added scripts for CLA to:

* Drop a publication and all subscription
* Check that a snapshot agent finished without errors

DropActivePosPublication.sql

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+use activepos_read
+GO
+
+/***********************************************************************************
+* Dropping the subscriptions on the publisher and  drop the publication            *
+* ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------*
+* This file was previously moved to the "Master" database sequence but is now      *
+* again at the beginning of the ActivePos_read sequence. This is OK now because    *
+* there is only one connection active to the database with the new system. Before  *
+* the database was locked by the second connection (with transaction) and the      *
+* script was not working properly.                                                 *
+***********************************************************************************/
+/*  Stops the log reader agent before droping the publication to avoid concurrency errors. */
+DECLARE @jobId  BINARY(16) ,
+ @jobName VARCHAR(200) ,
+ @status INT
+
+ /* Need to stop all ActivePos log reader agents possible orphan agents */
+SELECT TOP 1
+    @jobId = job_id,
+    @jobName = j.name
+FROM msdb.dbo.sysjobs j
+    inner join msdb.dbo.syscategories c
+        ON c.category_id = j.category_id
+WHERE c.name like 'REPL-LogReader'
+      and j.name like '%-ActivePos_read-%'
+ORDER BY j.date_created DESC
+
+SET @status=(select top 1 run_status from msdb.dbo.sysjobhistory where job_id=@jobID order by instance_id desc)
+
+IF @jobName like '%-ActivePos_read-%' 
+ AND EXISTS (SELECT 1
+               FROM msdb.dbo.sysjobactivity AS sja
+              INNER JOIN msdb.dbo.sysjobs AS sj ON sja.job_id = sj.job_id
+              WHERE sj.name = @jobName 
+				AND sja.start_execution_date IS NOT NULL
+                AND sja.stop_execution_date IS NULL)
+		EXEC msdb.dbo.sp_stop_job @jobName
+GO
+	
+/* Stop custom log reader agent if running */
+if EXISTS (   SELECT ja.job_id,
+                     j.name AS job_name,
+                     ja.start_execution_date,
+                     ISNULL(last_executed_step_id, 0) + 1 AS current_executed_step_id,
+                     Js.step_name
+                FROM msdb.dbo.sysjobactivity ja
+                LEFT JOIN msdb.dbo.sysjobhistory jh
+                  ON ja.job_history_id                       = jh.instance_id
+                JOIN msdb.dbo.sysjobs j
+                  ON ja.job_id                               = j.job_id
+                JOIN msdb.dbo.sysjobsteps js
+                  ON ja.job_id                               = js.job_id
+                 AND ISNULL(ja.last_executed_step_id, 0) + 1 = js.step_id
+               WHERE ja.session_id = (   SELECT TOP 1 session_id
+                                           FROM msdb.dbo.syssessions
+                                          ORDER BY agent_start_date DESC)
+                 and j.name        = 'DR00470 - ActivePos_read Log reader'
+                 AND start_execution_date is not null
+                 AND stop_execution_date is null)
+    EXEC msdb.dbo.sp_stop_job N'DR00470 - ActivePos_read Log reader'
+GO 
+    
+/* Dropping the subscriptions on the publisher
+   Added a parameter to ignore distributor */
+
+/* DROP custom distribution agents */
+DECLARE @JobName VARCHAR(100);
+
+DECLARE c_job CURSOR LOCAL FORWARD_ONLY STATIC FOR
+SELECT name
+  FROM msdb.dbo.sysjobs
+ WHERE name LIKE 'ActivePosTran distribution agent%';
+
+OPEN c_job;
+
+FETCH NEXT FROM c_job
+ INTO @JobName;
+WHILE @@fetch_status = 0
+BEGIN
+
+    EXEC msdb.dbo.sp_delete_job @job_name = @JobName;
+
+    FETCH NEXT FROM c_job
+     INTO @JobName;
+END;
+
+CLOSE c_job;
+DEALLOCATE c_job;
+
+IF  EXISTS (SELECT name, is_published  FROM sys.databases  WHERE is_published = 1 AND name = 'ActivePos_read')
+    IF EXISTS (SELECT  * FROM syspublications where name = 'ActivePosTran')
+        EXEC sp_dropsubscription @publication = N'ActivePosTran', @subscriber = N'all', 
+		@destination_db = N'ActivePos_Read', @article = N'all' --, @ignore_distributor=1
+GO
+
+IF  EXISTS (SELECT name, is_published  FROM sys.databases  WHERE is_published = 1 AND name = 'ActivePos_read')
+    IF  EXISTS (SELECT  * FROM syspublications where name = 'ActivePosTran')
+        EXEC sp_droparticle @publication = N'ActivePosTran', @article = N'all', @force_invalidate_snapshot = 1
+GO
+
+BEGIN TRY
+
+/*Dropping the  publication */
+  IF  EXISTS (SELECT name, is_published  FROM sys.databases  WHERE is_published = 1 AND name = 'ActivePos_read')
+    IF  EXISTS (SELECT  * FROM syspublications where name = 'ActivePosTran')
+        EXEC sp_droppublication @publication = N'ActivePosTran'
+    ELSE PRINT 'There is no ActivePosTran publication on the server'
+  ELSE PRINT 'The ActivePos_read database is not yet published on this server'
+END TRY
+BEGIN CATCH
+ PRINT ERROR_MESSAGE()
+ WAITFOR DELAY '00:02:00'
+ /* Dropping the subscriptions in case a pos registered in between causing deadlock*/
+ IF EXISTS (SELECT name, is_published  FROM sys.databases  WHERE is_published = 1 AND name = 'ActivePos_read')
+    IF EXISTS (SELECT  * FROM syspublications where name = 'ActivePosTran')
+        EXEC sp_dropsubscription @publication = N'ActivePosTran', @subscriber = N'all', 
+		@destination_db = N'ActivePos_Read', @article = N'all' --, @ignore_distributor=1
+
+/* Try Dropping the  publication again */
+  IF  EXISTS (SELECT name, is_published  FROM sys.databases  WHERE is_published = 1 AND name = 'ActivePos_read')
+    IF  EXISTS (SELECT  * FROM syspublications where name = 'ActivePosTran')
+        EXEC sp_droppublication @publication = N'ActivePosTran'
+    ELSE PRINT 'There is no ActivePosTran publication on the server'
+  ELSE PRINT 'The ActivePos_read database is not yet published on this server'
+
+END CATCH
+GO
+
+/* Because the replication will be set up again almost from scratch */
+EXEC sp_removedbreplication 'ActivePos_Read'
+GO
+
+IF EXISTS (SELECT name  FROM sys.databases  WHERE name = 'distribution') 
+    AND EXISTS (SELECT name, is_published  FROM sys.databases  WHERE is_published = 1 AND name = 'ActivePos_read')
+    EXEC sp_replicationdboption @dbname = N'ActivePos_Read', @optname = N'publish', @value = N'false'
+GO

check snapshot state.sql

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+DECLARE @jobs TABLE (
+    [name]    sysname          NOT NULL
+   ,[job_id]  UNIQUEIDENTIFIER NOT NULL
+   ,[failed]  BIT              NOT NULL
+        DEFAULT 0
+   ,[lastRun] DATETIME         NULL
+);
+
+INSERT INTO @jobs ([name], [job_id])
+SELECT
+    [s].[name]
+    ,[s].[job_id]
+    FROM [msdb].[dbo].[sysjobs] [s]
+    WHERE [s].[name] IN (
+            'D00480 - ActivePos_read Snapshot'
+        );
+
+
+SELECT
+    CONVERT(VARCHAR(20), SERVERPROPERTY('ServerName')) AS [ServerName]
+   ,[j].[name]                                         AS [job_name]
+   ,CASE [j].[enabled]
+        WHEN 1 THEN 'Enabled'
+        ELSE 'Disabled'
+    END                                                AS [job_status]
+   ,CASE [jh].[run_status]
+        WHEN 0 THEN 'Error Failed'
+        WHEN 1 THEN 'Succeeded'
+        WHEN 2 THEN 'Retry'
+        WHEN 3 THEN 'Cancelled'
+        WHEN 4 THEN 'In Progress'
+        ELSE 'Status Unknown'
+    END                                                AS [last_run_status]
+   ,[ja].[run_requested_date]                          AS [last_run_date]
+   ,CONVERT(
+        VARCHAR(10)
+       ,CONVERT(DATETIME, RTRIM(19000101))
+        + ([jh].[run_duration] * 9 + [jh].[run_duration] % 10000 * 6 + [jh].[run_duration] % 100 * 10) / 216e4
+       ,108
+    )                                                  AS [run_duration]
+   ,[ja].[next_scheduled_run_date]
+   ,CONVERT(VARCHAR(500), [jh].[message])              AS [step_description]
+  FROM([msdb].[dbo].[sysjobactivity]     [ja]
+  JOIN @jobs [j2] ON j2.[job_id] = ja.[job_id]
+  LEFT JOIN [msdb].[dbo].[sysjobhistory] [jh]
+      ON [ja].[job_history_id] = [jh].[instance_id])
+  JOIN [msdb].[dbo].[sysjobs_view] [j]
+      ON [ja].[job_id] = [j].[job_id]
+ WHERE [ja].[session_id] = (SELECT MAX([session_id])FROM [msdb].[dbo].[sysjobactivity])
+ ORDER BY [job_status] DESC,[last_run_status];