Database Attach problem

  • I dettached a database so that i can move the files to a differnt drive which i have done many times but this time it is acting weird. I could not attach the database, it is taking for more than 45min now and still running, what might be the problem because i think attach would not take less than a minute.

  • NOt 100% sure about this but if the db wasn't cleanly shutdown or if there was a very long running transaction is has to be rolled forward / back before the db comes online.

    Just PS, it's safer to backup / restore or COPY the files. That way if the move fails for any reason (most likely hardware) then the db is not lost in the process.

  • Anything in the SQL Server error log?

  • attaching the db is still runing from the past 3 hrs and is locking every one that server, i can t even open any database from the SSMS?

  • Can you get into the activity monitoring tools in Management Studio and see what SPIDs are doing what? Or open a connection and run sp_who2?

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  • yes, i can and i see activity "create database" for this attach database but it is not blocking anything

  • Pretty safe assumption you've already resolved this, but if not, what is blocking and what is eating up resources?

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