Been asked to restore an orphaned MDF file leftover after a botched uninstall - no .bak file. Tried to reattach, but got an error, I don't think it had been detached. My initial answer was, "No, very likely can't be done".
Am I right? Or is there a way of attaching it that doesn't require it to have been detached?
I am copying a database to an alternate server by restoring a full backup onto the new server. However, whether I create the logins prior to the restoration or not the user accounts in the database no longer map to logins in the master.
Unfortunately it is not simply a case of dropping the acounts as they own objects in the database.
My best solution to date has been to use the sp_addalias to alias logins of the same name to the original user. However this is a far from ideal situation as one cannot readily tell that the logins are aliased and there must be an additional overhead in doing this.
I have created the file group for my database.First i took backup of individual file group(mdf and ndf) then I tried to restore only secondary(ndf) file group.I got error like
Restore failed for Server 'pcnameSQLEXPRESS'. (Microsoft.SqlServer.SmoExtended)
File 'regSQL_dat' was not backed up in file 1 on device 'D:vtndf.bak'. The file cannot be restored from this backup set.
RESTORE DATABASE is terminating abnormally. (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 3144)
When i tried to restore only primary file group i got the same error.
Can i restore individual file group? I
For the purpose of data archiveng,i have taken back up of ndf file (it contains very old data) & i have removed this file from database.Now my customer asking these file data.Now i have to again attach/restore this ndf file.how to attach/restore.
I am trying to restore a database called BCC_DB (I'm actually just needing one table opened to find some data in one column) so I created a blank database called BCCrestore.
I have a .bak file called BCC_DB_backup_201505020017.bak.
I placed it in my local drive C:BCC_DB_backup_201505020017.bak and tried the SQL:
RESTORE DATABASE BCCrestore FROM DISK = 'C:BCC_DB_backup_201505020017.bak'
GO
I get an error:
Msg 3201, Level 16, State 2, Line 1
Cannot open backup device 'C:BCC_DB_backup_201505020017.bak'. Operating system error 2(The system cannot find the file specified.).
Msg 3013, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
RESTORE DATABASE is terminating abnormally.
All is happened when a server crashed some weeks ago and it was removed from my network. After that, under my SQL Server 2012 I get an orphaned account which cannot be removed. This account is a computer account related to an old SCOM installation.
If I try to execute the command DROP USER [NETWORKSERVERNAME$] I get the following error message:
The database principal has granted or denied permissions to objects in the database and cannot be dropped. Msg 15284, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
The database principal has granted or denied permissions to objects in the database and cannot be dropped.But if I run the following command to know all permission granted to the account, I get an empty result:
select * from sys.database_permissions where grantee_principal_id = user_id ('NetworkSERVERNAME$');
Furthermore, following the instructions provided by the official KB for troubleshooting orphaned users, I get another error [URL].
sp_change_users_login 'update_one', 'NetworkSERVERNAME$', 'NetworkSERVERNAME$'
Msg 15291, Level 16, State 1, Procedure sp_change_users_login, Line 114
Terminating this procedure. The User name 'NetworkSERVERNAME$' is absent or invalid.
The only thing I can retrieve is 15 permissions that this account granted to another account in the past:
select *
from sys.database_permissions
where grantor_principal_id = user_id ('NetworkSERVERNAME$'
--
class class_desc major_id minor_id grantee_principal_id grantor_principal_id type permission_name state state_desc
17 SERVICE 65538 0 5 19 SN SEND G GRANT
And more 14 rows…
resolve my issue and safe delete the account SERVERNAME$? I need this because I have to reinstall SCOM with the same computer name on another server, but installation fails due to this behavior.
I have a .mdf file that I would like to restore. However the log file has been destroyed. Is there any way to restore just an .mdf file?
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I have found some articles with no publication in our transactional replication.
For example, running this:
select p.publication,
a.publication_id,
a.article
from dbo.MSArticles as a
left outer join dbo.MSpublications as p
on a.publication_id = p.publication_id
shows this:
NULL1org_Community
NULL3org_Community
Purchasing to EDW5org_Community
NULL1org_Division
NULL3org_Division
Purchasing to EDW5org_Division
How can I get rid of the articles that are not part of a publication?
I can't use sp_droparticle because it requires a publication which these articles do not have.
We have 2 SQL Server 2k5 servers running the same build - 9.0.2047 . When I backup any database from one server and attempt to restore it to the other, the log file generally increases by 100 fold. It errors out after I try to restore a 100MB db and it tries to create a 9.8GB log file. This happens both when I use the GUI to restore and when I restore from a T-SQL script. What am I doing wrong?
Thanks in advance.
I have clustered SQL server machines(SSserver1 and SSserver2). I need to restore a database from another standalone server to this clustered environment. In this case do I need to restore the DB on both the nodes that are part of the clustering(SSserver1 and SSserver2) or Just can I do it on one of them?
View 5 Replies View RelatedI am working with one of the task automating the db refresh in test server from production backup.The production backup sits on the production server local drive.Moving the production server latest backup from its local drive to Test server local drive
View 9 Replies View RelatedHi,I'm new to sql but have a website running it on a hosted site. I want to have a local copy of the site running here for testing. I have everything set on my local machine to run it including MSDE and Enterprise Mgr.I've created a blank db with the same name,username and password on my local machine. From my host I received a dbname.bak file which they said I should just restore to my local machine. This sounded simple but I have no idea how to do this. When I right click on the db file within Ent.Mgr I see the Restore option but I can figure out how to designate the dbname.bak file as the source. I also see an option to import but that isn't any better.Does anyone have some simple directions which will show me the proper steps and where I should be to do this? I'd really appreciate it. I assume it's simple but not having ever done it it has me stumped.Thanks!
View 11 Replies View Related"Restore Now" button is greyed out after choosing to "Add File". I know I've done this before, can't figure out the problem.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI have a .dat file from a SQL Server 6.5 database and am trying to restore it on my server. Any help would be greatly appreciated. If you need more information, please let me know. If it`s not obvious, I`m new to SQL Server so try not to gloss too much over the details.
Thanks,
Nelson
Tried restoring a database from .bak file through Enterprise Manager and also by usng the following code :
RESTORE DATABASE DBB
FROM DISK = 'c:DBA.BAK'
WITH
REPLACE,
RECOVERY,
MOVE 'ap0data' TO 'c:mssqldataapm_data.mdf',
MOVE 'ap0Log' TO 'c:mssqldataapm_log.ldf'
But, I get an error :
Server: Msg 3156, Level 16, State 2, Line 1
The file 'd:mssql7dataapm.mdf' cannot be used by RESTORE. Consider using the WITH MOVE option to identify a valid location for the file.
I have got the two filenames i.e."ap0data" and "ap0log" by using the command "restore fileslistonly from disk = c:dba.bak".
Can anyone help me to do the things rigtly ?
I have tried unsuccessfully to attach a database that doesnt have its corresponding log file.
Is this possible in SQL 2005?
Please help.
Every once in a while a scheduled restore of a production database backup to a development server will fail with the following error.
RESTORE cannot operate on database 'XXX' because it is configured for database mirroring or has joined an availability group
While it is true the production database is involved in database mirroring, the development server does not have database mirroring enabled. This error tells me something within the backup is telling the development server the database is configured for database mirroring.
However the perplexing part for me is that we only receive this error maybe 5% of the time, if that, and only on a couple of our databases. We have numerous other restores of mirrored production databases to development servers that have never produced this error. So my question is what is causing this error to occur, and why is it not happening all of the time? We get around this error by deleting the DEV database and re-running the restore job.
I have a database with deployed CLR assembly on SQL 2008. I recently took a backup for the database and restored it on SQL 2012 server. Everything worked fine except very strange working of CLR assemblies functions.The result of the function is very odd. It manipulates the numeric string and return the result. It is returning very strange result on SQL 2012 as compared to SQL 2008.Example SQL 2008 ManipulateString('1234') returns 2345 On SQL 2012 the same call returns 1155.I am also trying to deploy the same assembly to SQL 2012 server database. I have successfully register the assembly, but the database do not list the exposed methods.
View 5 Replies View RelatedSuddenly one day I found some corruptions have occurred in my SQL Server 2012 installation. Because my 'msdb' has been marked SUSPECT/CORRUPT; hence no new work can be done as per my schedules.
I have gone about trying to repair it. I followed this article here: [URL] [the region 'Create new MSDB Database'].
I am facing some sizeable difficulties in doing this on my own. Steps 1. & 2. I have done. I am now stuck at step no. 3.My instance name is SQLEXPRESS. So, when I give,
SQLCMD -E -S<SQLEXPRESS> -dmaster -Q"EXEC sp_detach_db msdb"Â [as per the article], what I get is:
The System cannot find the file specified.
So I am stuck at that point. What's with the 'cannot find file specified'? The stored procedure, or the mdf, ldf files for my msdb? What is it?Also, if and when I am through with step no. 3 I would like to know about steps 5. & 6. also which are soon to follow [like how to do them correctly, safely and from where, the different options]. This is a huge priority for me to get my sql server up and running again because I can't do my other coding works without it. Everything is stalled. Slowly reaching the desperation, SOS mode..
I have a MSSQL7 data file mydata_data.mdf that I would like to load into my MSSQL7.
When I try to restore to my database, I got an error message saying MSSQl does not recognize the file as a valid backup file.
Your help is greatly appreciated.
I am using MS SQL 2005 Express. I have a database with two filegroups, the PRIMARY default filegroup, and then filegroup X. I have a backup of the PRIMARY filegroup only, and am trying to restore it to my database. When I select the .bak file to restore from, I am NOT given any 'backup sets to restore' - I therefore cannot select the filegroup to restore it. Can anyone advise? (NOTE - I have backed up the transaction log on the database I am restoring to already)
Thanks
MArco
Here is the problem in details :
It’s a classical ASP ( not .net ) website and it has a sql server 2000 backend database. I’m moving the website to a new windows 2003 server with sql server 2005 standard edition.
The hosting company ( Godaddy ) of the website refused to give me the mdf & ldf files for security reasons so they only allow to give .bak files.
I restored the database to sql server 2005 using the .bak file , the sql server has SQL server authentication, and everything seemed to be nice.
The problem is :
The database has a user name and he is the owner of the database schema. When I try to login with it the sql server says invalid login.
How to change the PASSWORD of this user after the backup?
I tried other scenarios to solve the problem but with no hope…. Some of them were:
•I added a new user to the SERVER security node, and I mapped it to the database schema, it worked fine BUT : all SQL statements in the code are like “ SELECT * from table� not “SELECT * FROM scehma.table�… so I don’t think the user was mapped correctly?
•I tried to delete the old user, but sql server said that he is the owner of the schema.
The only solution I have now is to change all sql statements in the code to be like “SELECT * FROM schema.table “… which will be a GREAT PAIN.
Hello.Can anyone tell me if a SQL Server 2000 database can berecovered only from the MDF and log files ?I have no backups.Thanks in advance
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Hello
I am trying to restore a file from a file/filegroup backup from our live server to a test machine but keep getting the following error:
The supplied backup is not on the same recovery path as the database, and is ineligible for use for an online file restore.
The location of the files on the live server are different to where they will be on the test machine but from my understanding of the restore t-sql i thought it the move would locate them to where they should be? here is my restore command i am running:
RESTORE DATABASE TestDB
FILE = 'File1'
,file ='File2'
,file ='File3'
,file ='File4'
,file ='File5'
,file ='File6'
FROM disk = 'C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL ServerMSSQL.1MSSQLBackupFileGroup.bak'
WITH norecovery,
MOVE 'File1' TO 'C:sqlarchivesFile1.ndf' ,
MOVE 'File2' TO 'C:sqlarchivesFile2.ndf' ,
MOVE 'File3' TO 'C:sqlarchivesFile3.ndf' ,
MOVE 'File4' TO 'C:sqlarchivesFile4.ndf' ,
MOVE 'File5' TO 'C:sqlarchivesFile5.ndf' ,
MOVE 'File6' TO 'C:sqlarchivesFile6.ndf',
I can not find any info about this error i am getting, can anyone point me in the direction of where to try and troubleshoot this message please?
Thanks
Hello everybody!
Does anyone know how to restore a database from a .dmp file? I'm using the SQL Server Enterprise Manager to do that.
I've searched within the program, but i didn't find anything.
Thanks.
We are trying to restore from a backup (.bak) of a sql 2005 database with full text catologs to sql 2012.
We are getting errors saying that the backup file context are different from what we are trying to restore to, even if we try to create a new database from the backup.The new database is just a test database. The source is a production database with full cataologs.
The normal restore from a bak file does not seem to work.
We dont need the full text catalogs in the new database, but cannot change settings in the source production database.
Is there a way to take a backup of the sql 2005 database without the full text cataologs being included ? , without changing setting in the source database beforehand ?
I got a .bak file from my friendI want to restore the data base in my system(presently I don’t have any database in my system).But while I try to restore itI am getting an error“System.Data.SqlClient.SqlError: Directory lookup for the file "D:Microsoft SQL Server 2005mydatabase.mdf" failed with the operating system error 2(The system cannot find the file specified.). (Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo)�I have installed Microsoft sql server in a different directory not in D: where he is installedI can successfully restore the back up files of data base on my own systemBut not the backup files created from others systems
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My question is:
If I need to restore a database when all I have is the backup file, do I need to recreate all the tables, or is it possible to restore into a new database ?
Is it possible to restore a sql server 2000 database into a sql server 2005 database ?
Thanks in advance.
Hi all,I have installed sql server express edition and using this with asp.net website application. It was working fine,I am using .mdf file as database in app_code folder of asp.net website application, but now there is one issue which is with a particular table records.In this table some of the columns has got the same value for all records in the table. so, now i want my previous(original) data as backup, but unable to do so. I am using third party tools for recovery. Can anyone please guide me to resolve this issue.Thanks in advance
View 2 Replies View RelatedHi Everybody,
Our branch office in Europe has sent full 'backup' file of capacity 25GB.
I have to restore this backup to our database. Their database is 'Candidate'
and our database is 'client'. Both these databases have different logical
names and physical names.
The following Batch script only I hv executed,
RESTORE DATABASE Client
FROM DISK = 'd:dumppaw01dump.bak'
WITH MOVE 'candidatedata' TO 'e:mssqldataclient_data.mdf',
MOVE 'candidatelog' TO 'd:mssqllogclient_log.ldf',
REPLACE
Can anybody tell me, what I have executed above is correct or not. Now
restoration is going on for more than an hr. Still it is going on. Is there
any other way to restore this backup set very fastly.
Our server has got very good hardware setup. Good amount of hard disk space.
4GB RAM Memory. Running 4 processors. No other service is running apart from
SQL Server. Right now nobody is accessing the server.
How long it will take to restore this backupset?. This is urgent please.
Any help would be appreciated.
tks in advance,
Sri
Hello,
I have just installed sql server 2005 in a windows server 2003 server.
i tried to create a new database from a backup file. after selecting the backup to restore i got the net message.
Restore failed for Server '<ServerName>'. (Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlError: Directory lookup for the file'<D:file name.mdf>'. failled with Operating system error 2(The system cannot find the file specified.). (Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo)
i found some information about and it says that it has something to do with the sql writer service i tryed stopping the service but i could not restore the db.
any recomendations to restore this database.
thank's
Michael
Is it possible to restore SQL2000 backup to SQL2005? Or I have to restore the DB to SQL2000 and then upgrade it to SQL2005?
Can someone provide me ways to upgrade SQL2000 DB to SQL2005?
Thanks,
Hiten
Hi,
I'm trying to write a restore script. In the past I've always used the SSMS GUI to restore. When running the script below, the process got stuck at around 90%. Eventually I aborted the restore and found out that my C drive was full. The log file of the database I was restoring was 32GB. Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong? Thanks.
Code Snippet
ALTER DATABASE [oms] SET SINGLE_USER WITH ROLLBACK IMMEDIATE
GO
RESTORE DATABASE [oms]
FROM DISK = N'C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL ServerMSSQL.1MSSQLBackupOMS_Blank_Production.bak'
WITH FILE = 1,
REPLACE,
STATS = 10
GO
ALTER DATABASE [oms] SET MULTI_USER;
GO