It's been a while since I worked with the CAD replication problem. I looked back at a very old (2010) document I wrote on CAD Replication issues.
The best thing to do is log into the Primary as the Local Administrator and run CAD PostInstall.exe. Remove RAS Replication if it exists and reboot both servers.
If it does not exist and you want to apply it again, make sure when the first box pops up (verify hostname of the primary server) that you just use the hostname - no domain extension. It will probably pop up with the FQDN, but change it to the short hostname. Likewise for the secondary.
Once it has finished and says it's OK, run Desktop\bin\ReplicationStatus.exe to double check.
In my experience, using Local Admin and short host names usually fixes things.
You can use SSMS on the primary_hostname\CADSQL and examine the details of replication:
* FCRasSvr should have the little hand under it
* craDistribution DB should exist
* Replication Monitor should not show any alerts
* There must be a publication under Replications/Publications and it must be active
* Under SQL Server Agent there must be a bunch of jobs and there must be no failures
Regards,
Geoff
