Is it possiable to restore a DB ...

Hi,

I've written a M.plan in my client place which is scheduled to occur
weekly once.But 4 days gone from the last backup taken , there is a
problem in the server which does not start loading windows .The only
way is entering via SAFE-MODE.In the safe mode the E.Manage does not
connected(is it due to safe-mode).

They told they going to format the system . Since the E.M is not
connected, I just copied only my DB(.mdf) and the log file(.ldf).After
that i come accross that all the system databases should be backed up
along with the User DB then only possible for Restoration.

My request is

Is it not possiable to restore my copied DB(.MDF) (not backed up)
After reinstallation of Sql server.

With Heartfull thanks
Raghu"Raghuraman" <raghuraman_ace@.rediffmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I've written a M.plan in my client place which is scheduled to occur
> weekly once.But 4 days gone from the last backup taken , there is a
> problem in the server which does not start loading windows .The only
> way is entering via SAFE-MODE.In the safe mode the E.Manage does not
> connected(is it due to safe-mode).
>
> They told they going to format the system . Since the E.M is not
> connected, I just copied only my DB(.mdf) and the log file(.ldf).After
> that i come accross that all the system databases should be backed up
> along with the User DB then only possible for Restoration.
> My request is
> Is it not possiable to restore my copied DB(.MDF) (not backed up)
> After reinstallation of Sql server.
> With Heartfull thanks
> Raghu

I saw something already written in this newgroup today that may help.

Subject: attach db file copied previously

Comand: sp_attach_single_file_db|||"Raghuraman" <raghuraman_ace@.rediffmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I've written a M.plan in my client place which is scheduled to occur
> weekly once.But 4 days gone from the last backup taken , there is a
> problem in the server which does not start loading windows .The only
> way is entering via SAFE-MODE.In the safe mode the E.Manage does not
> connected(is it due to safe-mode).
>
> They told they going to format the system . Since the E.M is not
> connected, I just copied only my DB(.mdf) and the log file(.ldf).After
> that i come accross that all the system databases should be backed up
> along with the User DB then only possible for Restoration.

If possible you want to backup all the system DBs, especially the MSDB or
you risk losing jobs, etc.

So, if you can grab copies of the MDF and LDF of that to, that will help.

> My request is
> Is it not possiable to restore my copied DB(.MDF) (not backed up)

If you have the MDF and LDF then sp_attach_db is your best bet. If you have
only the .MDF, you MAY be able to use sp_attach_single_file_db, but
generally that will NOT work unless you used sp_detach_db in the first
place.

However, if you have just the MDF and can't attach it, contact Microsoft
Server Support. They may be able to help you, but your DB is likely to be
in an inconsistent state.

Note: If you're doing full backups only weekly, I highly recommend
differential or transactional backups on a daily basis (or even more often.)

> After reinstallation of Sql server.
> With Heartfull thanks
> Raghu

is it maintenance plan bug?

When I run Integrity check with option attempt to repair
minor problem seems like there is no integrity checking on
databases whic are not in single user mode.
If I disable that option seems that integrity checking is
running.
Also Inegrity Check jobs doesn't report any error but when
I run dbcc checkdb from analyzer I can see 2-3 2511 errors.
Is the Maintenance plan realy reliable or I should
schedule job to run dbcc checkdb. We are running SQL7 sp3
on W2000.
ThanksWe are running dbcc dbreindex on every table in the
database, after Integrity Checks, Is it possible that
index corruption is generated from reindexing command?
Thanks
>--Original Message--
>It is advisable not to have the attempt to repair minor
problems option set
>in the maintenance paln and this issue with it having to
be in single user
>mode is one of the main reasons. Generally it either
can't get it into
>single user mode and fails or leaves it in single user
mode after it
>finishes, neither of which is desirable. With regard to
your specific
>errors, have your tried dropping and creating the indexes
affected
>--
>HTH
>Jasper Smith (SQL Server MVP)
>I support PASS - the definitive, global
>community for SQL Server professionals -
>http://www.sqlpass.org
>"milan" <mmirce01@.yahoo.ca> wrote in message
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>When I run Integrity check with option attempt to repair
>minor problem seems like there is no integrity checking on
>databases whic are not in single user mode.
>If I disable that option seems that integrity checking is
>running.
>Also Inegrity Check jobs doesn't report any error but when
>I run dbcc checkdb from analyzer I can see 2-3 2511
errors.
>Is the Maintenance plan realy reliable or I should
>schedule job to run dbcc checkdb. We are running SQL7 sp3
>on W2000.
>Thanks
>
>.
>

is it a good practice to do integrity check before perform backup?

On maintenance plan, there is a check box on integrity tab page, is it a good
way to do that first? if there is error found, will the backup stop? thanks
Hi
It depends on what error it will find. Actually, you can checkbox but make
sure that you uncheck Attempt to repair... option.
"tulip" <tulip@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> On maintenance plan, there is a check box on integrity tab page, is it a
> good
> way to do that first? if there is error found, will the backup stop?
> thanks
|||My approach is that if you have plenty of maintenance window for doing the
integraity checks (i.e. DBCC checks), do them by all means. And if you are
running into integrity issues, you may want to perform the DBCC checks more
regularly. It becomes a more difficult question when you are dealing with a
large amount of data and when you are struggling to contain your maintenance
jobs inside a limited maintenance window. In that case, you may have to forgo
the DBCC checks or do them very selectively.
Linchi
"tulip" wrote:

> On maintenance plan, there is a check box on integrity tab page, is it a good
> way to do that first? if there is error found, will the backup stop? thanks

is it a good practice to do integrity check before perform backup?

On maintenance plan, there is a check box on integrity tab page, is it a good
way to do that first? if there is error found, will the backup stop? thanksHi
It depends on what error it will find. Actually, you can checkbox but make
sure that you uncheck Attempt to repair... option.
"tulip" <tulip@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:06E26A1F-4F08-4D81-9502-07E9DB0F5041@.microsoft.com...
> On maintenance plan, there is a check box on integrity tab page, is it a
> good
> way to do that first? if there is error found, will the backup stop?
> thanks|||My approach is that if you have plenty of maintenance window for doing the
integraity checks (i.e. DBCC checks), do them by all means. And if you are
running into integrity issues, you may want to perform the DBCC checks more
regularly. It becomes a more difficult question when you are dealing with a
large amount of data and when you are struggling to contain your maintenance
jobs inside a limited maintenance window. In that case, you may have to forgo
the DBCC checks or do them very selectively.
Linchi
"tulip" wrote:
> On maintenance plan, there is a check box on integrity tab page, is it a good
> way to do that first? if there is error found, will the backup stop? thanks