What exactly is database offline? I tried to google it but didn't get what I was looking for.
One of my environments has few users. They attach databases and run an application to produce the results. Sometimes they forget to detach databases after their use and these databases remain in SQL Server. Sometimes they leave the database to use it in future.
At the moment there are about 900 databases attached. I believe these attached databases are using the servers resources and therefore, decrease performance. Is this correct?
I was thinking to force the users to detach databases that they do not need and attach when they need. Then thought why shouldn't just set the database to offline and take it back online when they need. Does this increase performance? Does this save server's resources?
Hi, I am relative newbie to SQLServer. When I try to take a user database offline, the query "hangs," with the query processing circle spinning. The Sharepoint 7 application is running on top of the Enterprise SQL Server 2005 db with several logins sleeping and awaiting commands. No errors are generated until I kill the offline command. Anyone have any ideas? Do I need to kill all the connections?
hi i executed sp_dboption,'my_db','offline','true' and my_db went offline ok but when i cheked in enterprise manager list of db's i found my_db marked as (suspect/offline), i refresh the window and a got the same result but wen i close the enterprise manager and open it again my_db was not in the list of db's.Now i want to bring back my_db to online by executing sp_dboption 'My_db','offline','false' i was not able to do this and the command exist with this error the database is not in the list use sp_helpdb. Please can anyone help me on this Best Regards Mamzy
I have a customer who's database was marked Suspect due to a drive failure that left a torn page. Before trying to reset the Suspect flag they took the database offline, and now we cannot get the database back online. Any ideas?
We have a serious problem. The database in SQL Server 6.5 is marked offline and the error log displayed the following messages : udopen : file 'F:Filename.DAT' is incorrect size (614400 bytes, should be 537600)
udactivate (primary) : failed to open device 'F:Filename.DAT' for vdn 131
The entries for the device exists in sysusages and sysdevices.
Anyone encountered this before? Please help if you know how we can get the database online, again.
Over the weekend I had one of my databases taken offline. To my knowledge no one explicitly took this database offline. This isn't to say that someone did and is refusing to speak up. I'm just trying to find some answers.
I do know that our IT dept. did maintenance to a number of our servers and they swear nothing was done to this one. So my question is, "Is there any SQL process that can take a database offline."
I've checked the log files but there isn't anything that directly points to that database being taken offline.
Running Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4, SQL 2000 SP3 on a NT INTEL X86 platform.
Hello,I am trying to check the integrity of SQL database. The 'problem' withSQL server is that it's fixing the DB automatically after restore so Ineed a way to do it offline, much like using eseutil on Exchangedatabases.Thanks in advance.
I try to restore a database but it pop error said "the database is in use". So, I try to take the database offline so that I can store the database. But it takes me forever (1 hour till now). It is still showing "1 remaining". Do you have any idea why ? Thank you very much in advance!
I currently have a very long script that I need to run on several servers through an SSIS package. The issue stems from servers that have one or two databases offline. This causes the script to fail. Is there an easy way to get the script to either run on offline databases or skip those that are offline? Thanks -Kyle
I'm going overseas this summer with my laptop and I have to continue working on a project. Unfortunately that laptop only has Windows Vista Home Premium. I can't afford to get the upgrade but am in the position of having to copy a database from the server to my laptop so I can continue working on it. What I need to do is find a way to copy the database over but in the case where the two computers aren't connected over a network. Is this possible? I tried to simply copy the .mdb, but there were permissions errors (of course). Is there a way to do this? It's pretty important that I get it on the laptop one way or another. Thank you!
One annoying problem has occurred....I want to put database in offline mode....but it is giving me some error...
"ALTER DATABASE failed because a lock could not be placed on database [database]. Try again later. ALTER DATABASE statement failed. (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 5061)" ...
I have got a script which checks for the databases that are offline. and mails the dba when any of the database is offline.
When I schedule the job , for every hour , it gives me an blank mail only with the subject ' status of database on testsql' even though no databases are offline.
So how can I change the script , so that it mails the dba only when a database is offline even though its scheduled every hour or half an hour.
The script is:
Set NoCount on DECLARE @dbname VARCHAR(100) deCLARE @Status varchar(100) Declare @Message VARCHAR(8000) DECLARE @date varchar(100) set @date = convert(varchar(100), getdate(),109) set @Message = ''DECLARE dbname_cursor CURSOR FOR SELECT [name], CONVERT(varchar(30),DATABASEPROPERTYEX(name,'Statu s')) as [Status] FROM master..sysdatabases WHERE CONVERT(varchar(30),DATABASEPROPERTYEX(name,'Statu s')) = 'OFFLINE' order by name OPEN dbname_cursor FETCH NEXT FROM dbname_cursor INTO @dbname, @Status WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0 BEGIN select @message = @message + @@Servername + '-' + @dbname + ' - ' + @Status + Char(13)+ ‘- ‘ + @date FETCH NEXT FROM dbname_cursor INTO @dbname, @Status END CLOSE dbname_cursor DEALLOCATE dbname_cursor
print @message EXEC master.dbo.xp_smtp_sendmail @FROM = N'testsql2000@is.depaul.edu', @TO = N'dvaddi@depaul.edu', @server = N'smtp.depaul.edu', @subject = N'Status of the Database on Testsqlserver!', @type = N'text/html', @message = @message
Hi all, I have an application running on internet, it uses SQL server datatase. I have an question want to as: can i backup database and update database online or offline? Thanks. TungNT
I'm using 2014 SE.I know a backup of a database doesn't take the source DB offline, but then I need to move this DB to another server (for intensive reporting work). At present we restore the DB, but that means putting the DB in single user mode, kicking everyone off, and completing the restore.
I see from 2014 EE notes that "online restore" is possible. EE is of course, mightily expensive.Or perhaps it's possible to configure things to speed up the restore process somehow, so there is less downtime?, the resource impact in creating the backup is quite high, perhaps there's a way to (apart from playing with backup compression) reduce the impact on the source server here?
I have a maintenance plan step to perform transaction log backups. There are a few databases that are offline. The backup seems to fail because it tries to backup the offline databases. The backup step is by itself as one of three subplans, although it also fails when it is the only step in a plan with only one subplan.
I have another server that is only on SP1 and it does not have problems handling the offline databases.
When I right in Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio on the database > Take Offline
Set offline failed for Database 'OperationsManagerAC'.
Transaction (Process ID 56) was deadlocked on lock resources with another process and has been chosen as the deadlock victim. Rerun the transaction. ALTER DATABASE statement failed. (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 1205)
So I am trying with some queries to pass the database from Single user to multi user but it fails
USE [master] GO ALTER DATABASE OperationsManagerAC SET MULTI_USER GO Msg 1205, Level 13, State 68, Line 1</p><p>Transaction (Process ID 52) was deadlocked on lock resources with another process and has been chosen as the deadlock victim. Rerun the transaction. Msg 5069, Level 16, State 1, Line 1 ALTER DATABASE statement failed.
I tried also
alter DATABASE OperationsManagerAC SET OFFLINE WITH ROLLBACK IMMEDIATE
IT FAILS AS WELL... with the same error... how to run the SQL Statements without using
If you take a database offline to prevent users from accessing it, and then restart the server, will the database be back online when the server starts up?
If so, is there an option to prevent this from happening so that a database taken offline will remain offline until it is manually put online again by an administrator?
I €˜d like to discus with you the following REAL enough disaster scenario: 1. The TEST database is in the FULL backup mode. 2. WE have a full TEST DB backup and all tr. log backups. 3. DBA moved TEST database OFFLINE for maintenance operations. 4. MDF file for TEST DB was removed by mistake. 5. TRANSACTION LOG (LDF) file is OK. 6. DBA want to recover database to the point of failure. According with MS SQL Server 2000 documentation it is possible. We need to backup the transaction log , BUT I CANNOT DO THIS. PLEASE, HELP. In the same time, I can make LDF backup and recover database to the point of failure, if database is online and I stop/start SQL Server to remove MDF file.
I have about 50 databases that are only accessed once a month and on a predictable schedule. Would it free up resources on the server if they were kept offline and brought online only when needed ?
There is this SQL Server agent job that was calling a SSIS package (uses windows authentication) which was executing fine till the default database for the user was brought ofline, and now the job fails citing authentication failure for the user as the reason.
I have tried pointing master as the Default database for the user and now able to connect to SSMS using the users authentication, but the SQL Agent job wont succeed.
Say you have a database that had a process run for 2 days in a transaction until if filled the disk. The error causes a rollback (presumable another 2 days). I want to restore from a backup instead of waiting for the rollback to complete. Please to be telling me how to?
Hi! I am moving some of my db to another disk drive. Using this t-sql code to stop them before moving:
alter database "databasename" set offline go
Using this code to stop the db`s works well on some db`s, but som db`s wont stop at all. I have to stop the excecution of the query after a few hours. My system is SQL server 2005, sp2.
I have to design, load and write scripts for a remotely hosted SQL 7.0 Server. My desktop computers are both Windows 98. What do I need to develop and publish databases from my desktop to the remote host? I have always had the luxury of having direct access to the SQL Server and cannot find any conclusive guidance at Microsoft's site. Thanks so much for your help.
On occasion, I notice that some of my backup devices have become "offline" and the scheduled tasks associated with them will no longer run.
I get this error: Can`t open dump device `d:MSSQLBACKUPdvbk_AFISlog.DAT`, device error or device off line. Please consult the SQL Server error log for more details. (Message 3201)
Does anyone know how to get them back online without having to create a new device? Thanks in advance...
hi everyoneCould someone please help me in following:One of my database in SQL 2000 going Offline automatically. When ibring it back Online its Ok for 20/30 minutes and then again appear asOffline. I had similar problem when one of the database keep going to'Single user' automatically.Any idea what happening.Thank you*** Sent via Developersdex http://www.developersdex.com ***Don't just participate in USENET...get rewarded for it!
I have some reports running on a server based on cubes, available through the network.
Some users need to use these reports while they are offline and not connected to the network or internet (at a customers site for example). Is there a way to achieve this?
I plan on using SqlServer 2005 Express as a local datastore for my application when working offline. The idea is that the user would initiate a Synchronize action from the client application, this action would start replication going between a Networked sql 2000/2005 server and their local Express server. (At the beginning I plan on replicating the entire database).
I have installed SQL Server on my laptop (full version), but can only access it while on the network. If I disconnect from the network, open Enterprise Manager, and click on my connection, I get the error "sql server does not exist or access denied". Why can't EM find my own machine? I even logged onto my own computer as a local user, instead of the network domain, and still recieved the error. Can someone tell me where I can edit (maybe my registration properties), so that I can run SQL server, while offline.
