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Restore user database within a SQLServer 2008 failover cluster

  • July 22, 2013 at 10:37 am

    #277770

    I am new to SQLServer2008 clustering , When I try to restore a database within the cluster , I get the message Couldnt obtain exclusive access, I guess this has something to do with the database being in the cluster

    Can anyone shed some light on this issue ?

  • July 22, 2013 at 10:50 am

    #1634582

    Some connection is using the database. This is nothing to do with cluster. Find out the connection and disconnect it. To restore a database on the existing database, it requires an exclusive lock. Since some users are using that database, SQL server fails to acquire an exclusive lock, which causes the error.

    To find the session that is using the database:

    select spid, status, loginame, db_name(dbid), cmd from master.sys.sysprocesses where db_name(dbid) = 'DB_NAME'

    Find out the activity that is going on the database

    DBCC INPUTBUFFER(<SPID NUMBER>)

    Disconnect the session:

    KILL <SPID NUMBER>).

  • July 22, 2013 at 10:54 am

    #1634584

    Make sure it's not your connection using the database. Change database context to master before you run the restore.

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • July 22, 2013 at 12:32 pm

    #1634631

    Thanks , it looked to be a SSMS session , works fine now

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