Francisco Tapia
fhtapia at gmail.com
Tue Aug 29 12:03:19 CDT 2006
John, When you say you couldn't register the server on the other machine, were you still able to ping it? get to it's unc name via \\ServerName? these questions I never saw answered. (maybe I scrolled to quickly on your posts) On 8/29/06, JWColby <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com> wrote: > >The simple answer was given to him (JC) in the first post back to him. > Which is why I never chimed in. > > >Detach it. > >Copy it to the other machine. > >Attach it. > > In fact that is only one of my two questions, but given my reception on the > other question I suppose I should just not ask again. > > In fact I have RTFM (in advance of even asking AAMOF) and I found stuff > about disconnecting / reconnecting possibly causing "orphaned users", this > being caused by the use of something like a PK from the OS user to represent > the user in the SQL Server login, and even though the user name is the same > on the two machines, the UserID is not necessarily the same. It does make > me a bit leery of going the disconnect route. > > I had hoped to get both machines seeing the other (SQL Servers) and then see > if I could just query directly out of a table in one SQL Server and transfer > the data into the same table (new/empty) in the other SQL Server. I know I > can export the data to text files and then re-import back in, but given the > fact that the data is hundreds of gigabytes, I don't even want to go there > if I can avoid it. > > Unfortunately I do not know enough about SQL Server / networking to > troubleshoot the "why" of two servers not seeing each other, and given that > the list Gurus specifically want me to go become a SQL / Notwork DBA before > I ask such questions, it seems that I will get no assistance on that here. > > I have the database on 5 250gb drives, which I suppose I shall disconnect > and then simply move the entire disks and pray for the best. > > There are other forums I belong to though, I'll also go see if anyone can > help. This is going to be a lot of data and eventually I will need machines > preprocessing and then shipping the results to a central server, so the > servers really do eventually need to see each other I think. It should be > fun, and I should learn a lot, though perhaps not here. > > Thanks Stewart, > > John W. Colby > Colby Consulting > www.ColbyConsulting.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-sqlserver-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-sqlserver-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Robert L. > Stewart > Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 10:16 AM > To: dba-sqlserver at databaseadvisors.com > Subject: Re: [dba-SQLServer] Transferring a database to another SQL Server > > As to why we are all here, it is to learn and hopefully help when we KNOW > the answer. > > The simple answer was given to him (JC) in the first post back to him. > Which is why I never chimed in. > > Detach it. > Copy it to the other machine. > Attach it. > > KISS - Keep it Supremely Simple > > Always works for me. > > Robert > > At 08:40 AM 8/29/2006, you wrote: > >Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 10:17:25 +0930 > >From: "Haslett, Andrew" <andrew.haslett at ilc.gov.au> > >Subject: Re: [dba-SQLServer] > > [AccessD]TransferringadatabasetoanotherSQLServer > >To: <dba-sqlserver at databaseadvisors.com> > >Message-ID: > > > ><0A870603A2A816459078203FC07F4CD2BE403C at adl01s055.ilcorp.gov.au> > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > >Suit yourselves - Seems to be a bit of a 'boys' club who are quite > >happy to ask for advice but only accept it when its something they want > >to hear, and ignore it otherwise (demonstrated throughout the post > >below) > > > >The points I made in my post apply to anyone looking to undertake > >similar issues, and will continue to happen until someone has the guts > >to say it, irrelevant of who it is aimed at (which is how it should be > >-> on a public forum, favour or protection should not be given to > >anyone simply because they are friends, associates or seniority). > > > >Ask yourself this -> Would you have made the same post Jim, had it not > >have been aimed at Mr Colby?. > > > >Stark realities occasionally need be surfaced in order for them to sink > >in.. Irrespective of the target or consequences. Was it harsh? > >Yup. Could it perhaps prevent someone else from making the same > >mistakes and undertaking projects without due preparation and planning? > >Hopefully, and therefore I believe useful. > > > >John asked Stuart "Why are you here then?". Some of us prefer to > >assist others, pass on what knowledge they can and in my case attempt > >to 'help others, help themselves', as opposed to just feeding of > >others. > > > >I know of a number who have left this (and the Access) list in the > >past, including myself, for similar reasons and 'Matesmenship' in the > >upper echelons. > > > >Please unsubscribe me from the list. > > > >Andrew > > > _______________________________________________ > dba-SQLServer mailing list > dba-SQLServer at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-sqlserver > http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > _______________________________________________ > dba-SQLServer mailing list > dba-SQLServer at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-sqlserver > http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > -- -Francisco http://pcthis.blogspot.com |PC news with out the jargon! http://sqlthis.blogspot.com | Tsql and More...