SQL Server 2019 subscriptions Error

Question

hi all,

I facing subscriptions error as the picture.

how I can solve it? I have others DB is running good in same server.

thanks for help

Answer 1

Hi @Kelvin Shee ,

OS error 3 means path not found. You must specify a UNC network share such as \<computername>\snapshot rather than a local path when using pull subscriptions and/or a remote Distributor.
Here is a similar thread which you can refer to.
https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/sqlserver/en-US/91bc83d3-9e63-4767-9451-2295bd895d70/sql-server-replication-os-error-3?forum=sqlreplication

Best regards,
Seeya

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Answer 2

Hi @Kelvin Shee ,

Please try to use UNC network share (such as \<computername>\snapshot) rather than a local path. Refer this documentation for more info.

Please "Accept the answer" if this helps or let me know more details about your scenario.

One more reference: Process could not read the file from SQL replication snapshot folder

Answer 3

You got Windows OS error 3 = file not found; have you checked if the mentioned file exists?