I am not able to attach a database to a SQL Server 2008 on different machine. I moved the .mdf and .ldf files after detaching the database from one computer to another. When I try to attach the database on new machine the database does not show up on the file location.
If I browse manually I can see the files (.mdf and .ldf). There are no hidden files under the MSSQL > DATA folder which contains all the other database files.
Also is there a way to backup the database, move it to new machine and add under SQL Server? If yes then how can I do so? Please advise.
If you see the MDF and LDF files via file explorer, but not in SQL Server Management Studio, your SQL Server Management Studio login might have insufficient permissions
If the SQL Server version is the same for both original and destination instance, there should be no problems to attach the MDF and LDF files
Right-click the Databases node in Object Explorer
Select Attach...
3.Click Add
4.Navigate to the folder the MDF and LDF files are stored. make sure the SSMS login has enough privileges for the files/folders
5.Select the MDF file and click OK
The patch for the LDF file will be automatically added if it's in the same folder. If not, add it manually, the same way you added the MDF file
To backup and restore the backup into a new database, see these articles:
Create a Full Database Backup (SQL Server)
Restore a Database Backup (SQL Server Management Studio)
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In Visual Studio, I have a database file connected to local db. However I need to make a dump file (.bak) of this database in order to bring it online on my provider that accepts only such files.
From the "Explore Objects of SQL Server" window in VS I find no option to do that.
I have such option in SQL Server Management Studio, but I am not able to make it see my database. How can I move the database to SQL Server Management Studio in order to make the dump file? Or is there any other option?
I need to create a .bak backup file of my SQL Server database on Azure hosting, because that's the only method which my new hosting supports for restoring a database.
Is this even possible to do? In SQL Server Management Studio, there is no "Backup" option under "Tasks" when I right-click on my database. The SQL Server edition is Standard, not Express.
You can't create .bak files in Azure DB. You will need to perform below steps at a high level to get a .BAK file
Create a .bacpac file for database in Azure
Import that .bacpac file to Local SQL Server and restore it
Now you can create a .Bak file on local SQL Server
I recently changed my SQL Server 2008 R2 (10.50.1600.1) to SQL Server 2014 Express (12.0.4100.1 - with service pack 1). Now I would like to restore *.bak files that I have created on SQL Server 2008 R2.
First of all I can't see my *.bak files in the Backup directory (C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL12.RALTECH\MSSQL\Backup). I copied all my backup files there.
When I try to type backup file location at a push like this (one of my backup file is called RMP) I can see that Management Studio recognize the file :
The file (backup) size is 2201 KB and the database file is 2245632 (Size column in Management Studio - I don't know what unit is it MB or KB ...) However it's not bigger then acceptable size in SQL Server Express edition. So that's not the problem.
When I click ok to restore I get this error :
TITLE: Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio
Restore of database 'RMP' failed. (Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.RelationalEngineTasks)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlError: The operating system returned the error '5(Access denied.)' while attempting 'RestoreContainer::ValidateTargetForCreation' on 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10_50.RALTECHSQL\MSSQL\DATA\RMP.mdf'. (Microsoft.SqlServer.SmoExtended)
What I can do with this ? How can I restore my databases on SQL Server 2014 Express from SQL Server 2008 R2 *.bak files ? What is strange for me my backup files (*.bak) have padlock icon. Could that be a problem ?
Thanks
Your problem is not permissions on the backup folder, it's the folder you're trying to get SQL server to create the new database files in.
As you backed it up from the old instance, SQL Server will default to trying to put the database files back into the folder they were originally in (In this case C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10_50.RALTECHSQL\MSSQL\DATA)
You don't want this to happen because your new 2014 server doesn't have permissions to create files in this folder (plus they probably already exist, unless you deleted the DBs from the old instance), what you need to do is choose a new location for the files, so before you click restore, click on the files section of the restore dialog and choose a new location for the files, based on your folders shown it should be something like C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL12.RALTECH\MSSQL\DATA\
Your 2014 instance will have permissions to create files in here and the restore should work.
I have a trial version of SQL Server 2012 Enterprise on our test server that has expired. I would like to install a fresh copy of another Enterprise edition and attach the current db to the new one. I have done this locally by moving the mdf and ldf files to the new destination, then attaching the db through SSMS.
However the database on the test server is 700GB big and besides the mdf/ldf files there are 16 partitions (sql server database secondary data files). Will the same procedure apply in this case?
I am working on a development server developSQL where there are 5 databases. I want to copy all those databases to my laptop (local server).
How can I do this process without using backup files or there is only one option of doing backup files and using that backup file to restore how can I do this?
Thanks in advance.
you can stop sql server, copy the all the mdf and ldf ( data and log files) and attach the copies to the sql server on your laptop
You can either attach them using a script or with management studio
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190209.aspx