Replication Log Reader Agent monitors the transaction log of each database configured by transactional replication and copies those transactions marked for replication from the log into distribution database. Syntax: logread Publisher server_name[\instance_name] PublisherDB publisher_database Publisher server_name: Is the name of the Publisher. Specify server_name for the default instance of Microsoft SQL Server on that server. PublisherDB publisher_database: Is the name of the Publisher database.