Restore master error

  • I put SQL in single user mode, opened another cmd prompt with e:\mssql7\backup

    isql -U sa

    typed in pwd

    Here is the result set: Unable to connect: SQL Server is unavailable or does not exist (error 53).

    Any takers on this one???

  • Did you close the session that you used to change the database to single user mode?  If you didn't, it's using the one allowed connection.

    Greg

    Greg

  • Also ... did you already restore the master database ? If you have this 'auto-magically' shuts down the database server.

    RegardsRudy KomacsarSenior Database Administrator"Ave Caesar! - Morituri te salutamus."

  • Checked DNS entries for my server and the IP address checks out accordingly. After I put SQL in single user mode (via cmd prompt),I disconnected and then tried to restore the master via another command prompt. As soon as I type in isql -U sa and then the password, I still get the same results (DB-Library: Unable to connect:SQL Server is unavailable or does not exist.

  • OK, got it figured out. My server name was different than the database server name, thus I used the following cmd and it worked:mssql7\backup isql -S sqltestv -U sa

    Thanks for the replies.

    Lisa

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