Snapshot creation fails due to access error

During creation of a PI AF collective, the Create New Collective – Finishing window displays the following message in the middle section:

Current SyncStatus(Snapshot not ready).

In the SnapShot status row (the first row in the bottom section), the message displays:

Access to the path ‘[..\repldata\...] is denied.

This message indicates that the SQL Server Agent service account does not have Write access to the \repldata folder for the SQL Server instance into which the primary PI AF SQL database was installed. See Configure folder permissions on the primary server.

1. After setting the proper security permissions on the \repldata folder, exit the Create New Collective – Finishing window.

   A message displays, indicating the primary server’s replication has not finished.

2. Click OK and return to the Collective tab in the AF Server Properties window.

3. Delete the collective, then recreate the collective, and the snapshot is created correctly.