how to remove/delete standy by database on secondary instance?

  • I was doing Log shipping and something went wrote now I want to start all over. How to delete restored database (standby/read only) on secondary instance?

  • You can drop the database. or just restore over it with your new full database you are using as a starting point.

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  • Don't forget to remove any log shipping work done to this point:

    How to: Remove a Secondary Database (Transact-SQL) - SQL Server 2005

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  • thank you

  • note - if all you want to do is re-initialise log shipping from a new full backup you don't need to remove and recreate the log shipping jobs, the existing ones can still be used.

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