Deactivated?

Merge replication.
Push New Subscription.
Immediately after I click "finish" in the wizard (push new subscription),
the subscription status shows deactivated. The merge agent runs and
completes then shows status has failed. error = "the subscription to the
publication pub_name is invalid. The remote-server is not defined as a
subscription server. 14010"
Your problem is that the remote server is not enabled as a subscriber. I'm
not trying to be flippant, but this might take a little back and forth to
fix.
First off - all publications/subscriptions are marked as deactivated until
the snapshot agent runs. So this status is not problematic in your case.
To enable your subscription server as a subscriber, go to tools,
Replication, Configure Distributor, Publishers, and Subscribers, click on
the subscriber tab, locate your subscriber or register it.
You might also want to review this pdf -
http://www.nwsu.com/lowres_replication_ch02.pdf
Hilary Cotter
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http://www.nwsu.com/0974973602.html
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> Merge replication.
> Push New Subscription.
> Immediately after I click "finish" in the wizard (push new subscription),
> the subscription status shows deactivated. The merge agent runs and
> completes then shows status has failed. error = "the subscription to the
> publication pub_name is invalid. The remote-server is not defined as a
> subscription server. 14010"
>