Error: Unable to start a DCOM Server: {08B0B2D9-3FB3-11D3-A4DE-00C04F610189}. The error: “The system cannot find the path specified. ” Happened while starting this command: C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~3\80\COM\snapshot.exe -Embedding

Part 1: Team composition and upgrade option pros and cons – http://searchsqlserver.techtarget.com/tip/Upgrade-Active-Active-cluster-to-SQL-Server-2005-and-Windows-2003 Part 2: Restoring a SQL Server database to a transition server – http://searchsqlserver.techtarget.com/tip/How-to-restore-SQL-Server-database-to-transition-server-during-an-upgrade Part 3: SQL Server high availability when upgrading to SQL Server 2005 – http://searchsqlserver.techtarget.com/tip/SQL-Server-high-availability-when-upgrading-to-SQL-Server-2005 Part 4: Upgrade live applications to SQL Server 2005 for high availability – http://searchsqlserver.techtarget.com/tip/Upgrade-live-applications-to-SQL-Server-2005-for-high-availability Part 5: Monitor database mirroring and replication after upgrade – http://searchsqlserver.techtarget.com/tip/Monitor-database-mirroring-and-replication-after-a-SQL-Server-upgrade

While searching for t-sql script which can check replication agent status came across a good script which works well for all versions of SQL Server i.e. 2000/2005/2008/2008R2 and above…