Drive Letter Issue

  • Hi,

    The database data(MDF) and log(LDF) files are mapped to L:\ drive and the database is online/active. However there is no driver letter L:\ under the disk that I see from My Computer/Computer Management. The SQL version is Microsoft SQL Server 2014 - 12.0.4100.1 (X64) and not a cluster. Iā€™m wondering how the database is online ?

    Regards,
    NM

  • When you say:

    mapped to L:\ drive


    what exactly does this mean?
    Is this a network drive, mapped to a share on another server or NAS?
    If so, mapped drives do not show up in Computer Management->Disk Management (these are local drives only)

  • Mappings can be set/saved by user. Perhaps the service account has a mapping you don't have.

  • narayanamoorthy.a - Wednesday, August 2, 2017 8:38 AM

    Hi,

    The database data(MDF) and log(LDF) files are mapped to L:\ drive and the database is online/active. However there is no driver letter L:\ under the disk that I see from My Computer/Computer Management. The SQL version is Microsoft SQL Server 2014 - 12.0.4100.1 (X64) and not a cluster. I’m wondering how the database is online ?

    Regards,
    NM

    What is the operating system running on this machine?
    What does the following PoSh query return?
    Get-Volume | ?{$_.DriveType -eq "Fixed" -and $_.FileSystemLabel -ne "System Reserved"} | ft DriveLetter, FileSystemLabel, FileSystem, HealthStatus, @{N="Size"; E={"0:N2" -f (size / 1MB)}}, @{N="SizeRemaining"; E={"0:N2" -f (SizeRemaining / 1MB)}}

    And this TSQL query
    select name, physical_name from sys.master_files

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