. But it looks like in
SS2005 i don't have that option...
Mike
oj wrote:[vbcol=seagreen]
> you have to add the server with
> exec sp_addserver 'newname','local'
> the key word 'local' will set the serverid to 0.
> --
> -oj
>
> "Mike" <mguissine@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1151461463.763845.263690@.75g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...|||Ah. I see your delima. Dropping repl would be the only choice. Sorry.
-oj
"Mike" <mguissine@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1151511040.077204.203160@.j72g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>I maybe didn't explained things correctly..
> I created linked server with 'LocalServerName' thas my local server
> (id=0) does not exists anymore. Now I want to put it back. The right
> steps to do it would be:
> 1. drop linked server. sp_dropserver 'name', 'droplogins'
> 2. create local server. sp_addserver 'name' , 'local'
> The problem is that the server is used in replication, so I can't drop
> it hense can't add new server with the same name. I can't do anything
> with replication either...
> The only way I think is to hack into system tables and change id to 0
> for the linked server so it will become local. But it looks like in
> SS2005 i don't have that option...
> Mike
>
> oj wrote:
>