Operating system error 2(The system cannot find the file specified.)

  • I know this is driving people crazy, there is a 2000 server with only sp2! and it crashed! I am called to investigate, can anyone tell me where to start? I don't even see the DB in the EM

  • Any drive letter detached on the san?

    NTFS permission changed?

    Anything usefull in the sql error logs?

  • Operating system error 2(The system cannot find the file specified.) on device 'D:\Sql\SELS_log.LDF' during ForwardLogBlockReadAheadAsync.

  • Further track down in eventviewer shows the cause might traced back to much earlier:

    Event Type:Error

    Event Source:MSSQLSERVER

    Event Category:(6)

    Event ID:17055

    Date:1/1/2011

    Time:1:00:01 AM

    User:NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM

    Computer:ISCSLSDB

    Description:

    3041 :

    BACKUP failed to complete the command BACKUP DATABASE [SELS] TO [SELS Disk Backup] WITH INIT , NOUNLOAD , NAME = N'SELS backup', NOSKIP , STATS = 10, NOFORMAT

  • Never thought happiness can come so early!!!!!!!

    I made a copy to another SQL 2000 server, the DB is up and running there!!!:w00t::w00t::w00t::w00t::w00t::w00t::w00t::w00t:

  • Has to be permissions!

  • Probably permissions
    But in my case, it wasn't
    Error message said:
    FCB::Open failed: Could not open file E:\UserDatabases\msdb.mdf for file number 1.  OS error: 2(failed to retrieve text for this error. Reason: 15100).
    BUT
    Someone had renamed the file as MSDBData.mdf
    Just check, might save you from tearing your hair out when you can't find the permissions problem!

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