Database showing (Recovering) after reboot

  • I have a few large databases on a server.  After rebooting the server my database shows dbname(Recovering) in the Mgmnt Studio.  Can someone tell me what this means and why it is happening.  I sometimes have to wait up to five minutes for the database to fully come back on line. 

  • SQL Server is applying the changes stored in the transaction log.  Your transaction log is probably very large.  Are you dumping your transaction log on a regular basis?   It's possible, though unlikely, that the recovery interval option is set too high (take a look using sp_configure 'recovery')  You might also try to issue a "checkpoint" command on each database before doing the reboot. 


    Regards,

    Carlos

  • Gary ... I see this all the time with my large databases.  Perfectly normal, especially if they are taken down just prior to a tran log backup.  I like Carlos's suggestions. 

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  • Did this problem clear up or did it get set to Suspect?


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