Move Database Store

15 Mar 2006 9:29 PM

de Graff

We are replacing our drive arrays on our production SQL 2000 server. Can
anyone please tell me what I have to do to relocate the entire store? Let's
assume that I want to move everything from F:\SQLDATA to G:\SQLDATA. Can I

stop SQL server
xcopy f:\sqldata g:\sqldata /e /i
point SQL to G:\SQLDATA
start SQL server
Life is good

If so, how and where do I reset where SQL looks for the files? in step 3?

15 Mar 2006 9:46 PM

Geoff N. Hiten

How to move SQL Server databases to a new location by using Detach and
Attach functions in SQL Server
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/224071/en-us

Note that the system databases each have special considerations.

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Geoff N. Hiten
Senior Database Administrator
Microsoft SQL Server MVP

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"de Graff" <rjdegr***@hydro.mb.ca> wrote in message
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> We are replacing our drive arrays on our production SQL 2000 server. Can
> anyone please tell me what I have to do to relocate the entire store?
> Let's assume that I want to move everything from F:\SQLDATA to G:\SQLDATA.
> Can I
>
> stop SQL server
> xcopy f:\sqldata g:\sqldata /e /i
> point SQL to G:\SQLDATA
> start SQL server
> Life is good
>
> If so, how and where do I reset where SQL looks for the files? in step 3?
>

16 Mar 2006 3:39 AM

de Graff

Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks.

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"Geoff N. Hiten" <SQLCrafts***@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> How to move SQL Server databases to a new location by using Detach and
> Attach functions in SQL Server
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/224071/en-us
>
> Note that the system databases each have special considerations.
>
> --
> Geoff N. Hiten
> Senior Database Administrator
> Microsoft SQL Server MVP
>
>
>
> "de Graff" <rjdegr***@hydro.mb.ca> wrote in message
> news:uLsVDeHSGHA.196@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> We are replacing our drive arrays on our production SQL 2000 server. Can
>> anyone please tell me what I have to do to relocate the entire store?
>> Let's assume that I want to move everything from F:\SQLDATA to
>> G:\SQLDATA. Can I
>>
>> stop SQL server
>> xcopy f:\sqldata g:\sqldata /e /i
>> point SQL to G:\SQLDATA
>> start SQL server
>> Life is good
>>
>> If so, how and where do I reset where SQL looks for the files? in step 3?
>>
>
>

16 Mar 2006 9:57 AM

Hank Arnold

We use a vendor program called Misys. Recently we migrated to a larger
server with multiple RAID arrays. The application install puts the program
and database files on the same drive. We needed to move the log files and
databases to their own drives.

I see others proposing methods using SQL, but we found that the following
worked well without requiring any SQL programming.

1) Stopped the Misys Server service.
2) Using SQL Server Agent, backed up the database
3) Detached the database
4) Moved the MDF And LDF files to the new locations
5) Re-attached the database. Adjusted the MDF and LDF file locations to the
new ones
6) Re-started the service
7) Adjusted (as needed) any SQL Server Agent jobs that backed up and
compressed the database

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Regards,
Hank Arnold

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"de Graff" <rjdegr***@hydro.mb.ca> wrote in message
news:uLsVDeHSGHA.196@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> We are replacing our drive arrays on our production SQL 2000 server. Can
> anyone please tell me what I have to do to relocate the entire store?
> Let's assume that I want to move everything from F:\SQLDATA to G:\SQLDATA.
> Can I
>
> stop SQL server
> xcopy f:\sqldata g:\sqldata /e /i
> point SQL to G:\SQLDATA
> start SQL server
> Life is good
>
> If so, how and where do I reset where SQL looks for the files? in step 3?
>