Sql move mdf ldf files

This means that when it comes to the point of a low disk space, there should be a way to move database files MDF and LDF to another drive with sufficient disk space while the actual database will still be hosted by the same SQL Server instance. In case a database is being used by any Windows services or other resources, these must be stopped in order to allow altering SQL database files.

Also, any existing connections to a database must be closed. By default, these names are in the following format:. The above mentioned format does not need to be necessarily used, so make sure you are targeting correct files. Question : If admin wants to move the database file from one location to other. Their is possibility that other users detached the Database and give it to admin. So now for admin he needs user permission to copy file from the Detach Database.. So how to get rid of the permission issue….

File activation failure. Reverting to the previous status. This perhaps mean the SQL service account does not have permission to the new location? Not sure how to do that. Can you help please? I have a similar issue to what Phu Huynh explained in his post on May 26, In December I detached my database, and moved my.

I then re-attached. All is working fine. We did a reboot of the server just last week and the database would not come up. Hello Rian, Can you please specify a little bit more the "problems"? Can you specify your problem in more detail. Do you have problem in moving files or you have problem in attaching them back?

Monday, March 26, PM. Hi Mr. Olaf, Im having Problem to move the file since the detach process completed finished. Thanks, Rian. Rian, It shall not happen like this, but if you have the Create Database permission on your server, could you please test once by creating a new DB and then Deattach and move the. Deattach this newly created DB 3. Attempt to move the.

Once you run the above script, your database will come online. It is a very simple procedure to do with the help of T-SQL. Thanks, Pinal, for once again providing helpful info, particularly in this case to refresh my memory and provide scripts. I have a suggestion that may save someone some typing. I had some databases with more than 50 files that accidentally got installed on the C drive. After detaching, I right clicked on Databases and clicked Attach to bring up the wizard.

After pointing it to the primary data file, as if to re-attach as is, I clicked the Script button to generate the script to attach.