Hi,
I am planning to automate a nighty restore of a DB on another server
can someone point me in the right direction with the SQL script to
modify the logical file names to the correct path and not the ones
carried over with the DB??
i.e the database is to be renamed on the new server
any help much appreciated
Many thanks in advance
Hi,
Does anyone know how to change the logical file name of a database?
Appreciate any help.
Steve
Is there a way to rename the logical file names? I'm not talkingspecifically about the physical files, because those can be changedduring a restore, but the values immediately to the left of those inEnterprise Manager such as DBName_Data and DBName_log. EnterpriseManager lets me change them during a restore, but when I do it gives anerror. Any ideas?
View 1 Replies View RelatedIs there any danger with renaming the LOGICAL file names behind the database?
There are a bunch of databases that were restored copies and all of them have the same logical database file name. I'm trying to get some growth data so I want the logical files to be different (prefer them to match the actual database name) so I can more easily identify them.
For instance:
database_id name type_desc name physical_name
1 DLMdb1 ROWS DLMDB1 D:dlmdb1.mdf
1 DLMdb1 LOG DLMDB1_log E:dlmdb1.ldf
2 DLMdb2 ROWS DLMDB1 D:dlmdb2.mdf
2 DLMdb2 LOG DLMDB1_log E:dlmdb2.ldf
3 DLMdb3 ROWS DLMDB1 D:dlmdb3.mdf
3 DLMdb3 LOG DLMDB1_log E:dlmdb3.ldf
Am I safe to rename the logical names? I can't think of anything that references those logical file names that I would be breaking [backups, applications].
Is there a query or sp that I can pull all databases on the server along with their logical file names and physical file names?
View 5 Replies View RelatedHi SQL server experts,
I'm trying to restore from a backup file.
I need to restore the datafile and logfile to different names.
I modified the options page, changed the 'Restored As' file name.
I clicked on the General page and Clicked on the Options page again, the old values came back.
How do I handle this?
Thanks in advance.
Pingx
Hello All,
I am facing problem with Logical File Name while restoring database. I am taking a backup of ABC database from Server1 in abc.bak file.
Then I am creating new database XYZ on Server2. Server1 and Server2 are not connected to each other in anyway, since both servers belong to different companies. Here on Server2 I want to restore backup of abc.bak on XYZ database. I select restore from Device, and on option tab I am selecting Force restore over existing database, in the below option I am specifying current Data & log file path for Move to physical file name.
But Logical file name shows ABC names, but if I tried to change those to XYZ names then restore fails. But if I keep ABC names then it works.
Is anybody knows how to over come this Logical Name issue?
Many thanks in advance.
Regards,
Santosh
I want to back up my database to a logical drive and restore it from this logical device. But I am unable to see my logical device through sql server management studio interface. I am able to back up to a logical device and restore it from logical device through T-SQL code. I am wondering how come I am unable to see my logical device from sql server management studio interface. Is there any way, I can solve this problem? Thanks in advance.
View 3 Replies View RelatedCan two databases have same logical filenames in the same instance?
In my instance, database already exists say A.
I have to restore DB B with the same backup used for database A in the same instance.
So, once the database B is restored, A and B will have same logical fileNames.
Can I leave it as is? Or do i alter only after B is restored?
Or is there a way where I can change the logical file for B while restoring?
Is it possible to backup/restore sql server databases in a logical way like oracle(exp/imp, expdp,impdp, can export/import tables/users etc)?my case, I have a database which has many data files, in different file groups, I would like to put them together into one file and don't want to shred the database.
View 6 Replies View RelatedWe tried to restore an empty database from a backup and got:
'Load database encountered an invalid logical page number' error.
This then set the database as 'loading'
Anyone got any ideas?
We aren't exactly sure how big the first database was when the backup was done but if the new database isn't big enough to contain the backed up data, wouldn't we get a more meaningful error?
Janet
I am designing a package to export staging tables into a flat file.The names of the tables will be: TableAStaging_YYYYMM and TableBStaging_YYYYMM. As you can see the names of the tables will be changing each month.
The flat files will have similar naming: C:MyPathFlatFileTableAStaging__YYYYMM and C:MyPathFlatFileTableAStaging__YYYYMM.I want to run the package as an sql job in two steps, one for each table.I need to dynamically pass the table names and file names (together with the path) to the IS package.
In the database properties screen, there are four tabs: General, Transaction Log, Options, Permissions. In the General Tab, it lists four columns: File name, Location, Space Allocated, File Group.
The string in the File name column has a value such as MY_DATABASE_DAT, whereas the Location column has a value like D:mssql7dataMY_DATABASE.MDF.
The Location value is clearly the Windows file name. The "File name" (which I have seen called the "logical file") is a mystery to me. What is it used for? How can it be changed? Is there a problem if two different databases have the same "logical file" name?
(For example, if you do sp_detach_db, copy the file to another place and then sp_attach_db the new file to another database name, you have two different databases with the same "logical file" name.)
Much thanks to anyone who can shed light on this.
Hi everyone,
I have a database (xyz) one Machine A. On the same machine I want to create a copy of the (xyz)database with different name(xyz_1). When I restore with move option it will restore but the thing is logical file names of xyz and xyz_1 are same. I know I can change these file names by manupulating the system table.
My question is If I didn't change the logical file names of database xyz_1(new). Is there any problems or issues may arise.
Thank you,
Dindu.
I cannot find the answer to this: how do you update the logical file name for a database? Restore database "Alpha" over "Beta" specifying WITH MOVE parms allows "Alpha"'s physical files to overlay "Beta"'s, but now "Beta"'s logical file names are "Alpha_Data" and "Alpha_Log".
Updating sysfiles directly gives back a 270; "Get outta here!"
Can this not be done?
Hi
Every one
One thing i found out that my 2 databases in server A
Has same logical file name .
I have try to change the name but it is not allowing me to change.
I had refer BOL it says that we should have unique logical file name in a server for each database.
Question i have is does it going harm me i don't know this
if any one u know please suggest me.
Problem I already started getting is I do backup 5 small databases of 10 to 20 mb in one tape only. The 2 database which has same logical file name out
of which one is getting copied & another is not ,All other database it backup
perfecly.
But at the same time in a hard disk if i take backup of this database in a same device it works perfecly so i don't understand where the problem is
If any has any idea please suggest me
Thanks
Nirmal.
I'm moving a database (XYZtest) from the test server to the production server via sp_detach/sp_attach. I want the logical file names to be XYZ_data, rather than XYZtest_data, etc. I can easily rename the disk files, but how do I rename the logical file names?
Thanks,
Al
Hi,Is there an option (stored procedure) or whatever to change to logical nameof the databasefile and the database log file ?Arno de Jong, The Netherlands.
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Thanks!
Dean
Hi all -
Quick question... I want to move all my non-clustered indexes to their own seperate drive array. How would I accomplish this?
Do I just add the filename at the end of the statement like you do in Oracle? (EXAMPLE: CREATE INDEX IDX_Cls_Code on dbo.Class(Code) on secondary.ndf)
If this isn't correct, can someone please post the correct syntax?
Thanks!
Rich
A small database ABC with data only 5 mb but its log is growing everyday around 20 mb. I want to shrink its size like for other databases on daily bases.
1. backup log ABC with truncate_only
2. DBCC SHRINKDATABASE (ABC, 10)
got following error:
<<Cannot shrink log file 2 (ABC_Log) because all logical log files are in use.>>
with no_log also tried but have the same error when dbcc shrinkdatabase..
any idea?
thanks
-D
What's is the between backing up a database to a file and a logical backup device?
If I point the logical backup device to a file on the filesystem, it's same as backing up to a file? isn't?
Thanks
Using SQL Server 2000 and moving to a new computer. We did a full backup ofthe existing database to tape, brought up the new computer with a cleaninstall using the same server name and IP address, and did a full restore.Not only were some permissions messed up, but Crystal Reports 10 and someAccess Data Projects refused to run. I finally discovered while running anSP_WHO that the individual database names that we'd created (meaning not'master' and the other standard tables) had several dozen blanks appendedonto the end of them. Looking at dbnames in the SP_WHO made it clear thatthis had happened, and once I knew what I was looking for it was apparent inEnterprise Manager as well when I'd select a database name in the left pane.Interestingly, VB6 applications have no trouble connecting to these tableswithout modification of the connection string. Every single CR10 report sofar has had to have it's tables relinked, and this has broken some othercode that looks at dbnames.1: How could something like this happen?2: How is it best fixed?Thanks!David
View 3 Replies View RelatedI need to move specific files from a server to another server on a monthly basis. There are hundreds of files that are in the source directory and I need to move approximately 40 of those to the destination server. I would like to easily add or delete the file list as needed. I have seen where several variables were created for for each file name (and one for the path) and the ForEach Loop would go through them. With 40 or more I was thinking that I could make a connection to an Excel spreadsheet or text file with a record for each file name and read in and and move to the next record and make that value become the content of a "FileName" variable. Then if I wanted to add another file name I could just add another record to spreadsheet/text file or remove and the package would handle automatically....
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Can anybody tell me how to accomplish this.
Hi All,
I am using query analyzer to execute my sqls .
I want to take out .mdf and .LDF files and put it in another machine .
But there is no .mdf or .LDF file with prefix as my database name . I think the file name might be something else .
Please help me in finding out the .mdf and .LDF of a particular database .
Thanks ,
Sushi
Hi,
Every day I ftp a zip file. Inside the zip file are 4 text files. Every day the names of the 4 files are different, so I can't know beforehand what the names are.
I am wondering what is the best (most efficient) way for me to get the file names inside variables? Should I use a script task? Or is there another way to do this?
Thanks
Hi ALL!
Our application needs to search for exact match of file names (which will be 70 characters in length) in a table which has thousands of file names in its file_name field. What is the best way to this? Shall we index the table on file_name column? Or any othe way, as the application will do this search several times all day. Any ideas are appreciated.
Thanks.
KSN.
My customer got a total hard drive failure.After sending it to drive recovery specialist we were able to recover the LDF log file (MyDB_0.LDF).But the MDF file was completely destroyed (MyDB.MDF).They have a good full backup from a month ago.
1) Installed SQL Server 2012 on a new PC
2) Created a new database of same name (MyDB) - with same MDF and LDF file names as original
3) Took the new database offline
4) deleted the MDF and LDF files of the new database
5) put "MyDB_0.LDF" in the place of the LDF file I just deleted
6) put the database back on-line
7) after hitting F5 to refresh databases - it shows "MyDB (Recovery Pending)"
8) tried to do Tail Log Backup with this command
BACKUP LOG [MyDB] TO DISK = N'C:BACKUPMyDB_TailLog.bak'
WITH NO_TRUNCATE
And I get this error...
Msg 3447, Level 16, State 1, Line 3
Could not activate or scan all of the log files for database 'MyDB'.
The sad thing is I know we can get this data back using ApexSQL-Log. I can see all the transactions since the last full backup in this program - so the log file is not damaged. But my client doesn't want to pay the $2000 fee for this software.There has to be a way to restore this data, without having to purchase a third party tool.
I'm performing a full backup of a database, and the file name that I am creating for the backup is truncating. This keeps happening and can't figure out why.
I have a stored proc that I run:
CREATE PROC usp_Backup_old_srvra_to_srvrb
AS
DECLARE @DOW varchar(10),
@Filelocation varchar(50)
--Get Day of Week and set backup file name
SET @DOW = DATENAME(dw,GETDATE())
SET @FileLocation = 'SERVERAE$MSSQL7BACKUP'+ @DOW + '__old_BKUP_SRVR_0418_0800.bak'
BACKUP DATABASE TEST
TO DISK = @FileLocation
WITH INIT,
STATS
RETURN (0)
The backup file that was created ended up being:
THURSDAY__old_BKUP_SR
Any idea why it didn't pick up the whole file name that I wanted?
I receive several TXT files daily that need to update information in SQL Server databases. The process requires that all TXT files be appended to a master file and also update individual files' information based on the TXT file name. For example:
File TABLE1_x_ddmmyy.TXT (ddmmyy = date, x = "O" or "B") is to be appended to the master file and also update SQL table "TABLE1" by setting a flag for those records in the table that match a unique key that is provided in the TABLE1.TXT file.
In VFP, I had the following process in place:
a) open the TXT file.
b) read its file name and open the corresponding VFP file
c) update the VFP file based on the key provided in TXT
d) append the key to the master file.
e) repeat c-d for next record in TXT
f) repeat c-e for next TXT file
Using the same process with ADO takes a considerable time since I am processing one line at a time.
Is there any way to do this using a DTS package of some sort? How can I read the TXT file names in SQL Server?
Thank you.
I have below requirement and it needs to be addressed using sql.
There are 18 text files(file names are dynamic) and each file having different row counts in some “xyz” folder.
Here, I need to generate 19th text file which has the list of file names with row counts.
I am planning to import all of the text files into database and trying to generate 19th one.
I am working with an ftp task which is using a file connection to send a file to a remote server. This file is going to have a dynamic name (e.g. "Orders for 2006-07-29.txt"). How can I dynamically specify the file path/name for the file connection? You can't specify a varaible through the ui.
I would imagine that you can do this through a script task but I'm not sure how to reference the connection object. any help would be greatly appreciated.
thanks,
Scott