Restore database fails only when source is read from another machine ( server)

When executing this from Query Analyzer on server1, where the target is
located,
restore database restoretest
from disk = 'd:\backups\dottietest.bak'
with move 'vam_system_data' to 'd:\vamdata\sample\vamsystemdata.mdf',
move 'vam_user_data' to 'd:\vamdata\sample\vamuserdata.ndf',
move 'vam_log' to 'd:\vamdata\sample\vamlog.ldf',
stats=10,
REPLACE
... it succeeds if " .. from disk = 'd:\backups\dottietest.bak' "
but fails with " .. from disk = 'K:\backups\dottietest.bak' "
It fails when K: is used, i.e. the drive mapping to another win2k server's
D: drive, whereas it succeeds when the *.BAK file is on the local D; drive.
The sql server log shows:
"BackupDiskFile::OpenMedia: Backup device 'k:\backups\dottietest.bak' failed
to open. Operating system error = 5(Access is denied.)."
I can open all other files like XLS, etc from this server on K:.
The dottietest.BAK file was created by another SQL server, which is not on
server1.
Which permission am I missing?
Please help.
TIA
You can't use a mapped drive, so you'll have to use the UNC path instead -
that will do the trick....
Regards
Steen
PKuhne wrote:
> When executing this from Query Analyzer on server1, where the target
> is located,
> restore database restoretest
> from disk = 'd:\backups\dottietest.bak'
> with move 'vam_system_data' to 'd:\vamdata\sample\vamsystemdata.mdf',
> move 'vam_user_data' to 'd:\vamdata\sample\vamuserdata.ndf',
> move 'vam_log' to 'd:\vamdata\sample\vamlog.ldf',
> stats=10,
> REPLACE
> .. it succeeds if " .. from disk = 'd:\backups\dottietest.bak' "
> but fails with " .. from disk = 'K:\backups\dottietest.bak' "
> It fails when K: is used, i.e. the drive mapping to another win2k
> server's D: drive, whereas it succeeds when the *.BAK file is on the
> local D; drive. The sql server log shows:
> "BackupDiskFile::OpenMedia: Backup device 'k:\backups\dottietest.bak'
> failed to open. Operating system error = 5(Access is denied.)."
> I can open all other files like XLS, etc from this server on K:.
> The dottietest.BAK file was created by another SQL server, which is
> not on server1.
> Which permission am I missing?
> Please help.
> TIA

Restore database fails only when source is read from another machine ( server)

When executing this from Query Analyzer on server1, where the target is
located,
restore database restoretest
from disk = 'd:\backups\dottietest.bak'
with move 'vam_system_data' to 'd:\vamdata\sample\vamsystemdata.mdf',
move 'vam_user_data' to 'd:\vamdata\sample\vamuserdata.ndf',
move 'vam_log' to 'd:\vamdata\sample\vamlog.ldf',
stats=10,
REPLACE
.. it succeeds if " .. from disk = 'd:\backups\dottietest.bak' "
but fails with " .. from disk = 'K:\backups\dottietest.bak' "
It fails when K: is used, i.e. the drive mapping to another win2k server's
D: drive, whereas it succeeds when the *.BAK file is on the local D; drive.
The sql server log shows:
"BackupDiskFile::OpenMedia: Backup device 'k:\backups\dottietest.bak' failed
to open. Operating system error = 5(Access is denied.)."
I can open all other files like XLS, etc from this server on K:.
The dottietest.BAK file was created by another SQL server, which is not on
server1.
Which permission am I missing?
Please help.
TIAYou can't use a mapped drive, so you'll have to use the UNC path instead -
that will do the trick....
Regards
Steen
PKuhne wrote:
> When executing this from Query Analyzer on server1, where the target
> is located,
> restore database restoretest
> from disk = 'd:\backups\dottietest.bak'
> with move 'vam_system_data' to 'd:\vamdata\sample\vamsystemdata.mdf',
> move 'vam_user_data' to 'd:\vamdata\sample\vamuserdata.ndf',
> move 'vam_log' to 'd:\vamdata\sample\vamlog.ldf',
> stats=10,
> REPLACE
> .. it succeeds if " .. from disk = 'd:\backups\dottietest.bak' "
> but fails with " .. from disk = 'K:\backups\dottietest.bak' "
> It fails when K: is used, i.e. the drive mapping to another win2k
> server's D: drive, whereas it succeeds when the *.BAK file is on the
> local D; drive. The sql server log shows:
> "BackupDiskFile::OpenMedia: Backup device 'k:\backups\dottietest.bak'
> failed to open. Operating system error = 5(Access is denied.)."
> I can open all other files like XLS, etc from this server on K:.
> The dottietest.BAK file was created by another SQL server, which is
> not on server1.
> Which permission am I missing?
> Please help.
> TIA

Restore Database Fails

I'm trying to use ADO to restore a SQL 7 database using a backup file. The
database already exists on the target computer, and is named the same as on
the source computer, and the MDF and LDF files are named the same as well.

I am running the below in a stored procedure:

RESTORE DATABASE DB1
FROM DISK = 'c:\mssql7\backup\DB1.bak'
WITH MOVE 'DB1' TO 'c:\mssql7\data\DB1.mdf',
MOVE 'DB1_log' TO 'c:\mssql7\data\DB1_log.ldf'

And I get an error message "File 'DB1' is not a database file for database
'DB1' ".

I also tried it without the LDF file in the expression. Same results.

Thanks.Neil (nospam@.nospam.net) writes:

Quote:

Originally Posted by

I'm trying to use ADO to restore a SQL 7 database using a backup file.
The database already exists on the target computer, and is named the
same as on the source computer, and the MDF and LDF files are named the
same as well.
>
I am running the below in a stored procedure:
>
RESTORE DATABASE DB1
FROM DISK = 'c:\mssql7\backup\DB1.bak'
WITH MOVE 'DB1' TO 'c:\mssql7\data\DB1.mdf',
MOVE 'DB1_log' TO 'c:\mssql7\data\DB1_log.ldf'
>
And I get an error message "File 'DB1' is not a database file for database
'DB1' ".

Add ", REPLACE" to your command.

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http://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodin...ions/books.mspx|||OK, replaced the original command with:

RESTORE DATABASE DB1
FROM DISK = 'c:\mssql7\backup\DB1.bak'
WITH MOVE DB1 TO 'c:\mssql7\data\DB1.mdf',
MOVE DB1_log' TO 'c:\mssql7\data\DB1_log.ldf',
REPLACE

Got the same error message.

"Erland Sommarskog" <esquel@.sommarskog.sewrote in message
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Quote:

Originally Posted by

Neil (nospam@.nospam.net) writes:

Quote:

Originally Posted by

>I'm trying to use ADO to restore a SQL 7 database using a backup file.
>The database already exists on the target computer, and is named the
>same as on the source computer, and the MDF and LDF files are named the
>same as well.
>>
>I am running the below in a stored procedure:
>>
>RESTORE DATABASE DB1
>FROM DISK = 'c:\mssql7\backup\DB1.bak'
>WITH MOVE 'DB1' TO 'c:\mssql7\data\DB1.mdf',
>MOVE 'DB1_log' TO 'c:\mssql7\data\DB1_log.ldf'
>>
>And I get an error message "File 'DB1' is not a database file for
>database
>'DB1' ".

>
Add ", REPLACE" to your command.
>
>
--
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@.sommarskog.se
>
Books Online for SQL Server 2005 at
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pr...oads/books.mspx
Books Online for SQL Server 2000 at
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodin...ions/books.mspx

|||As a followup to my previous message, I also tried the modified command
directly from Query Analyzer, and got the same message. I then tried to
restore the backup file from Enterprise Manager, and it worked fine. But
couldn't get the SQL to work.

However, I still need to get it to work, as I have an associate who needs to
restore the same backup set, but he doesn't have QA or EM. He's running the
SQL in a stored procedure using ADO.

Thanks,

Neil

"Erland Sommarskog" <esquel@.sommarskog.sewrote in message
news:Xns9945EC53F9A4BYazorman@.127.0.0.1...

Quote:

Originally Posted by

Neil (nospam@.nospam.net) writes:

Quote:

Originally Posted by

>I'm trying to use ADO to restore a SQL 7 database using a backup file.
>The database already exists on the target computer, and is named the
>same as on the source computer, and the MDF and LDF files are named the
>same as well.
>>
>I am running the below in a stored procedure:
>>
>RESTORE DATABASE DB1
>FROM DISK = 'c:\mssql7\backup\DB1.bak'
>WITH MOVE 'DB1' TO 'c:\mssql7\data\DB1.mdf',
>MOVE 'DB1_log' TO 'c:\mssql7\data\DB1_log.ldf'
>>
>And I get an error message "File 'DB1' is not a database file for
>database
>'DB1' ".

>
Add ", REPLACE" to your command.
>
>
--
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@.sommarskog.se
>
Books Online for SQL Server 2005 at
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pr...oads/books.mspx
Books Online for SQL Server 2000 at
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodin...ions/books.mspx

|||OK, I got it to work. Seems I was using MOVE to move the MDF and LDF to
those locations; but the MDF and LDF for the database that was being
overwritten were already at those locations. So I removed the MOVE commands,
and it worked fine. The final version was:

RESTORE DATABASE DB1
FROM DISK = 'c:\mssql7\backup\DB1.bak'
WITH RESTORE

Thanks!

Neil

"Erland Sommarskog" <esquel@.sommarskog.sewrote in message
news:Xns9945EC53F9A4BYazorman@.127.0.0.1...

Quote:

Originally Posted by

Neil (nospam@.nospam.net) writes:

Quote:

Originally Posted by

>I'm trying to use ADO to restore a SQL 7 database using a backup file.
>The database already exists on the target computer, and is named the
>same as on the source computer, and the MDF and LDF files are named the
>same as well.
>>
>I am running the below in a stored procedure:
>>
>RESTORE DATABASE DB1
>FROM DISK = 'c:\mssql7\backup\DB1.bak'
>WITH MOVE 'DB1' TO 'c:\mssql7\data\DB1.mdf',
>MOVE 'DB1_log' TO 'c:\mssql7\data\DB1_log.ldf'
>>
>And I get an error message "File 'DB1' is not a database file for
>database
>'DB1' ".

>
Add ", REPLACE" to your command.
>
>
--
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@.sommarskog.se
>
Books Online for SQL Server 2005 at
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pr...oads/books.mspx
Books Online for SQL Server 2000 at
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodin...ions/books.mspx

|||Neil (nospam@.nospam.net) writes:

Quote:

Originally Posted by

OK, replaced the original command with:
>
RESTORE DATABASE DB1
FROM DISK = 'c:\mssql7\backup\DB1.bak'
WITH MOVE DB1 TO 'c:\mssql7\data\DB1.mdf',
MOVE DB1_log' TO 'c:\mssql7\data\DB1_log.ldf',
REPLACE
>
Got the same error message.

The the problem is that the logical names of the files are not DB1 and
DB1_log. You can retrieve these names with RESTORE FILELISTONLY.

--
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@.sommarskog.se
Books Online for SQL Server 2005 at
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pr...oads/books.mspx
Books Online for SQL Server 2000 at
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodin...ions/books.mspx