Restore All System Databases

Hi All,

I need to do a restore of all my system databases, master, msdb and model, and of course my production database.

The Windows 2003 OS and Sql Server 2005 have both been reinstalled on the server.

I understand I need to be in Single User Mode to restore the master database and I just wanted to clarify the procedure for a successful restore.

I've found this page: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190679.aspx which has instructions for restoring a master database.

So, all I have to do is:

1. Be in single user mode

2. Using SQLCMD run:
C:\> sqlcmd
1> RESTORE DATABASE master FROM DISK = 'Z:\MyBackLocation\master.bak';
2> GO

From the instructions:
"After master is restored, the instance of SQL Server shuts down and terminates the sqlcmd process"

My Questions:
When I've restored the master do I repeat the steps above to restore the msdb and model databases?

Are there any other pitfalls?

Thanks for any advice

Melt

See SQL Server 2005 Books Online topic:

Restoring the model and msdb Databases