SCCM 2012 after SP1 replication link has failed

Question

Hi guys,
  after install SP1 on SCCM 2012 I have problem with Global Data Replication status and Site Data replication status on P02. Where I have C01 and P01, P02, P03, P04.  P02 is the only one which is broken more. Rest of primary sites have ok
Global Data Replication status.
Site P02 is after 1 week from patch console still in Read Only mode rcmctrl.log says: The current site status: ReplicationMaintenance.
CAS C01 have in rcmctrl.log
ERROR: Replication group "General_Site_Data" has failed to initialize for subscribing site C01, setting link state to Error.
Retry for process replication is requested.
Cleaning the RCM inbox if there are any *.RCM files for further change notifications....
Rcm control is waiting for file change notification or timeout after 60 seconds.
No connector role installed
DRS change application started.
Site is NOT active, so not calling the DrsActivation procedures on DRSSite queue.
replmgr.log says nothing special to be mentioned.
and when I run Replication Link Analyzer on C01 against Link to P02 it says :\
ReplicationAnalysis.xml:
Replication initialization is in progress for replication groups EndpointProtection_Site, Medium_Priority_Site, Operational_Data, General_Site_Data, MDM_SiteSpecial, MDM_Site. Found replication groups Replication Configuration that needs to be re-initialized.
Reason code: ReinitializeSenderDespoolerError. Replication initialization is in progress for replication groups Site Control Data, Configuration Data, Registration Data, Language Neutral, Asset Intelligence Knowledge Base, EndpointProtection_ThreatMetaData,
Alerts, Group Relationships. "
Target site P02 is in maintenance mode. Not checking transmission messages sent to queue ConfigMgrDRSQueue. Target site P02 is in maintenance mode. Not checking transmission messages sent to queue ConfigMgrDRSQueue
Target site C01 is in maintenance mode. Not checking transmission messages sent to queue ConfigMgrDRSQueue. Target site C01 is in maintenance mode. Not checking transmission messages sent to queue ConfigMgrDRSQueue
so I need to somehow quit this maintenance mode. following this link did not helped me:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/minfangl/archive/2012/05/16/tips-for-troubleshooting-sc-2012-configuration-manager-data-replication-service-drs.aspx
I restarted all these 5 servers with no luck.
thank you for any hint/ help
Jaromir
Jaromir

Answer 1

in my case in rcmctr.log is visible on CAS and primary site this message: ERROR: Replication group "General_Site_Data" has failed to initialize for subscribing site C01, setting link state to Error.
but today we moved in this situation and my P02 2nd primary site fall out from maintenance mode and a lot of replication happened but General_Site_data still remain in problem.
steps taken were: goto monitoring node > database replication > choose link which has problem and on the bottom check Initialization Detail
you can see which replication Group has problem.
Then in SQl server management studio we run following command with relevant name of Sites and Replication Group which are affected in my case
  select * from RCM_DrsInitializationTracking
 where replicationGroup = 'General_Site_data' AND SiteFulfilling='P02'
it will show you status
then this update query will force that replication group to start replicate(parameter 7):
we run this many times against same or different replication groups which ahd problems
update RCM_DrsInitializationTracking set InitializationStatus = 7 where ReplicationGroup = 'general_site_data' and SiteRequesting = 'C01' and SiteFulfilling = 'P02'
 it's still not win but we are moving forward. And it doesn't has to be same issue like you have but it can point you to somewhere...
J.
Jaromir