Grant's out today (my bad scheduling), but thanks for the responses.

I think that some of the experts do forget that it's tough at times, but all caps don't necessarily help....

How is the VM setup? On what software? That could be an issue, but VMs are machines like other machines. However the thing is that your sizing cannot be...

If the backup completed, I don't think it's SQL Server. How is the file moved? Could there be something in there waiting on a response somehow? Some interactive thing?

Is this...

It should close quickly, but perhaps it doesn't close quick enough in your app. You don't need to disconnect. You can change context for the connection with a USE. Actually...

Gianluca,

Sorry, didn't see it. This thread sometimes grows too fast to keep up with. I just saw the last one with Celko in it.

Are you disconnecting in your code? Or do you issue a "use master"? Or are you making a new connection to the instance?

It would be great if you could post an update, Mike. The next person might have a similar issue.

hfxDBA (5/13/2010)

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Not meant to be abrupt (did you see my smilies?). Just thought it was funny (almost ironic) to post all those replies in this topic.

I don't see a...

Boy, I hate evals for this reason. I assume it's expired, correct?

Do these help? You might be stuck as they don't want you to keep installing evals on the same...

Wow, that's quite an abrupt statement. Especially with the signature!

yes

If you run a backup on the server, it will land on the host companies drive. They ought to be able to, or you can, file copy that down.

If not,...

Recovery normally runs when a database is first started or opened. Have you checked the error log (SQL error log) for entries?

You should be able to uninstall completely from control panel, reboot, and then reinstall 2008 R2.

Call PSS at Microsoft. They can help you work through this. If you have corruption, I hope you have backups somewhere else.