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# Run Replication Maintenance Jobs (SQL Server Management Studio)
  Replication uses the following maintenance jobs:  
  
-   **Reinitialize subscriptions having data validation failures**
-   **Agent history clean up: distribution**
-   **Replication monitoring refresher for distribution.**
-   **Replication agents checkup**
-   **Distribution clean up: distribution**
-   **Expired subscription clean up**  
  
 Start and stop these jobs from the **Jobs** folder in [!INCLUDE[msCoName](../../../includes/msconame-md.md)] [!INCLUDE[ssManStudioFull](../../../includes/ssmanstudiofull-md.md)] and from the **Agents** tab in Replication Monitor. For information about starting Replication Monitor, see [Start the Replication Monitor](../monitor/start-the-replication-monitor.md). View and modify properties for each job in the **Job Properties - \<Job>** dialog box, which is available from the same folder and tab.  
  
### To start or stop a replication maintenance job in Management Studio  
  
1.  Connect to the Distributor in [!INCLUDE[ssManStudio](../../../includes/ssmanstudio-md.md)], and then expand the server node.  
  
2.  Expand the **SQL Server Agent** folder, and then expand the **Jobs** folder.  
  
3.  Right-click a job, and then click **Start Job** or **Stop Job**.  
  
### To start or stop a replication maintenance job in Replication Monitor  
  
1.  Expand a Publisher group in Replication Monitor, and then select a Publisher.  
  
2.  Click the **Agents** tab.  
  
3.  Right-click a job in the grid, and then click **Start Job** or **Stop Job**.  
  
### To view and modify properties for a replication maintenance job in Management Studio  
  
1.  Connect to the Distributor in [!INCLUDE[ssManStudio](../../../includes/ssmanstudio-md.md)], and then expand the server node.  
  
2.  Expand the **SQL Server Agent** folder, and then expand the **Jobs** folder.  
  
3.  Right-click a job, and then click **Properties**.  
  
4.  In the **Job Properties - \<Job>** dialog box, modify any properties if necessary, and then click **OK**.  
  
### To view and modify properties for a replication maintenance job in Replication Monitor  
  
1.  Expand a Publisher group in Replication Monitor, and then select a Publisher.  
  
2.  Click the **Agents** tab.  
  
3.  Right-click a job in the grid, and then click **Properties**.  
  
4.  In the **Job Properties - \<Job>** dialog box, modify any properties if necessary, and then click **OK**.  
  
## See Also  
 [Start and Stop a Replication Agent &#40;SQL Server Management Studio&#41;](../agents/start-and-stop-a-replication-agent-sql-server-management-studio.md)   
 [View Information and Perform Tasks using Replication Monitor](../monitor/view-information-and-perform-tasks-replication-monitor.md)   
 [Replication Agent Administration](../agents/replication-agent-administration.md)