Chapter 6: Managing Application Catalog DatabasesSharing Application Catalog Data292 ADS-0950-UG00 AdminStudio 9.5 User GuideEnabling/Disabling a SubscriptionYou can use the Enable/Disable button on the Subscription Manager dialog box to set the status of eachSubscription to be either Enabled or Disabled. When you disable a Subscription, you are turning off its automaticupdate feature. Subscriptions that are enabled are preceded by a check mark, while disabled Subscriptions arepreceded by a red X.Note • For information on how you can use the Disable feature to subscribe to more than one Publication, seeSpecialized User Scenarios.Task: To enable or disable a Subscription:1. On the Catalog menu, point to Replication and select Subscription Manager. The Subscription Managerdialog box appears, listing all of your Subscriptions. Each Subscription’s status (Enabled or Disabled) isdisplayed in the Last Run Status column.Note • The Subscription Manager option under Replication on the AdminStudio Catalog menu is onlyenabled if the current user is connected to an SQL Server database, has been assigned sysadmin privileges inSQL Enterprise Manager on that database server, and the database was identified when it was created as beingintended for use as a Subscriber. See Application Catalog Wizard for information on how to identify databasesas Subscribers or Publishers.2. To disable an enabled Subscription, select it and click Disable.The Subscription’s status in the Last Run Status column is changed to Disabled, meaning that theSubscription will still be listed in the Subscription Manager, but will not be automatically updated.3. To enable a disabled Subscription, select it and click Enable.Note • This button toggles between Enable and Disable, depending upon the Status of the selectedSubscription.
