SQL Server Error Msg 21414 – Unexpected failure acquiring an application lock. Ensure that the account under which the Merge Agent runs is a member of the publication access list. If there is a lot of activity on the server, run the Merge Agent when there are more server resources available.

In this blog post, let’s learn about the error message “21414 – Unexpected failure acquiring an application lock. Ensure that the account under which the Merge Agent runs is a member of the publication access list. If there is a lot of activity on the server, run the Merge Agent when there are more server resources available.” in Microsoft SQL Server, the reason why it appears and the solution to fix it.

SQL Server Error Message

21414 – Unexpected failure acquiring an application lock. Ensure that the account under which the Merge Agent runs is a member of the publication access list. If there is a lot of activity on the server, run the Merge Agent when there are more server resources available.

Reason for the Error

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Solution

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