I obviously did not search the archives on the right terms so what is
the easiest and fastest way to move a 3G database from a nearly full C
drive to the nearly empty D drive that should have been used.
I could back it up, drop it, recreate it using the D drive, and restore
it but it seems like there should be a way to just move the datafile
and use if from the new location.
I am thinking that detatch/attach is the best method, but I would like
confirmation or suggestions on how to proceed or things to be aware of
when using this method.
I've found this problem working with a VLDB, six month ago when I install the DBMS (Win2k3 x64+sp2, SQL 2k5 x64 +sp2, 4 dual core processor and 12 GbRAM) I've got 10 disk (actually ten LUN from a Storage Area Network), each 50Gb. I've put TempDB and Transaction Log on two separate 50 Gb disk and put the database on 8 different data file on the 8 disk; I've created each datafile with a size of 50 Gb (autogrowth disable), so my DB has 400Gb space in it's datafile. After a while the datafile began to fill and we decide to add a couple more 50Gb disk where I decide to put to new datafile; now my db is around 430 Gb and I've got this strange situation:
The first 8 datafile now are almost full of data, and obviously they can't growth since they already occupy the whole disk.
The two additional datafile are relatively empty (about 15 Gb each).
As far as I understand now each time that SQL should write to the databse it writes only on the 2 new datafile, and I fear that this can affect performance. I'd like to reorganize the space in order to have 10 datafile, each with 43Gb of data, but I didn't find any instruction/tool able to move data between datafile.
I need to move a datafile on my secondary database which is in standby mode. I have attempted to use the Restore command with the move and standby parameters
use master RESTORE LOG BWP FROM DISK='L: rans_bkpBWP_20071009080001.trn' WITH MOVE 'BWPDATA3' TO 'N:BWPDATA3BWPDATA3.ndf', standby='L:TRANS_BKPBWP_20071009130001.tuf'
But I get the following error message Msg 3174, Level 16, State 1, Line 1 The file 'BWPDATA3' cannot be moved by this RESTORE operation. Msg 3119, Level 16, State 1, Line 1 Problems were identified while planning for the RESTORE statement. Previous messages provide details. Msg 3013, Level 16, State 1, Line 1 RESTORE LOG is terminating abnormally.
I am trying to move a log file from one drive to another.
What I have done is add another file to my file group. So now my log has a file on the 'e' drive and one on the 'f' drive. I now want to remove the file on the 'e' drive. I have emptied the file on the 'e' drive. When doing the command:
ALTER DATABASE Uniprodruntime REMOVE FILE m_rk_runtime_log
I get the following error message..
Server: Msg 5020, Level 16, State 1, Line 1 The primary data or log file cannot be removed from a database.
I have also gone into enterprise manager and tried to delete the file and it does nothing.
I have a several indexes on a filegroup that I would like to move to a different physical drive. I am aware of the sp_detach...sp_attach routine which allows moving the .mdf and .log files to a different location. How would I go about moving a .ndf file though?
Is it possible to move a distribution database to another drive without removing replication? I have done some research but I getting mixed answers from Google searches.
Hello guys and girls. I have installed SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition and I have specified that the databases should be created on the K: drive. This is okay but now I need to move all the transaction log files (.ldf) to the L: drive. I have already changed the default location for the log files to point to the L: drive and the new databases that were created after the installation have their transaction log file correctly in the L: drive but now I need to move transaction log files for the master, model, temp ... databases. How can this be done? And are there any gotchas?
I need to move all log files for my SQL 2005 databases to another drive. I don't wish to shrink the files, I need to move the logs to another drive spindle. I did find an article (Article ID: 224071) that describes moving both the database and logs using sp_detach and then sp_attach. What is the best way just to move the logs to another drive on the same server, and that keeps the databases in their original location? Thanks.
I haven't found the definitive answer on how or if this can be done without removing replication. I'm thinking ALTER DATABASE modify_file is the way to go. Anybody know if this will work or a better way to go about it?
I have a 600 gig database that has a mirror. I need to move the databases from local drives to a SAN. Can anyone recommend a document that lists the steps to go through to move both the principle and mirror to the SAN with no down time? or minimal down time?
I have a database data file almost at 2tb maxing out a windows drive. Only 16gb left. Should I just add another data file on another Windows drive for growth? Or just move current huge data file to a new GPT drive? Or do both adding another data file and moving existing to its own new GPT drive?
I am able to run SSIS packages as SQL Server Agent jobs with a Control Flow items "File system task", if I move a file (test.txt) from a drive (c on the server (where SQL Agent jobs run) to a subdirectory on the same drive. But, if I try to move a file on a network drive, the package fail.
I have been trying to use openrowset with a shared drive, and even though the share has "full control" permissions granted to "everyone" and the accout that SQL runs under has been granted explicit full control permissions I am unable to open the file which itself has no security on it.
Can I not use a \ path and only use mapped drives?
Thanks
below works...
SELECT * FROM OPENROWSET('Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0','Excel 8.0;Database=C:5People.xls', [Sheet1$])
below doesn't work...
SELECT * FROM OPENROWSET('Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0','Excel 8.0;Database=\cluster02FileManager5People.xls', [Sheet1$])
 1: TempDB keeps getting filled.  Restart of the server has not fixed it. I shrink it, but the space gets filled again. Now I can't even shrink it anymore 2: TempDB is at the wrong location. Its current location is this :C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL ServerMSSQL10_50.SQLPROD6MSSQLDATA empdb
How do I change its location?Â
C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL ServerMSSQL10_50.SQLPROD6MSSQLDATA empdb Correct location of TempDB should be: TempDB(T:) But its not there
Being a very novice SQL Server administrator, I need to ask the experts a question.
How do I go about moving a database from 1 drive to another? The source drive (C is local to the server, but the target drive (E is on a Storage Area Network (SAN), although it is still a local drive for the server. I want to move the database from C: to E:. Can someone provide me with instructions?
If a database consists of more than one datafile, how does SQL Server use the space in these datafiles ?, does it fill up the first one then move to the next and so forth, or does it use up pages across all the files evenly ?.
alter database bdj add file (name ='bdjfg1', filename='d:db djfg1.ndf' ) to filegroup bdjfg;
alter database bdj modify file (name='bdjfg1', OFFLINE);
alter database bdj modify file (name ='bdjfg1', filename='d:db ewdestdjfg1.ndf' ); --Msg 5056, Level 16, State 4, Line 1 --Cannot add, remove, or modify a file in filegroup 'bdjfg' because the filegroup is offline.
alter database bdj modify filegroup bdjfg READWRITE; --Msg 5056, Level 16, State 3, Line 1 --Cannot add, remove, or modify a file in filegroup 'bdjfg' because the filegroup is offline.
Yes, yes and should have read the cautions section saying:
"Use this option only when the file is corrupted and can be restored. A file set to OFFLINE can only be set online by restoring the file from backup. For more information about restoring a single file, see RESTORE (Transact-SQL)."
But I have not an backup of the datafile, but I have the datafile itself!
What can I do to get it online again, the old location could be fine, but it would be better on an new location (thats is the reason for all the trouble, the original drive has not much space left, so I wanted to move the datafile)
If I run the package from BIDS, it works fine. If I run the package inside Management Studio it works when I run it as a package.
It does NOT run when I schedule the job.
Error: 2008-03-12 10:51:56.16 Code: 0xC020200E Source: Data Flow Task Flat File Destination [194] Description: Cannot open the datafile "D:old_timesheet_reposTimeSheetfilesdate.txt". End Error Error: 2008-03-12 10:51:56.16 Code: 0xC004701A Source: Data Flow Task DTS.Pipeline Description: component "Flat File Destination" (194) failed the pre-execute phase and returned error code 0xC020200E. End Error DTExec: The package execution returned DTSER_FAILURE (1). Started: 10:51:55 AM Finished: 10:51:56 AM Elapsed: 0.344 seconds. The package execution failed. The step failed.,00:00:01,0,0,,,,0
How to backup half of dbs from a server on C drive and the other half on D drive and vice versa, first half on D drive and other half On C drive using only one job and one stored procedure??
Using scheduling from job add 2 schedules to the job so first schedule backup first half to C and second half to D , the second schedule backup first half to D and second half to D.
Hi, Is there any way to change the location for the datafile. I need to change the drive from say c to d because it is filling up. Is there anyway to do this or do I have to recreate the database from scracth. I have a whole lot of data in the database already.
I have a database -- MDB -- with datafile for data and transaction log under the folder d:mssqldata . Now i want to move the data file from d: to e:, say e:mssqldata . Can someone let me know if this is possible under SQL server v7.0 and if so, how
Hi, i try to shrink and remove one datafile. But i always get following error:
Server: Msg 5042, Level 16, State 1, Line 1 The file 'M1Pdata15' cannot be removed because it is not empty.
*********************************************** use M1K go dbcc shrinkfile (M1Pdata15,emptyfile) go use master go Alter database M1K remove file M1Pdata15 go ***********************************************
I have written a program that loads a package (SomePackage.dtsx) from the physical drive and executes that. The package does nothing but imports data from a csv file to the Sql server 2005. But I can see that the package is failing continuously. I meant the package.Execute() method is returning a DTSExecResult.Failure. I investigated the Package.Errors property that contains the error collection and found that there are two DTSError objects into the collection.
The first one€™s description says that
Cannot open the datafile "D:SOME.csv".
And the later one€™s is
component "SOURCE FLAT FILE COMPONENT" (1) failed the pre-execute phase and returned error code 0xC020200E.
But the most interesting thing is if I execute the package through the Execute package Utility (double clicking onto the SomePackage.dtsx file) ships with Sql server 2005 then it executes fine and works as expected. I have checked the permission of the csv file and it has everyone€™s full access.
Can anyone help me on this? I will appreciate all kind of suggestions.
Is it possible to convert a SQL2K datafile to SQL2K5? I have a 2K database that I need to easily convert to 2K5, I apprecaite any insight on this issue.
In order to perform an automatic way to link a software using .txt database to our SQL Database, I need some tips.....
I think about the following solution - maybe using a "data-base extractor" (Access) and convert the result into a .txt file, Which can be automaticly refresh using a .bat file which will open the .txt file created 3 times a day to refesh the data.
If you have some solution less complicated, Please send it to
