Disaster recovery a Disaster

  • Hi All,

    I recently attempted a disaster recovery of our SQL 7 server...and it was a disaster. When I looked into it a bit further, I found that the references to the master database to itself were incorrect i.e. The master database actually lived on the D: drive, whereas the reference in sysdatabases said that it lived on C:. Could this have complicated the restore of other databases? If so how can I adjust the references in sysdatabases?

    Thanks in Advance,

    Terry

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    The master database actually lived on the D: drive, whereas the reference in sysdatabases said that it lived on C:


    Why do you think that?

    Go to EM --> Properties --> Startup Parameters which will tell your the real master database SQL Server is running.

  • Why do I think that?? Maybe because an attempted restore of a user database failed altogether and I don't have any explanation except that the master.dbo.sysdatabase tables reference to itself doesn't match what the GUI tells me and where I know the master actually lives!! I have no idea how this particular server ended up with an incorrect reference...but it has.

    Cheers,

    Terry

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