Restoring master database

Hi All
Im testing our disaster recovery plan by rebuilding our production server
onto a new server box with different hardware and partitions.
Ive started the SQL server in single user mode and restored the master
database to a success message but when it tries to restart it fails to start.
On checking the error log there are some VDN errors, I assume that this is
because the server Im restoring it to has different drive setup to the live
server.
Is there anyway around this problem?
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Hi
Does this occur on subsequent restarts?
John
"Tony S via droptable.com" <forum@.droptable.com> wrote in message
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> Hi All
> I'm testing our disaster recovery plan by rebuilding our production server
> onto a new server box with different hardware and partitions.
> I've started the SQL server in single user mode and restored the master
> database to a success message but when it tries to restart it fails to
> start.
>
> On checking the error log there are some VDN errors, I assume that this is
> because the server I'm restoring it to has different drive setup to the
> live
> server.
> Is there anyway around this problem?
>
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|||Hi
I get the VDN error reported after everytime I try and restart the SQL Server,
regardless of how I try to restart it.
Tony
|||Hi Tony
Even with the -f flag?
Have you followed
http://support.microsoft.com/default...22120121120120
John
"Tony S via droptable.com" <forum@.droptable.com> wrote in message
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> Hi
> I get the VDN error reported after everytime I try and restart the SQL
> Server,
> regardless of how I try to restart it.
> Tony
|||Hi John
Yes it fails to start even with the -f flag
I've tried changing the startup parameters but because the SQL server isn't
starting I can not get into the properties through Enterprise Manager.
Im not sure how Attach/Detach can help me as Im trying to restore from
backup?
The common error Im getting is when the SQL server is trying to start it is
looking for the other system databases from a drive that doesnt exist
producing VDN errors
Tony
John Bell wrote:[vbcol=seagreen]
>Hi Tony
>Even with the -f flag?
>Have you followed
>http://support.microsoft.com/default...22120121120120
>John
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|||Hi
Test this out by calling sqlservr from a command prompt, see "sqlservr
Application" in Books online for parameters. Also check out the trace flag
3608 which will skip recovery on all databases except master, you can then
detach each database and re-attach with the new files as descibed for msdb
and model in
http://support.microsoft.com/default...22120121120120
To move tempdb use the alter database command as described.
John
"Tony S via droptable.com" <forum@.droptable.com> wrote in message
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> Hi John
> Yes it fails to start even with the -f flag
> I've tried changing the startup parameters but because the SQL server
> isn't
> starting I can not get into the properties through Enterprise Manager.
> I'm not sure how Attach/Detach can help me as I'm trying to restore from
> backup?
> The common error I'm getting is when the SQL server is trying to start it
> is
> looking for the other system databases from a drive that doesn't exist
> producing VDN errors
> Tony
> John Bell wrote:
>
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