Thursday, January 27, 2011

Moving System DB’s in SQL Server


Moving System Dbs
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* Moving system databases may be useful in the   following situations: 
 
1. Failure recovery
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For example, the database is in suspect mode or has shut down because of a hardware failure.
 
2. Planned relocation
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3. Relocation for scheduled disk maintenance
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Steps
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        * start server with /f /T3608
        * For msdb and model
               * Detach and move the files
               * Attach back
        * For master
               * Stop server
               * copy data and log files to new                location.
               * Go to startup parameters of SQL                     Server service in Configuration          Manager
               * Change the locations of data file and                 log file
               * Start SS
 
Note:
        To detach msdb the SQL Server Agent service           should not be in running.
 
 
Rebuilding System Dbs
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* System databases must be rebuilt to fix corruption     problems in the master, model, msdb,resource system   databases
* To modify the default server-level collation
 
For rebuilding system dbs
 
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd207003.aspx

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