We have an NT 4.0 member server in a production domain which has SQL 6.5 loaded with a number of databases. There is a requirement to rename the NT server to another name. Will we have to reinstall SQL and reload any databases after the server is renamed? If not - are there any other considerations/registry changes necessary to ensure SQL will run correctly?
Thank you for assistance.
How can I rename one of my user databases in SQL?
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I am trying to move my Reporting Services databases from one server to another one. On the old server there was only a single instance so my databases were named ReportServer & ReportServerTempDB. On my new server I have multiple instances and, after installation (which I didn't perform), the databases on the new server are ReportServer$SQL_VS11 & ReportServer$SQL_VS11TempDB.
I was able to successfully restore both databases and rename them at the time of restore and also restore my encryption key but now when I try to view one of the reports I'm given the error:
Invalid object name 'ReportServerTempDB.dbo.PersistedStream'.
I found this article:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms159093.aspx
It states that "This error occurs because the ReportServerTempdb name is stored internally and used by stored procedures to perform internal operations. Renaming the temporary database will prevent the stored procedures from working properly."
This leads me to believe that what I'm attempting to do is not possible. I asked the developer in charge of the reports if we could simply republish but he informed me that we would lose history in this case. I may have to simply leave the old database names alone which would be inconsistent with our corporate naming schemes. Can anyone offer a suggestion?
Thanks,
Pat Brickson
Can anybody please tell me how to rename an sql server express.
I have an SQL server instance named 'PC075/Sqlexpress'. I have to change it to 'PC075'.
Thanks,
if my computer name is x and sql server was installed and therefore took on the default name of x, can I change the sql server name to y at a later date while the computer name remains as x? If so how do I do it?
The sp_addserver is internal recognition. But I want to connect to sql server using the new name y.
I am assuming setup needs to be run only if computer name also changes to y and this is not the case.
Any help is appreciated.
To all,
I would like to rename my SQL server. Someone suggested SQLServer and we went with it, but after some discussions with other developers we thought that this name would be a hackers delight. So now I need to rename it to something that wouldn't put a "bulls eye" on its back. Any suggestions? :-)
This machine is not in production just yet, so if I had to reinstall SQL it wouldnt' be that bad of an option.
Thnx.
Michael Fanara
Hello, I want to rename a server NT4 on whom is bases sql server sql 7 sp 2, who is the precautions to set and can you indicate me the procedure. Thank you in advance.
pascal
How can I change the name of an SQLServer to have a name different than
the machine it is runnning on?
I inherited a sql server that I have always known as cmsphdb5 setup by a former dba. newer Junior dba tries to install LiteSpeed and he gets and error about server name mismatch. I go to QA and run select @@servername and I get
cmdphdb5. Can I sp_dropserver cmdphdb5 and then
sp_addserver cmsphdb5?
Hi
I am going rename my NT Box SQL Server 6.5 / 7.0 installed. Is there any procedure or steps to follow. Or is there any links already available?
Any guidelines are appreciated.
Thanks in advance
Jaya
I have an SQL Server 2000. I need to rename the box that it is installed on
and then rename the SQL Server to have the same name as the what the server
was renamed to. How do I go about this? What are the steps?
Thanx
I am using SQL Server 2005 in a test environment and I want to rename the server to match my production environment. Currently the name is the same as my computer name. Can it be changed? Do I have to change my computer name? (My computer is not on the same network so it is possible).
View 3 Replies View RelatedWe want to migrate a SQL 7 to SQL2000 (there will be a new box) and then rename the old SQL 7 box and keep it on the network.
Seems like I remember there is a problem when your rename a SQL server.
Anyone have experience with this?
Thanks
Chuck
Hi,
I was looking to a server which was renamed from A_old to A_new.
but the problem is the system table still shows an entry with A_old and is taking this as a local server name.
Any ideas how to do this?Do I have to stop the services for this?run setup again?and then sp_dropserver and sp_addserver is the answer to this?or there is any other solution to it?
Note:this is a productionBox.
Any thoughts appreciated?
Hi,
We have server 'A' as production 6.5 db server. We plan to copy over & restore sytem/user db backups to server 'B'.
and then we plan to rename Serer B to Server A. Could anyone please advice what needs to be configured on SQL 6.5 to handle the Rename.
Thanks,
I have change the name of my host by "network neighborhood"
and user sp_dropserver and sp_addserver.
But when rebooting the host, I have this following message.
"Your SQL Server installation is either corrupt or has been
tampered with (unknown package id). Please run setup."
But I change the name of the hostanme to the former name, there
is no error.
Please, can you advise me something ?
I am installing SQL Server 2005 on a couple of servers where the windows server will later be renamed. One is a default instance, and one is a named instance.
Does anyone have a procedure for this, or know any gotchas for 2005? I have done this for SQL 2000 many times, but never of 2005.
Books Online seems to say you just rename the server, and everything will be OK.
I know how to rename the server internally with sp_dropserver and sp_dropserver. It looks like you no longer have to update originating_server in msdb.dbo.sysjobs, because it was replaced by originating_server_id.
Got links?
No nubeez! Xpurts ownli pleez!!
CODO ERGO SUM
We have a new SQL Server 2005 box in place and we named this server - Server2. Restored all the production databases from original Server1. Server1 is running SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition. Server1 also has three subscribers ServerA, ServerB, and ServerC.
After Server2 was renamed to Server1 and Server1 decommissioned, replication is not working on the new Server1 due to the renaming issue. I can afford to re do replication from ground up on Server1 but cannot reinstall SQL Server 2005 and start from scratch since the server is already in production.
How can I resolve this issue? What is the right approach to take for the scenario described above?
I have an app that has some stored procedures running queries across a linked server. In our development environment, the linked database is on a box called 10.xxx.xxx.xx. In the production environment, the linked database will be on a server called something else. What I want to do is have the linked server in the development environment named the same thing as the linked server in the production environment, so that I won't have to change the stored procedures when migrating the project into production.
SQL Server 2005 isn't giving me the option to rename or alias the linked server, though. Is there anyway to do this so that I can have the linked server named the same thing on the two different boxes and not have to change the sp's?
I'm trying to write a script to run after changing the computer name of a machine running SQL Server 2005. I know about the article on the SQL Developer center that talks about sp_dropserver and sp_addserver. My question is about the Windows groups that are created with the machine name embedded inside (e.g. MACHINENAMESQLServer2005MSFTEUser$MACHINENAME$MSSQLSERVER).
Do I need to worry about these? If the answer is no because the name of the group is irrelevant, how do I go about changing the machine name for the login (i.e. the MACHINENAME in front of the slash)? I don't want to hardcode these group names into my script.
Thanks for any help.
If I change the network name of a machine running MS SQL 7, will the SQL server still work afterwards?
If not, where can I find the procedure to achieve this?
thanks for your suggestions!
Bart Vierbergen
Do I have to do anything when hostname (servername) with SQL Server 2005 install was changed from OLDNAME to NEWNAME? If yes, what need to be done and syntax? I notice it under SYSSERVERS table still contain the OLDNAME.
EX. TEST1PROD01 was changed to TEST2PROD01
Thanks,
Vu
How does one make a copy of a database (with the data) on the sameserver. Would like to do this to use the copy in a test environment. Ilooked at the Copy Database Wizard but the instructions in Books Onlinestate that the database must be copied to another server and cannot berenamed using this process.Thank you.
View 2 Replies View RelatedDear all,
I have a SQL 2005 server with named instance on a Windows 2003 Server.
We have renamed the Windows 2003 server and SQL2005 server
We follow the step from the following link below
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143799.aspx
and the result is good and we can select @@SERVERNAME to get the new server name.
However, when we check for the login, (sp_helpuser) with the old servername
for eg,
OLDSERVERSQLServer2005MSFTEUser$OLDSERVER$INSTANCE
How can I update these name to get the correct server name. Please kindly advise
Calvin
hi,
Can you give the query in MS SQL Server 2005 which can be used to rename a existing table in database.
Thanks in advance,
Hi there.
Sorry 'bout my bad english.
Is there any possibility, to change the current server name from the stuctureview in the Enterprise Manger. I'm registering a lot of online-servers from my customers. The remote servername is fixed of course, but I want to change it local, to explain it a little bit better
(e.g. "W2KSQLSRV" -> "CustomerXY")
Can someone give me a hint, please?
Thanx.
Scenario 1:
Windows 2000 Server
SQL Server 2000 with default name installation.
When we change the Windows Server name the SQL Server jobs becomes non editable.
Scenario 2:
Does this situation still exists for the following configuration?
Windows Server 2003
SQL Server 2005.
Question 1: I am planning to move the SQL Server from 2000 to 2005 as described in scenario 1 to scenario 2. Does changing the server name have any impact on previously created jobs? Does the jobs becomes non editable.
Question 2: Is it possible to have two servers with same name on a network? If possible, please elaborate.
Thank you,
Smith
How do you rename a stored procedure in SQL Server Management Studio? I tried right clicking on the stored procedure and I don't see a Rename option.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI want to Replace The Big Log database with A new one ( A database with same structure).But current DB has many connection .
This is my plan :
1- Create a new database with same structure.
2- Rename current database to olddb with this code :
USE master
GO
EXEC sp_dboption CurDataBase, 'Single User', True
EXEC sp_renamedb 'CurDataBase', 'OldDataBase'
GO
3- Rename Newdb to current DB.
USE master
GO
EXEC sp_renamedb 'NewDataBase', 'CurDataBase'
is it true ? and Tsql code is ok ? (dont forget many of connection to curdatabase (that Is a log db) and loss some seconds data is not problems)
I installed sql server on one of my test servers, and I am eventually going to rename this server and put it into production. This server will replace one of my old servers with the same name. I was wondering if there was a way to rename the SQL Server instance after you rename your server without having to reinstall SQL Server. Thanks in advance for all the help.
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Question 1
If you drop / rename a table and then recreate the table with the SAME NAME, what impact does it have on stored procedures that use these tables? From a system perspective, do you have to rebuild / recompile ALL the stored procedures that use this table?
I had a discussion with someone that said that this is a good idea, since the IDs of the tables change in sysobjects and from a SQL SERVER query plan perspective, this needs to be done...
Question 2
If you Truncate a Table as part of a BEGIN TRANSACTION, what happens if an error occurs? Will it Rollback? The theory is that it won't because Truncate doesn't utilize the logs where as Delete From uses the SQL Logs?
Thanks!
I'm working on creating a new version of an existing table. I want to keep the old table around, only with a different name. In looking this up I found there's a system routine named sp_rename, which looks like it will work fine.However in thinking about this I realized that the foreign key constraints defined on the table (there's 3 of them) are likely to not be renamed, correct?
If I'm correct, then I suppose I could rename the table, then drop the 3 foreign key constraints, and create them new using different names for those foreign key constraints.
I have renamed one of my sql7 server boxes; then the sql server won't start and get an error message: something related to server license. Can anybody help me on that??
Jim