restoring a master database on a different server

  • Hi Folks,

    are you able to restore a master database on a different sql server or instance. I am doing this for replay.

    It seems I can restore the master if it is from the same instance but if I get the backup from another server it doesn't like it.

    My restore look like

    restore database master from disk = ' ', MOVE mastlog to 'path', REPLACE

  • bodhilove (10/7/2008)


    Hi Folks,

    are you able to restore a master database on a different sql server or instance. I am doing this for replay.

    It seems I can restore the master if it is from the same instance but if I get the backup from another server it doesn't like it.

    My restore look like

    restore database master from disk = ' ', MOVE mastlog to 'path', REPLACE

    Hey,

    You can, but you need to ensure the build is the exact same, otherwise you'll get an error. Also, you'll need to start SQL Server in single user mode (e.g. sqlservr -c -m -f) and run restore command from sqlcmd.

    Thanks,

    Phillip Cox

  • thanks Phil.

  • Glad I can help!

    Thanks,

    Phillip Cox

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