Comments on: SQL SERVER – Move Database Files MDF and LDF to Another Location

By: NT Mohare

NT Mohare — Thu, 02 May 2013 06:15:49 +0000

is it work when database in replication mode

By: Donie

Donie — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 12:26:41 +0000

Hi guys,

This is my situation. I have 68 servers, all local. Now i want these servers to be hosted a single or 2 servers. how do I go about the procedure of transferring the data without making disruptions on the operation on the server.

By: Kevin Burgess

Kevin Burgess — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:21:57 +0000

Moving a standard datafile is as easy as it is written here but a better article would have included how to move the master database to a new location. Although it isn’t done often it is well worth knowing simply because there are occasions where this might save you a lot of time, effort and downtime.

By: madhivanan

madhivanan — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 06:35:05 +0000

You can directly specify UNC path

Backup database db_name to disk=’\\system\path\dbname.bak’

By: Kirti Ahuja

Kirti Ahuja — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 13:38:46 +0000

What if i want to create a backup and then want to move it

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By: Carlos

Carlos — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 22:11:04 +0000

Hi Pinal,

Excellent Blog Congrats.!!!

According to the topic, I prefer to use ALTER DATABASE to indicate new location of the database files. What do you think?

– 0.- MAKE DATABASE BACKUP (IF POSSIBLE)

– 1.-SET DATABASE OFFLINE
ALTER DATABASE [TestDB] SET OFFLINE WITH ROLLBACK IMMEDIATE
GO
– 2.- MOVE FILES TO NEW LOCATION
EXEC xp_cmdshell ‘COPY “C:\OriginalLocation\TestDB_log.ldf” “C:\NewLocation\TestDB_log.ldf”‘
GO
EXEC xp_cmdshell ‘COPY “C:\OriginalLocation\TestDB.mdf” “C:\NewLocation\TestDB.mdf”‘
GO
– 3.- ALTER DATABASE MODIFY FILE NAME
– 3.- LOG
ALTER DATABASE [TestDB] MODIFY FILE ( NAME = ‘TestDB_log’, FILENAME = ‘C:\NewLocation\TestDB_log.ldf’ )
GO
– 3.- DATA
ALTER DATABASE [TestDB] MODIFY FILE ( NAME = ‘TestDB’, FILENAME = ‘C:\NewLocation\TestDB.mdf’ )
GO
– 4.- SET DATABASE ONLINE
ALTER DATABASE [TestDB] SET ONLINE
GO
– OPTIONAL
– 5.- CHECK INTEGRITY
DBCC CHECKDB(‘TestDB’)
GO
– 6.- DELETE THE OLD DATABASE FILES
EXEC xp_cmdshell ‘DEL /Q “C:\OriginalLocation\TestDB_log.ldf”‘
GO
EXEC xp_cmdshell ‘DEL /Q “C:\OriginalLocation\TestDB.mdf” ‘

By: J

Mon, 29 Oct 2012 13:56:53 +0000

it’s better to copy files than to move them because if there are trouble with big files, you had to restore the database.

By: venkat

venkat — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 16:46:45 +0000

it is possible to move tempdb in shard network location?

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 12:02:59 +0000

Hi,

Is the procedure the same if I use database mirroring or replication? If I’m not wrong is not possible to detach db

Regards